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Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 3rd Edition
by Derrick StoryEven film diehards have a tough time resisting the instant gratification of the digital camera. Today's digital cameras are more affordable then ever before, and they deliver high quality images that are a snap to share. Plus, you can take risks with a digital camera you never would with a film camera. You waste nothing; there's no film required, and because you only print the pictures you need, digital photography is cost effective and environmentally friendly. But to take full advantage of a digital camera, you need to be an experienced photographer and an expert at digital photography too. With more than 15 years of experience as a photojournalist, author Derrick Story brings you Digital Photography Pocket Guide , 3rd Edition. For everyone who owns or will own a digital camera (and that pretty much means everyone!), this is the perfect on-the-go guide for taking top-notch digital photos. In this third edition of the bestselling pocket guide, Story expands on the basic photography techniques that he introduced in earlier editions, including an explanation of each camera component and what it does, tips for choosing just the right settings for your needs, and much more. This indispensable guide covers everything from how to shoot sports action, close ups, and night shots, to dealing with image resolution, archiving, and memory cards. Affordable and portable, Digital Photography Pocket Guide , 3rd Edition offers full-color photographs, screen shots, and line art illustrating all the topics in the guide's three main sections ("Digital Camera Components," "Standard Camera Functions," and "How Do I?"). Contents are labeled A to Z for quick reference. There's also a comprehensive table of contents and index so you'll waste no time flipping to the specific information you need--whether you want to transfer images, make a QuickTime movie, or just figure out what purpose that mystery setting on your camera serves. There's even a section of easy-to-read reference tables for quick look-up of white balance settings, exposure compensation, camera mode explanations, and plenty more.
Digital Photography Simplified, 2nd Edition
by Rob SheppardGo from digital photography set up to print out with this easy-to-understand visual resource Digital photography makes taking pictures easier, but learning the tools to develop and manipulate those pictures can be a bit overwhelming. This full-color guide demystifies the latest digital camera models and their features and inspires you to be more creative with your camera and in your image editing. Packed with completely new photos, this updated edition offers two-page tutorials and step-by-step instructions for taking better pictures, understanding composition and lighting, avoiding over or under exposure, editing and organizing photos, and making simple changes that can result in beautiful photos. Updated coverage addresses the newest video capabilities and guides you through effectively using common digital imaging software. Plus, straightforward instruction and large font and image sizes make this book an ideal resource for both mature audiences and novice photographers. Offers easy-to-understand, practical instruction for setting up your camera--whether it's a compact or digital SLR--and learning its program modes Encourages you to experiment with lenses and focal length, download and organize your images, and fine-tune your photos with Photoshop Elements Explains good composition and exposure, tools and equipment choices, basic exposure, flash settings, and more Features full-color screen shots that demonstrate each task and stunning photos that inspire This easy-to-understand book provides you with invaluable advice and simplifies the world of digital photography so you can get the best shot possible, simply.
Digital Photography Through the Year (DK Tom Ang Photography Guides)
by Tom AngSpring, summer, fall, and winter — discover a unique and practical guide to capturing breathtaking photos of each season.From photographing a dewdrop in spring to a beautiful winter frost, follow your hobby throughout the year with renowned photographer Tom Ang.This digital photography guide will teach you how to capture each season, month by month. Discover: • The latest camera kit and photography equipment. • Tips and tricks for creating striking images inspired by the seasons. • Feature spreads that explain key techniques in a practical and applied way, while illustrated tips suggest alternative approaches. • A "back to basics" ethos encourages the use of simple equipment to get desired shots — many photos in the book were made with phone cameras. Digital Photography Through the Year is an inspiring and practical guide to taking beautiful photos, whatever the season and weather conditions. Author, Tom Ang, explores inventive photography techniques, giving advice and project ideas to inspire you throughout the year. This fully updated third edition includes the latest developments in technology, equipment and current trends. Learn all you need to know to take great photographs that convey a sense of time, place and atmosphere. Perfect for beginners and experts alike, you&’ll find helpful techniques to help you get the most out of your shots using different photography equipment — from the best digital SLRs down to camera phones.
The Digital Photography Workflow Handbook: From Import to Output
by Juergen Gulbins Uwe Steinmueller<p>The work that follows the capture of a photographic image - the workflow in the digital darkroom - has a significant effect on the quality of the final image. The Digital Photography Workflow Handbook will help you avoid crucial mistakes as you master the craft of photographic post-processing.<br/><br/>\nThis book provides a step-by-step guide through the photographic workflow, from image capture, editing, and asset management, all the way to the perfect photographic print. The workflow presented in this book focuses on RAW images and is based on two of the most popular and powerful software tools: Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.<br/><br/>\nThe Digital Photography Workflow Handbook can be used as a reference or textbook by both aspiring amateur and professional photographers, as well as by students.</p>
The Digital Playbook: A Practitioner’s Guide to Smart, Connected Products and Solutions with AIoT
by Dirk Slama Tanja Rückert Sebastian Thrun Ulrich Homann Heiner LasiThis open access book is a practitioner's guide to smart, connected products and solutions. As a hands-on playbook, it combines the business and technical execution perspectives to help product companies, OEMs, manufacturers and equipment operators utilize the full potential of digital enablers, especially Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and Digital Twins. The Digital Playbook provides comprehensive and actionable guidance, helping to address the challenges of creating sustainable and scalable digital business models, managing cocreation and sourcing, setting up the digital organization, and handling the legal aspects. For the technical execution perspective, the playbook includes the AIoT Framework, which explains how to combine data science and AI engineering with Digital Twins, as well as software development for cloud and edge. The integration with physical product development and retrofit integration of existing equipment is included as well. A pragmatic, agile approach is introduced that takes common agile inhibitors into consideration. A holistic AIoT DevOps approach is described, which combines key elements of DevOps for cloud, edge and AI. Enterprise readiness is ensured by looking at trust and security as well as reliability and resilience for AIoT. A large number of real-world examples and case studies help ensure practical relevance. Readers should have a previous, general understanding of digital strategies and technologies. This book offers readers a clear understanding of the opportunities, as well as the challenges related to building and operating smart, connected products and solutions. They are given a set of tools and blueprints, which they can apply to their practical work in this space.
Digital Playgrounds: The Hidden Politics of Children’s Online Play Spaces, Virtual Worlds, and Connected Games
by Sara GrimesDigital Playgrounds explores the key developments, trends, debates, and controversies that have shaped children’s commercial digital play spaces over the past two decades. It argues that children’s online playgrounds, virtual worlds, and connected games are much more than mere sources of fun and diversion – they serve as the sites of complex negotiations of power between children, parents, developers, politicians, and other actors with a stake in determining what, how, and where children’s play unfolds. Through an innovative, transdisciplinary framework combining science and technology studies, critical communication studies, and children’s cultural studies, Digital Playgrounds focuses on the contents and contexts of actual technological artefacts as a necessary entry point for understanding the meanings and politics of children’s digital play. The discussion draws on several research studies on a wide range of digital playgrounds designed and marketed to children aged six to twelve years, revealing how various problematic tendencies prevent most digital play spaces from effectively supporting children’s culture, rights, and – ironically – play. Digital Playgrounds lays the groundwork for a critical reconsideration of how existing approaches might be used in the development of new regulation, as well as best practices for the industries involved in making children’s digital play spaces. In so doing, it argues that children’s online play spaces be reimagined as a crucial new form of public sphere in which children’s rights and digital citizenship must be prioritized.
Digital Political Communication Strategies: Multidisciplinary Reflections (The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication)
by Berta García-OrosaThis book, with a foreword by Manuel Castells, explores the core strategies of digital political communication. It reviews the field’s evolution over the past 25 years and examines the coexistence of old and new actors (lobbyists, citizens, parliaments, political parties, media outlets, digital platforms, among others), as well as hybrid communication tactics. Topics covered include frames, fake news, filter bubbles, echo chambers, artificial intelligence, the significance of emotions, and engagement with citizens.As we find ourselves in the fourth wave of digital communication, and in the wake of a pandemic which has shaken the foundations of political communication, an evaluation of these topics is essential to the reinvention of democracy. The book is geared towards students and researchers who wish to delve into the latest trends in digital communication, political communication actors and journalists. It further aims to prepare citizens to effectively deal with messaging that blurs the line between truth and falsehood with increasingly powerful strategies supported by artificial intelligence.
Digital Political Participation, Social Networks and Big Data: Disintermediation in the Era of Web 2.0
by José Manuel Robles-Morales Ana María Córdoba-HernándezThis book explores the changes in political communication in light of the development of a public opinion mediated by web 2.0 technologies. One of the most important changes in political communication is related to the process of disintermediation, i.e. the process by which digital technologies allow citizens to compete in the public space with those agents who, traditionally, co-opted public opinion. However, while disintermediation has undeniably generated a number of advances, having linked citizens to the public debate, the authors highlight some aspects where disintermediation is moving away from a rational and inclusive public space. They argue that these aspects, related to the immediacy, polarization and incivility of the communication, obscure the possibilities for democratization of digital political communication.
Digital Politics and Culture in Contemporary India: The Making of an Info-Nation (Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies)
by Biswarup SenThe relationship between information and the nation-state is typically portrayed as a face-off involving repressive state power and democratic flows: Twitter and the Arab Spring, Google in China, WikiLeaks and the U.S. State Department. Less attention has been paid to those scenarios where states have regarded information and its diffusion as productive of modernity and globalization. It is the central argument of this book that the contemporary nation-state, especially in the global South, is far from hostile to the current informational milieu and in fact makes crucial use of it in order to develop adequate modes of governance, communication and sociality in a networked world. This book focuses on India – an emerging country that has recently witnessed a "software miracle" – to highlight the critical role informatics has historically played in the national imagination and to demonstrate how the state, private capital and civic society have drawn upon and engaged the precepts and protocols of the information age to fashion an "info-nation."
Digital Politics in Western Democracies: A Comparative Study
by Cristian VaccariA comparative analysis of political websites and their users from seven Western democracies.Digital politics is shorthand for how internet technologies have fueled the complex interactions between political actors and their constituents. Cristian Vaccari analyzes the presentation and consumption of online politics in seven advanced Western democracies—Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States—from 2006 to 2010. His study not only refutes claims that the web creates homogenized American-style politics and political interaction but also empirically reveals how a nation’s unique constraints and opportunities create digital responses. Digital Politics in Western Democracies is the first large-scale comparative treatment of both the supply and the demand sides of digital politics among different countries and national political actors. It is divided into four parts: theoretical challenges and research methodology; how parties and candidates structure their websites (supply); how citizens use the websites to access campaign information (demand); and how the research results tie back to inequalities, engagement, and competition in digital politics. Because a key aspect of any political system is how its actors and citizens communicate, this book will be invaluable for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in political communication, party competition, party organization, and the study of the contemporary media landscape writ large.
Digital Portfolios: Powerful Tools for Promoting Professional Growth and Reflection (2nd Edition)
by Elizabeth Hartnell-Young Maureen P. MorrissProviding ten steps to develop portfolios that demonstrate professional growth, this complete resource presents tips and strategies for using digital technology and guidelines for creating portfolios.
Digital Portrait Photography For Dummies
by Doug SahlinA full-color guide to the art of digital portrait photographyPortrait photography entails taking posed photographs of individuals or set scenery and is the most common photo style among the most novice photography hobbyist to the most advanced photographer. With this easy-to-understand guide, bestselling author and professional photographer Doug Sahlin walks you through the best techniques for getting professional-quality digital portraits.Packed with hundreds of full-color photos and screen shots, this book discusses best practices for taking formal portraits, wedding photos, event photos, casual photos, and more. You'll examine the difference between using the built-in flash and natural lighting and take a look at the benefits of upgrading to a photo lighting kit and pro backdrop. Portrait photography is the most popular style of photography Features helpful information for everyone from beginner hobbyists to advanced photographers Shares insider tips for selecting equipment and choosing from the various tools for portrait photographyWalks you through working with a wide range of subjects, including children, pets, and wildlifeDiscusses lighting and editing imagesTakes a look at ways to create a portrait that is suitable for framingMake sure your subjects are ready for their close ups with this fun and friendly guide to digital portrait photography.
Digital Portrait Photography of Teens and Seniors
by Patrick RiceDivided into two parts, this guide shows studio owners and photographers how to increase visibility, creativity, and financial rewards in the teen and senior portrait market. The first section is focused on technical mastery, gives tips on how to refine one's technique and remain competitive and providing advice on selecting the appropriate digital equipment and added artistic elements like indoor and outdoor sets, storytelling props, and fashionable backgrounds. The second section is devoted to successful marketing techniques that are low-cost and have a big impact, such as maintaining an Internet presence, offering special promotions, and producing direct-mail marketing pieces. Numerous marketing pieces from top studios are included as reference points.
Digital Preservation: Putting It to Work
by Tomasz Traczyk Włodzimierz Ogryczak Piotr Pałka Tomasz ŚliwińskiThis book addresses the process of maintaining digital objects through time to ensure continued access, an aspect that has become a crucial issue in recent years. It offers a concise yet comprehensive discussion of key concepts and requirements for long-term digital preservation, and presents a pioneering framework for digital repositories that enables the long-term archiving and metadata management for large volumes of digital resources based on a system that has already been completely designed and launched. In the framework, the reliability of information readouts is ensured by the repository with two-level data recording replication and monitoring mechanisms in the repository management system (RMS) and the file systems, and by the RMS's distributed nature. The advanced RMS allows operations on the archival storage to be scheduled, while also taking into account low energy consumption requirements. After presenting the framework in detail, the book assesses and demonstrates the approach's viability in terms of delivering accessibility, authenticity and usability. As such, the book offers a valuable resource for information technology (IT) researchers and practitioners, as well as archivists and librarians.
Digital Preservation For Libraries, Archives, And Museums
by Edward M. Corrado Heather Moulaison SandyThis new edition of Digital Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums is the most current, complete guide to digital preservation available today. <p><p> For administrators and practitioners alike, the information in this book is presented readably, focusing on management issues and best practices. Although this book addresses technology, it is not solely focused on technology. After all, technology changes and digital preservation is aimed for the long term. This is not a how-to book giving step-by-step processes for certain materials in a given kind of system. Instead, it addresses a broad group of resources that could be housed in any number of digital preservation systems. Finally, this book is about “things (not technology; not how-to; not theory) I wish I knew before I got started.” <p> Digital preservation is concerned with the life cycle of the digital object in a robust and all-inclusive way. Many Europeans and some North Americans may refer to digital curation to mean the same thing, taking digital preservation to be the very limited steps and processes needed to insure access over the long term. The authors take digital preservation in the broadest sense of the term: looking at all aspects of curating and preserving digital content for long term access.
Digital Pricing: A Guide to Strategic Pricing for the Digital Economy (Management for Professionals)
by Frank FrohmannThis is one of the first books to combine the current megatrend of digitalization and pricing as the most effective lever for increasing and sustaining profits. The book presents the basics of digital pricing as well as modeling methods and implementation examples. This structure helps in tackling the latest developments and challenges due to digitalization. Readers will gain a detailed insight into using innovative revenue and price models to generate a sustainable competitive advantage for their companies. The author uses his cross-industry experience to draw on several examples of innovative digital pricing approaches which can be applied in industrial sectors such as automotive, industrial goods and machinery, as well as service sectors like telecommunications, transportation and tourism.
Digital Privacy: Theory, Technologies, and Practices
by Alessandro Acquisti Stefanos Gritzalis Costas Lambrinoudakis Sabrina De Capitani di VimercatiDuring recent years, a continuously increasing amount of personal data has been made available through different websites around the world. Although the availability of personal information has created several advantages, it can be easily misused and may lead to violations of privacy. With growing interest in this area, Digital Privacy: Theory, Technologies, and Practices addresses this timely issue, providing information on state-of-the-art technologies, best practices, and research results, as well as legal, regulatory, and ethical issues. This book features contributions from experts in academia, industry, and government.
Digital Product Management: Strategic Planning and Market Opportunity
by null Boon Kee LeeThis book is designed to equip readers with essential knowledge and skills in digital product management. It covers strategic planning and market opportunity, offering a clear and accessible guide to navigating the complex world of digital product management in today's fast-changing environment.Chapters explore key topics, including understanding digital transformation, identifying market dynamics, and developing a comprehensive product strategy. Readers will learn how to conduct market research, build strong business cases, and define product positioning. The book also covers practical methods for selecting pricing and packaging strategies, as well as crafting a go-to-market plan. Real-world examples, such as the growth of Grab in Southeast Asia, the rise of Zoom during the global pandemic, and Shopify's role in empowering small businesses globally, provide insight into how companies leverage strategic planning and market insights to thrive. The content reflects both current and future trends, making it relevant for global markets and today’s digitally-driven economy.This book is especially useful for product managers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders who are keen to refine their strategic planning skills. It offers actionable advice and frameworks that can be applied across various industries, empowering readers to successfully manage digital products and drive business growth.
Digital Product Management in the Era of Data Economy, Artificial Intelligence, and Ecosystems: First International Conference on Digital Product Management, ICDPM 2024, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 12, 2024, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #528)
by Dimitri Petrik Andrey Saltan Andreas HelferichThis book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Digital Product Management, ICDPM 2024, which took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, on June 12, 2024. This year’s theme was “Digital Product Management in the Era of Data Economy, Artificial Intelligence, and Ecosystems”. The 6 full papers and 1 short paper included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 19 submissions. They deal with data-driven startups and the agility required in processes and strategies for data-centric business models that differ from traditional software business models.
Digital Production, Design and Development T Level: Core
by Sonia Stuart Maureen EverettTackle the core component of the Digital Production, Design and Development T Level with this comprehensive resource.Written by highly respected authors, Mo Everett and Sonia Stuart, this clear, accessible and thorough textbook will guide learners through the key principles, concepts and terminology, as well as providing the inside track into what it takes to kick-start a career in the Digital world.- Simplify complex topics with summary tables, diagrams, key term definitions and a glossary.- Track and strengthen knowledge by using learning outcomes at the beginning of every unit and 'Test Yourself' questions.- Apply knowledge and understanding across 100s of engaging activities and research tasks.- Prepare for exams and the employer-set project using practice questions and project practice exercises.- Get ready for the workplace with industry tips and real-world examples.- Be guided through the course by expert authors Mo Everett and Sonia Stuart, who draw on their extensive industry and teaching experience.
Digital Production, Design and Development T Level: Core
by Sonia Stuart Maureen EverettTackle the core component of the Digital Production, Design and Development T Level with this comprehensive resource.Written by highly respected authors, Mo Everett and Sonia Stuart, this clear, accessible and thorough textbook will guide learners through the key principles, concepts and terminology, as well as providing the inside track into what it takes to kick-start a career in the Digital world.- Simplify complex topics with summary tables, diagrams, key term definitions and a glossary.- Track and strengthen knowledge by using learning outcomes at the beginning of every unit and 'Test Yourself' questions.- Apply knowledge and understanding across 100s of engaging activities and research tasks.- Prepare for exams and the employer-set project using practice questions and project practice exercises.- Get ready for the workplace with industry tips and real-world examples.- Be guided through the course by expert authors Mo Everett and Sonia Stuart, who draw on their extensive industry and teaching experience.
Digital Project Practice for Banking and FinTech
by Tobias EndressNew technology and changes in the regulatory framework have had a significant impact; various new players have emerged, and new business models have evolved. API-based ecosystems have become the new normal and collaboration in the financial and banking industry has reached new levels. Digital Project Practice for Banking and FinTech focuses on technology changes in the financial industry and their implications for business practice.A combination of practical experience in the field as well as academic research, the book explores a wide range of topics in the multifaceted landscape of FinTech. It examines the industry’s various dimensions, implications, and potential based on academic research and practice. From project management in the digital era to the regulation and supervision of FinTech companies, the book delves into distinct aspects of this dynamic field, offering valuable insights and practical knowledge. It provides an in-depth overview of various unfolding developments and how to deal with and benefit from them.The book begins by exploring the unique challenges and opportunities project management presents in the digital era. It examines the evolving role of project management and provides strategies for effectively navigating the complexities of digital transformation initiatives. The book then covers such topics as: Financial Technology Canvas, a powerful tool for facilitating effective communication within fintech teams Process automation implementation in the financial sector and related benefits, challenges, and best practices to drive operational efficiency and enhance customer experiences Robotic process automation in financial institutions Cyptoeconomics and its potential implications for the diffusion of payment technologies The efficiency and risk factors associated with digital disruption in the banking sector. At its core, this book is about real-world practice in the digital banking industry. It is a source of different perspectives and diverse experiences from the global financial and banking industry..
Digital Railway Infrastructure (Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction)
by Diogo Ribeiro Pedro Aires Montenegro Andreas Andersson Maria D. Martínez-RodrigoThis book describes the most recent strategies for the digitalization of railway sector that bring new challenges for the construction, operation, and maintenance of railway infrastructures. These strategies involve the development and application of new technologies and methodologies to enhance the sustainability and resilience of railway infrastructures particularly under extreme climate and operational events. In particular, the digital transformation involves the use of digital twins, augmented and virtual reality, forecast capabilities, risk and life-cycle analysis, cybersecurity, unmanned technologies for monitoring and inspection, computer vision, AI, risk and disaster management, among others. Presently, the literature is lacking a contribution that provides general and foundational knowledge across these and other topics. Therefore, this book provides valuable information for researchers, students, and professionals in railway engineering that want to develop their knowledge and skills in this field.
Digital Reading and Writing in Composition Studies (Routledge Research in Writing Studies)
by Mary R. Lamb Jennifer M. ParrottAs digital reading has become more productive and active, the lines between reading and writing become more blurred. This book offers both an exploration of collaborative reading and pedagogical strategies for teaching reading and writing that reflect the realities of digital literacies. This edited scholarly collection offers strategies for teaching reading and writing that highlight the possibilities, opportunities, and complexities of digital literacies. Part 1 explores reading and writing that happen digitally and offers frameworks for thinking about this process. Part 2 focuses on strategies for the classroom by applying reading theories, design principles, and rhetorical concepts to instruction. Part 3 introduces various disciplinary implications for this blended approach to writing instruction. What is emerging is new theories and practices of reading in both print and digital spaces—theories that account for how diverse student readers encounter and engage digital texts. This collection contributes to this work by offering strategies for sustaining reading and cultivating writing in this landscape of changing digital literacies. The book is essential for the professional development of beginning teachers, who will appreciate the historical and bibliographic overview as well as classroom strategies, and for busy veteran teachers, who will gain updated knowledge and a renewed commitment to teaching an array of literacy skills. It will be ideal for graduate seminars in composition theory and pedagogy, both undergraduate and graduate; and teacher education courses, and will be key reading for scholars in rhetoric and composition interested in composition history, assessment, communication studies, and literature pedagogy.
Digital Reference Services
by Linda S KatzExtensive data on the theoretical and practical aspects of electronic reference services! Digital Reference Services provides an overview of electronic reference services and software, and explores the opportunities that real-time digital reference services can offer in a variety of library settings. Experts in the field convey numerous opinions and theory about the growth of this new approach to answering reference questions. This book teaches librarians new methods and techniques for offering technologically advanced reference services to the public. The first half of Digital Reference Services includes such topics as: real-time or "live online" reference services the historical development of digital reference services and the role of the reference librarian mediated online searches how to create a virtual-ready reference collection of elite reference Web sites-includes a list of the top sites available to the public how to start and operate a digital reference desk in your library The second half of Digital Reference Services covers examples of libraries-both large and small-which have used revolutionary ideas to bring electronic reference services to their patrons. These ideas include: utilizing ATM-like kiosks in remote locations from library buildings to connect with underserved populations implementing live, interactive web-based reference services-the challenges and benefits, cost, training, and workload requirements evaluating your real-time references services-investigating self-assessment and blind reviewing, incorporating your assessment into an existing evaluative program, and obtaining the administrative support essential for an accurate assessment creating a statewide virtual reference system-selecting software, developing policy, marketing, coordinating the project, and staffing and training online reference management for smaller libraries-because of the smaller staff, smaller budget, and smaller amount of patrons, is it a feasible addition to the library? much more! This well-referenced volume contains case examples, figures, useful Web sites, and case histories to show how the basic principles of digital reference services work. Librarians and students of information and library science will find Digital Reference Services a helpful resource to enhance their library and electronic reference expertise.