Long Mynd Camera Club

Digital Imaging 'How to' Guides

These guides are based upon notes used during Club digital workshop evenings. They show methods used by some members - which may not necessarily be the best!

Click on the links below to download them in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format.

Depending upon your internet connection, this may take a while ....

Basics
Good principles of digital working	Notes on 'good housekeeping'
Digital images for competitions
Preparing digital images for competitions	A guide to the preparation of digital projectable images for Club competitions, internal and external (Version 4, April 2010)
Cropping and use of levels
Cropping and use of levels	Notes on cropping a picture and adjusting using levels
Layers
An introduction	An outline of why layers are used and their benefits
Adjustment layers	An illustration of the use of adjustment layers to modify an image
Object layers	An illustration of the use of object layers to modify an image
Layers - Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous tips regarding layers
Sharpening
Sharpening	Image sharpening using the Unsharp Mask filter and other methods
RAW files
RAW vs jpeg	The benefits of using RAW files vs jpeg - or otherwise