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Digital Cameras Responsiveness And Photo Shooting Delays By: Jack Church
Digital cameras have many advantages but they also have some disadvantages and response time is one of them. There are three response times that you should care about: the delay between pressing down the shutter button and shooting a photo, the delay between turning on the camera and shooting a photo and the delay between shooting a photo and shooting a subsequent one. This article explains the causes for these delays and suggests ways to overcome them.(read entire article)(posted on: 2009-01-11)
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Tips For Scanning Paper Photo Prints By: Jack Church
Scanning paper photo prints is rare but sometimes you will need to do just that. Scanning is a process in which paper photo prints are converted to digital photo files. There are a few things to know and a few tips to follow when scanning such paper photo prints. This article lists the important ones.(read entire article)(posted on: 2009-01-11)
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Seven Common Mistakes When Taking Digital Photos By: Jack Church
You have probably taken photos before just to find out later that they did not come out as expected. Although digital cameras are getting smarter there are still a lot of decisions that the photographer has to make. There are also many mistakes that the photographer can make. Here are seven common ones.(read entire article)(posted on: 2009-01-11)
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Understanding Pixelization In Digital Photos And Photo Prints By: Jack Church
Pixelization is defined as noticeable square pixels that can be seen in photos that are displayed on a computer screen or printed on paper. Without pixelization when you look at a photo you see continuous areas of different colors and intensities. Here is why it happens.(read entire article)(posted on: 2009-01-11)
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Taking Digital Photos For Online And Printed Product Catalogs By: Jack Church
Whether you are planning to build an online product catalog or a printed version including rich digital photos will enhance it and will increase potential sales. When building a catalog photos are a powerful tool that you must use. Here are a few tips for taking digital photos that will bring justice to your products and will help increasing sales.(read entire article)(posted on: 2009-01-11)
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Printing On Matte Or Glossy Digital Photo Printing Paper By: Jack Church
When printing digital photos you have a choice between matte and glossy photo prints. Glossy photo prints have a shiny finish while matte ones have a more subtle neutral one. So which one should you choose? There is no right answer – there are pros and cons to both.(read entire article)(posted on: 2009-01-11)
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Compressed Digital Photo File Formats – Storing Digital Photos By: Jack Church
Digital photos are stored as files on memory cards and computer hard disks. They can be stored in different file formats (each format has a unique file extension). Most of the formats are compressed to save space and each has its own pros and cons.(read entire article)(posted on: 2009-01-11)
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Lossless And Lossy Digital Photo File Compression By: Jack Church
Digital photos are stored as digital files on electronic media. Digital photos are comprised of pixels each one with a unique color and intensity. While digital photos do not have to be compressed in most cases they are. Compression serves one goal make files smaller and save storage space.(read entire article)(posted on: 2009-01-11)
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What Is A Digital Photo Jpeg File? By: Jack Church
Digital photos are stored as files on memory cards and computer hard disks. They can be stored in different file formats (each format has a unique file extension). Digital photo files can be compressed to save storage space and can use a standard or a proprietary format.(read entire article)(posted on: 2009-01-11)
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Png Is Replacing Gif Files For Digital Graphic Storage By: Jack Church
GIF is one of the oldest file formats used for graphics and digital photos storage. GIF has many technical advantages but it also has one big business disadvantage. GIF uses LZW compression which is tangled with patents and licensing issues. The free creation and usage of GIF files was always in debate.(read entire article)(posted on: 2009-01-11)
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