Color management for photographers : hands on techniques for Photoshop users / Andrew Rodney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodney, Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adobe Photoshop.

Color photography.

Image processing--Digital techniques.

Image processing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (479 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Burlington, Mass. : Focal Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Color Management for Photographers: Hands on Techniques for Photoshop Users, by Andrew Rodney, addresses the difficult subject of color management in a way that can help you get real work accomplished. This is the first book that moves beyond esoteric color management theory and detailed explanations of how things work to explain how to achieve a desired effect with step-by-step instructions so you can get on with creating and printing successful images. Complete with what-button-to-push-when explanations, this guide will help you navigate color management and further solidify comprehension of

Contents:

Cover; Color Management for Photographers: Hands on Techniques for Photoshop Users; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Color Management and Why We Need It; Why This Book Was Written; How the Book Is Structured; Being a Photographer Isn't Necessary; My Pipeline (Work Flow) Philosophy; If in Doubt, Test, Test, Test!; Color Management System (CMS) and Why We Need It; Digital Images Are Just Numbers; The Pixel; What Is Light, What Is Color?; Color Models and Color Spaces; Device-Dependent Color Spaces; Device-Independent Color Spaces; RGB versus CMYK, and What's the Fuss about LAB?

A Brief Look at Color Management in the PastDesktop Color; Open Color Management Systems; Color Management versus Color Correction; Calibration versus Profiling; Generic versus Custom Profiles; Color Gamut; Color Translation; Rendering Intents and ICC Profiles; Converting/Transforming and the PCS; Assigning/Embedding; Anatomy of an ICC Profile; Where ICC Profiles Live on Your System; Reasonable Expectations from Color Management; CHAPTER 2 Photoshop and Color Management; Photoshop before ICC Color Management; Photoshop's ICC Color Architecture; A Divorce of the Display

Display Using Monitor CompensationWorking (Editing) Spaces also Divorce Editing from the Monitor; Working Spaces Up Close; Which Working Space?; Which Working Space?; The Bottom Line-Numbers, Previews, and Conversions Are All in Sync; Color Management in Photoshop Can't Be Turned Off!; Document Specific Color; Photoshop Color Settings; Other Color Management Commands and Options; Soft-Proofing; Working by the Numbers; Common Mistakes; CHAPTER 3 Building Display Profiles; CRTs and LCDs; Calibration, Then Profiling; Visual Calibration; What to Set and What to Expect; Other Areas to Watch For

When Print and Display Don't MatchViewing Images Outside of ICC-Savvy Applications; CHAPTER 4 Building Scanner Profiles; Targets; The Scanner; Scanning the Target; Scanner Settings for Optimal Data; Building the Scanner Profile; Tweaking the Profile by Tweaking the Target; Pipeline Considerations; Getting Scans from Outside Sources; What Products Are Available?; CHAPTER 5 Building Camera Profiles; Digital Camera Files; Input (Scene)-referred versus Output-referred Data; RAW or Rendered RGB?; RAW; Targets; Photographing the Targets; Building the Profile; Pipeline Considerations

When Camera Profiles Go BadAdobe Camera RAW and Color Management; Other Targets; What Products Are Available?; CHAPTER 6 Building Printer/Output Profiles; Building Profiles-An Overview; Spectrophotometers, Colorimeters, Scanners, Oh My; Calibration and Printer Profiles; Linearization; Targets; Target Data and Reference Files; Optical Brighteners; Do You Need a Raster Image Processor?; Metamerism and the Printer Profile; Printing Grayscale and B&W Images; Building Printer Profiles: What Products Are Available?; Cross Rendering; Profile Editing; Profile Editors: What Products Are Available?

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Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786610630806

9781136107108

113610710X

9781280630804

1280630809

9780080456393

0080456391

OCLC:

476000742