Color Confidence - The Digital Photographers Guide to Color Management.pdf

Color Confidence: The Digital Photographer's Guide to Color Management

"Color Confidence: The Digital Photographer's Guide to Color Management" is a practical, results-oriented book that gives photographers the knowledge they need to manage color effectively from capture to output. Digital imaging expert Tim Grey designed this book for busy photographers who want to get results without wading through tons of information about color science. Instead he focuses on the concepts photographers must know to understand how color management works, and on the practical information they need to make the best decisions when working with their images.

Color Confidence is a results-oriented guide to managing color effectively across all devices. In his approachable style, Tim Grey demystifies the complicated topics and leads you step-by-step through each component of a color-managed workflow. Designed for busy photographers, this full-color guide cuts through the theory, focusing on the practical information you need to make the best color decisions from capture to output.

Inside, you'll discover the ins and outs of color management, including how to:
Choose, calibrate, and profile your monitor and scanner
Configure Photoshop color settings
Manage digital camera color with presets and custom profiles
Evaluate images and make accurate color adjustments
Color-adjust black-and-white images
Build custom printer profiles or utilize generic ones
Prepare and adjust images for print with soft proofing and the gamut warning
Evaluate prints against standard targets
Figure out what to do when prints don’t match
Produce color-accurate images for the web, e-mail, and digital slideshows
Get familiar with process-specific workflows: (scan to print, digital capture to print, CMYK output, Web, e-mail, and digital projection)
And more!

Paperback: 252 pages
Publisher: Sybex (March 29, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0782143164
ISBN-13: 978-0782143164