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How to Buy the Book
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The Newastro Zone System for Astro Imaging was printed on July 7, 2006. You can purchase copies direct from the publisher. You can also buy The New CCD Astronomy direct from your favorite astronomy retailer. If your
retailer doesn't carry our books, have them contact us via email at orders@newastro.com.
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Cover photo:
© 2005 Russell Croman
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Welcome to the order page for Ron Wodaski's new book, The
NewAstro Zone System for Astro Imaging.
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About Ron Wodaski's New Book
The NewAstro Zone System for Astro Imaging will provide detailed tutorials on astronomical image processing, with the
focus on Photoshop CS and CS2 (versions 8 and 9).
The key features of the book include the following:
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By popular request, the new book
will make extensive use of color.
This triples the printing costs, but we believe it's critical to have a book
about color processing in color! The "every page in color" decision affects the price
of the book.
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The book is based on Ron's Zone System for image processing. The basic idea is
to break the image down into manageable zones, and to apply the appropriate
types of processing to each zone.
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The book will be full of image processing exercises, from basic to advanced.
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For each exercise, the book provides introductory material that explains in a
detailed way what Photoshop or other tools are used, how those tools work, and
some tips on getting the most out of each tool. Click the Sample pages menu item at left
to view examples.
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Each exercise is very detailed, with many illustrations. A landscape page
layout is used (wider than tall) so that screen captures can be shown at a
reasonable size.
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The DVD-ROM contains training
videos, exercises, and tutorials with live video of actual image processing sessions.
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The DVD also includes numerous
practice images and some free software. The software will
include some of the
most popular image processing utilities currently available from New Astronomy Press, and
will add substantial value to the book. A trial version of
Russ Croman's Gradient XTerminator is also included, with a special upgrade price
for readers. Click the DVD Contents link in the menu at left to learn more.
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Shipping is $9.00 per copy via UPS Ground. Rush and overseas orders pay additional shipping. Most countries are about $18.00, but some are higher. DHL rush shipping available at additional cost.
About the order process: We receive a notice of your order by email. We process orders within two business days. If you haven't gotten your username/password within one or two business days, send email so we can follow up and see if there is a problem.
Foreign orders please note: 10-15% of all books shipped by airmail never arrive. If you choose international airmail for shipping, we are unable to guarantee delivery by mail. If you want to be certain that you receive your copy, choose DHL as your shipping method. It costs more, but it is reliable. If you do not receive your airmail copy within 8 weeks, contact us and we can reship at cost to save you some money.
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