Color Confidence : The Digital Photographer's Guide to Color Management,9780782143164

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

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ISBN13: 9780782143164
ISBN10: 0782143164
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-03-01
Publisher(s): Sybex
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Summary

"Color Confidence is one book that no photographer, especially me, can afford to be without!" Art Morris, Photographer (www.birdsasart.com)Establishing a successful color management workflow that produces predictable results is an important -- yet tricky -- undertaking. Most photographers are all too familiar with the frustration of a print not matching the image on the monitor. In Color Confidence, digital imaging expert Tim Grey provides the crucial information you need to get the color you want, every time.His results-oriented guide shows you how to manage color effectively across all devices. He demystifies complicated topics and takes you through each component of a color-managed workflow step-by-step.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.

Author Biography

Tim Grey regularly contributes articles to magazines including Outdoor Photographer, Digital Photo Pro, and PC Photo. Tim is editor of The Digital Image

Table of Contents

Introduction xv
Foundations
1(22)
The Nature of Light
2(4)
Light in Photography
5(1)
The Nature of Color
6(8)
Perceived Color
7(1)
The Color Wheel
7(2)
Color Models
9(3)
Metamerism
12(2)
Color Profiles
14(5)
Rendering Intents
16(3)
Introducing Color Management
19(4)
Limitations of Color Management
20(3)
Photoshop Setup
23(22)
Color Settings
24(13)
Saving and Loading Color Settings
25(2)
Advanced Mode
27(1)
Working Spaces
28(3)
Color Management Policies
31(3)
Conversion Options
34(2)
Advanced Controls
36(1)
Warnings
37(5)
Gamut Warning Preferences
37(1)
Embedded Profile Mismatch
38(1)
Paste Profile Mismatch
39(1)
Missing Profile
40(1)
Embedded Profile Mismatch Alert
41(1)
Assigning and Converting Profiles
42(3)
Assign Profile
42(1)
Convert to Profile
42(3)
Display
45(36)
Choosing a Monitor
46(11)
CRT or LCD?
47(4)
Choosing a CRT Monitor
51(3)
Choosing an LCD Monitor
54(3)
Choosing a Display Adapter
57(2)
Calibrating and Profiling Your Monitor
59(18)
Target Values
59(1)
Preparing to Profile
60(1)
Tools for Calibrating and Characterizing
61(15)
Evaluation
76(1)
Frequency
77(1)
Display Conditions
77(4)
Scanning
81(26)
Choosing a Scanner
82(7)
Flatbed versus Film Scanner
82(2)
Resolution
84(1)
Dynamic Range
85(2)
Bit-Depth
87(2)
Software Issues
89(1)
Approaches to Scanning
89(6)
Information Method
89(4)
Accuracy Method
93(2)
Scanner Profiles
95(7)
MonacoEZcolor
95(3)
Gretag Macbeth Eye-One Publish
98(4)
Assigning a Scanner Profile
102(2)
Evaluating Scans
104(3)
Digital Capture
107(30)
Digital Cameras
108(8)
Features to Look For
109(4)
Basic Camera Settings
113(3)
Managing Digital Camera Color
116(18)
White Balance Presets
116(1)
Custom White Balance
117(2)
Custom Camera Profiles
119(5)
Automating Profile Assignments in Photoshop
124(1)
RAW Capture and Conversion
125(9)
Working Space Issues
134(3)
Tagged Images
134(1)
Untagged Images
134(3)
Optimization
137(32)
Evaluating Images
138(3)
Memory Colors
138(1)
Saturation Testing
139(2)
Making Color Adjustments
141(16)
Color Balance
142(2)
Color Balance with Levels
144(2)
Color Balance with Curves
146(2)
Neutral by the Numbers
148(3)
Selective Color
151(1)
Hue/Saturation
152(3)
Targeted Adjustments
155(2)
Color-Adjusting Black-and-White Images
157(4)
Convert with Channel Mixer
158(2)
Colorize for Print
160(1)
Saving the File
161(8)
File Formats
162(4)
Embedded Profiles
166(3)
Output
169(58)
Choosing a Printer
170(2)
Printer Profiles
172(13)
Building Custom Printer Profiles
174(9)
Using ``Canned'' Printer Profiles
183(1)
Using Generic Profiles
184(1)
Choosing a Rendering Intent
184(1)
Preparing Images
185(18)
Soft Proofing
186(3)
Gamut Warning
189(3)
Adjusting Images
192(2)
Print Preparation
194(9)
Print Setup
203(4)
Print with Preview
203(2)
Printer Properties
205(2)
Evaluating Prints
207(6)
Environment
208(1)
Standard Print Target
209(1)
When Prints Don't Match
210(3)
CMYK Output
213(5)
RGB with Proof Print
213(2)
Converting to CMYK
215(3)
Web, E-mail, and Digital Slideshows
218(9)
Resize the Image
219(2)
Convert to sRGB
221(2)
Save the Image
223(1)
Digital Projector Profiling
224(3)
Workflow
227(13)
Predictable Output
228(1)
The Pre-Workflow Checklist
229(1)
Process-Specific Workflows
230(10)
Scan-to-Print Workflow
231(2)
Digital Capture to Print Workflow
233(3)
Web, E-mail, and Digital Projection Workflow
236(1)
CMYK Output Workflow
237(3)
Glossary 240(6)
Index 246

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