Digital Photo Editing for Seniors or Windows Forensics

Digital Photo Editing for Seniors: Learn How to Edit Your Digital Photos with Arcsoft PhotoStudio

Author: Addo Stuur

Written specifically to acquaint seniors with the many features of digital photo editing, this handbook also includes instructions on using scanners, printers, and photo CDs. Subjects such as scanning old photos and slides and repairing damaged photos are covered in detail. Photo retouching and cloning, working with special effects such as selections and layers, and everything related to paper and printers is also explained. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the full version of the digital photo-editing program ArcSoft PhotoStudio 5.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	11
	Introduction Visual Steps	12
	What You'll Need	13
	ArcSoft PhotoStudio 5.5	14
	How to Use This Book	15
	How This Book Is Organized	16
	The Screen Shots	16
	Test Your Knowledge	16
	Prior Computer Experience	17
	For Teachers	17
1	Installing PhotoStudio	19
	System Requirements for PhotoStudio	20
	Devices	20
	Installing PhotoStudio	21
	Copying the Practice Files to the Hard Disk	26
	The Website for This Book	27
	Tips	29
2	Getting Started with PhotoStudio	31
	Starting PhotoStudio 5.5	32
	The Palettes	33
	The Browser	36
	Creating Folders in the Browser	39
	Moving Files to a New Folder	41
	Opening a Photo	44
	Rotating a Photo	46
	Zooming In and Out	48
	Cropping a Photo	52
	The Photo's Dimensions	54
	Shrinking a Photo	55
	Enlarging a Photo	57
	Undo	59
	Saving a Photo	62
	Closing PhotoStudio	64
	Exercises	65
	Background Information	66
	Tips	71
3	Improving Photos	73
	Auto Enhance	74
	Equalization	77
	Overexposed Photos	79
	The Brightness and Contrast Window	81
	Color Balance	85
	Sharpening a Photo	90
	Blurring a Photo	94
	Exercises	96
	Background Information	97
	Tips	102
4	Retouching Photos	105
	Removing Red Eyes	106
	The Exposure Tools	114
	The Clone Tool	118
	The Focus Tools	122
	Removing Scratches and Dust	125
	Cloning Out a Large Scratch	130
	Exercises	134
	Background Information	135
	Tips	138
5	Working with Selections	141
	Selecting Shapes	142
	Moving or Copying a Selection	145
	Removing the Selection Boundary	148
	Selecting with the Lasso	149
	Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso	151
	Adding a Soft Edge	156
	Adding Shadow	159
	Selecting with the Magic Wand	163
	Fill Effects	167
	Exercises	174
	Tips	175
6	Working with Layers	179
	Creating a New Layer by Copying	180
	Viewing the Layers in a Photo	183
	Cropping a Layer with the Shape Tool	184
	Editing a Layer	187
	Adding a Text Layer	188
	Saving an Image with Layers	191
	Inverting a Selection	193
	Creating a New Layer Using the Layers Palette	196
	Lightening a Layer	197
	Merging Layers	200
	Shrinking a Photo for a Photomontage	201
	Making a Selection for a Photomontage	203
	Copying the Selection	206
	Moving a Layer	208
	Making a Layer Translucent	209
	Adding a Layer with 3-D Text	210
	The 3D Text Factory	212
	Changing the Text Color	217
	Rotating the 3-D Text	218
	A Panoramic Photo in Layers	220
	Improving a Panoramic Photo	226
	Cropping the Panorama	232
	Exercises	235
	Tips	236
7	Special Effects	239
	Effects	240
	The Stained Glass Effect	240
	The Moonlight Effect	242
	The Blinds Effect	243
	Framing a Photo	245
	The Stitch Function	246
	Placing the Target	250
	The Old Photo Effect	256
	Straightening a Building	258
	Adjusting the Perspective	262
	Distorting a Photo	266
	Exercises	272
	Tips	273
8	Importing, Editing, and Saving	275
	Importing Photos from Your Digital Camera	276
	Saving	281
	Importing Photos from Your Scanner	283
	Adjusting Your Scanner Settings	285
	Editing a Scanned Photo	289
	File Types	291
	Saving as a Different File Type	292
	Background Information	297
	Tips	301
9	Printing and Sharing Photos	313
	Viewing the Page Settings	314
	Adjusting the Printer Settings	315
	Printer Properties	316
	Adjusting the Page Setup	319
	Printing a Contact Sheet	321
	Sending a Photo by E-mail	324
	Exercises	326
	Background Information	327
	Tips	332
	Appendices
A	How Do I Do That Again?	339
B	Index	345
C	Color Supplement	351

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Windows Forensics: The Ultimate Field Guide for Corporate Computer Investigations

Author: Chad Steel

The evidence is in--to solve Windows crime, you need Windows tools


An arcane pursuit a decade ago, forensic science today is a household term. And while the computer forensic analyst may not lead as exciting a life as TV's CSIs do, he or she relies just as heavily on scientific principles and just as surely solves crime.

Whether you are contemplating a career in this growing field or are already an analyst in a Unix/Linux environment, this book prepares you to combat computer crime in the Windows world. Here are the tools to help you recover sabotaged files, track down the source of threatening e-mails, investigate industrial espionage, and expose computer criminals.
* Identify evidence of fraud, electronic theft, and employee Internet abuse
* Investigate crime related to instant messaging, Lotus Notes(r), and increasingly popular browsers such as Firefox(r)
* Learn what it takes to become a computer forensics analyst
* Take advantage of sample forms and layouts as well as case studies
* Protect the integrity of evidence
* Compile a forensic response toolkit
* Assess and analyze damage from computer crime and process the crime scene
* Develop a structure for effectively conducting investigations
* Discover how to locate evidence in the Windows Registry