Chapter Nine Notes

- Two ways to get the photos off of the camera: connect the camera to the computer with a cord (this consumes batteries and you can't use it to photograph, also your camera will not be in your bag) or use a card reader
- USB stands for Universal Serial Bus, using a USB a typical jpg would take 1-2 seconds to transfer to the computer as the USB transfers 1 MB per second. A raw would take about 10 seconds
- USB 2.0 raises transfer speed 480 Mbps or about 50 mb per second
- Fire wire can also be used to transfer files and supports a speed of400 Mbps, Firewire 800 has speeds up to 800 Mbps
- A card reader is available for less than $30 and is recommended by the book
- Downloader Pro is a Widnows only software that allows you to download images and suports only Canons if you plug your camera into the computer.
- iPhoto is another program that allows you to download and organize images, it comes with Mac OS X. The books says that iPhoto does not support RAW, but actually it does, I know this cause I used it to handle my RAW images today and make my slideshow...
- ImageStore is Windows only and it can download images from multiple cards and you can organize your images in the process.
- Editing photographs is not only modifying them on Photoshop but also going through them, as if on a light table, and taking out the ones that are faulty or the ones that suck
- The File Browser in Photoshop provides a convenient solution for editing your images and provides all the basic tools you need
- Once you have viewed all your images you need to get rid of "outtakes", for instance, images with bad exposure and stuff like that. Check for motion blur. Make sure they are in focus if intended. To do this go close up on Photoshop