ABSTRACT
It's a new day in photography. The earth-shattering change brought on by the availability of instant feedback on the digital camera's LCD, or directly on computer monitor through tethered or wireless camera-to-computer capture, with histogram and capture information displayed, has changed the way we work and play in the realm of photography. Many, if not most, of us have ditched the chemicals and transformed our film darkrooms into digital darkrooms. We're showing our clients or family and friends our work on various devices or as a quick print right after it's produced, and we're printing our own masterpieces or transmitting the image files directly to our imaging bureau. What is the next step in this ongoing digital development? Well, now many of us are embracing the advantages of ‘raw’ capture and building the new skills necessary to process and enhance our raw files in order to bring them closer to perfection or, at the very least, our liking. The standard camera sensor is made up of a grid of filtered sensor sites colored red, green and blue (RGB). The grid pattern used by most cameras contains twice as many green sensor sites as either red or blue, and in a special Bayer pattern. The RGB color design records both the color and brightness of the various parts of the scene. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780080569741/c6b29b73-0a3e-4b8a-ac59-cb3a62e13bb0/content/fig1_2_C.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
