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The Little Book with Big New Ideas
http://www.astrovid.com/prod_details.php?pid=3284
By Ron Wodaski
with additional content by Russell Croman
Photoshop is a powerful tool, but it's also very complicated. The Zone System not only shows you how to process your images in Photoshop, it gives you a complete system for astro image processing. The book is in full color on every page, and it includes a DVD with video training, free software, and other goodies.
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The Zone System grew out of the CCD Imaging Camps I held for the last several years in New Mexico. It is based on painstaking research into how Photoshop works - and why it works the way it does. You won't just learn some useful ways to use Curves; you'll learn the type of curve to use, the correct way to integrate Curves and Levels, and more. The most important thing you'll learn, however, is how to take the guesswork out of processing astronomical images.
The Zone System book is based on:
Watching students learn how to work with Photoshop at the Camps
Breaking down the steps in Photoshop to their fundamentals
Putting the steps back together in a way that makes sense for astro image processing
Showing how to process an image from end to end
Developing new ideas on color, signal to noise ratio, and other topics
But the biggest idea that brings everything together is the Zone System itself. By breaking the image down into manageable zones, you learn how to get the most out of any image you process. For a breakdown of the zones, please check out the sample pages. Note: The sample pages skip around a bit, to show different features of the book. They are not a complete chapter or section!
The sample pages include a preview of the Zone System, and highlights from a Photoshop tutorial.
DVD Information
The DVD is a major part of the book. It contains not only the support files for the book tutorials, but also a host of additonal features.
Additional content
The DVD contains additional chapters on imaging and emission line science.
Tutorial support and practice images
There are more than 100MB of image files used in the book tutorials. You can follow along step by step as you read the book. A special lay-flat binding makes it easy to set up the book at your computer as you work through the tutorials. In addition, I have included more than 50MB of practice images for you to work on.
PowerPoint Presentations
I have included all of the PowerPoint presentations from the famous Imaging Camp we held here in New Mexico. The camps are no longer offered, but the book contains all of the information from the camps and much more additional material. The presentations allow you to step into the classes at your convenience. Combined with the book, DVD tutorials, video tutorials, and support files, they offer you a complete experience unlike anything else available.
DVD tutorials
These tutorials are taken directly from the imaging camp curriculum. They are extremely detailed, with literally hundreds of step-by-step images and instructions. They are like a complete extra book on the DVD.
Software Tools
You get a wide selection of software tools on the DVD. I am including some of my free software, like Automapper and the CCD Calculator, but I am also including my DeBloomer and other software that you would normally have to pay extra for. The extra software is sold on our web site at a total value of $$59.95, but it comes to you for free with the book. I want to make sure you get good value for your money.
Video tutorials
Video tutorials are becoming quite the rage, and we can see why: they are an extremely valuable way to learn about image processing. See the DVD Contents page for a complete list of the tutorials included. The video tutorials make the book come alive with unprecendented detail.
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The NewAstro Zone System for Astro Imaging - Book & DVD
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