The Digital Color Printing Handbook

With the rapid increase in quality of both digital cameras and desktop printing devices, photographers are increasingly aware of color management techniques. The Digital Color Printing Handbook explains all the major tools to control color, from shooting to printing, in clear, jargon-free language. Author Tim Daly reveals how to proof, preview, and predict colors more accurately and how to troubleshoot when things go wrong. These techniques work with all major software-or readers can download resources from the author's own Web site. Lavishly illustrated with the author's own stunning photos, both a handy reference and a creative companion, The Digital Color Printing Handbook is a priceless guide to getting the most from digital color photography. - Easy-to-understand color management for realism or special effects - Dozens of step-by-step examples - Clear directions for everything from purchasing hardware and software to printing the final picture - Includes author's secret color recipes that mimic color print styles - Companion to best-selling The Digital Printing Handbook-more than 10,000 copies sold -as well as The Digital Photography Handbook-5,000 sold

The use of differing input and output equipment (scanners, monitors, printers, etc.) in computer-aided publishing often results in the unsatisfactory reproduction of color originals in print and online media. This is the first book presenting the basics and strategies for color management in the print publishing workflow with focus on producing according ISO 12647-2 and other standards. The user learns what to expect from color management according to the ICC-standard and how to avoid the pitfalls. The terminology is oriented on practicing professionals for print production.

Book Design Made Simple gives DIY authors, small presses, and graphic designers--novices and experts alike--the power to design their own books. It's the first comprehensive book of its kind, explaining every step from installing Adobe(R) InDesign(R) right through to sending the files to press. For those who want to design their own books but have little idea how to proceed, Book Design Made Simple is a semester of book design instruction plus a publishing class rolled into one. Let two experts guide you through the process with easy step-by-step instructions, resulting in a professional-looking top-quality book

Digital technology now enables unparalleled functionality and flexibility in the capture, processing, exchange, and output of color images. But harnessing its potential requires knowledge of color science, systems, processing algorithms, and device characteristics-topics drawn from a broad range of disciplines. One can acquire the requisite background with an armload of physics, chemistry, engineering, computer science, and mathematics books and journals- or one can find it here, in the Digital Color Imaging Handbook. Unprecedented in scope, this handbook presents, in a single concise and authoritative publication, the elements of these diverse areas relevant to digital color imaging. The first three chapters cover the basics of color vision, perception, and physics that underpin digital color imaging. The remainder of the text presents the technology of color imaging with chapters on color management, device color characterization, digital halftoning, image compression, color quantization, gamut mapping, computationally efficient transform algorithms, and color image processing for digital cameras. Each chapter is written by world-class experts and largely self-contained, but cross references between chapters reflect the topics' important interrelations. Supplemental materials are available for download from the CRC Web site, including electronic versions of some of the images presented in the book.

Demonstrating how recent advances in color management tools, techniques, and inkjet printers have enabled photographers to create stunning results in printing their work, this jargon-free guide provides creative and resourceful ideas for setting up the camera, monitor, scanner, software, and printer to garner the best results. Designed for use with all recent versions of Photoshop and generic inkjet printer software, and illustrated throughout with beautiful images and step-by-step instructions for effective troubleshooting, dealing with complex projects, and deconstructing the limitations of each process to effectively overcome them, this handy manual is an essential resource for photographers of all skill levels.

The digital age of art has made it easier than ever for an artist to change what his work will look like when complete. Subtle changes in color composition can be made many times to achieve an ideal image. However, masterful color management is about more than knowing how to use the tools offered by your image editor. It's about understanding how to visualize your final image before you begin editing it-- seeing your image as you want others to see it. Mastering Digital Color is designed to help you master the skills needed to realize your vision, using color management tools available in the digital world. It presents techniques of practicality and results. By focusing on the practical aspects of color management, this fullcolor book enables you to more clearly visualize the connections between concept and result, bringing the art that you have envisioned to life.

The best, full-service guide to the best full-service printer is now thoroughly updated, with the latest information on the new Epson printers, materials, software and other products. Epson is the company at the cutting edge of digital photo quality printing, and their superb equipment makes possible for everyone to print sparkling photographs at home. With the help of Rob Sheppard, editor of Outdoor Photographer and PCPhoto magazines, and this fully updated manual, amateurs can enter Epson's brave new world with all the latest information on printers and papers. Two-page spreads with write-ups and pictures from acclaimed photographers George Lepp, John Shaw, Greg Gorman, Jack Reznicki, Joyce Tenneson, and others explain how Epson printers and digital photography have enhanced their art and expanded their business. There's advice on choosing a printer, selecting standard and specialty papers, using image processing programs to refine photos, adding finishing touches that turn a good print into a great one, and much more.

Combines long-established darkroom techniques with an in-depth look at print quality, a guide to digital printing includes instructions for setting up a workstation, testing different papers, and creatively interpreting photographs.

Annotation This users guide summarizes several color fields, with chapters on color vision, color appearance, RGB and brightness, color in nature, color reproduction, color image capture, additive systems, subtractive systems, management systems, computer graphics, color selection and design, and information displays. The tools, technologies, and strategies related to the creation and management of digital color are all covered. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).