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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Digital Fine Printing: An Overview | |
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| What Is a Digital Fine Print? | |
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| Qualities of a Digital Fine Print: The Essence of Craft | |
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| Cropping | |
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| Contrast | |
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| Brightness | |
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| Color | |
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| Defects | |
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| Sharpness | |
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| Introduction to the Digital Fine Print Workshop | |
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| Input | |
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| Copy | |
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| Crop | |
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| Optimize Contrast and Detail | |
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| Proof Setup, Overall Contrast, and Color Balance | |
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| Adjust Local Contrast, Brightness, and Color | |
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| Cleanup | |
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| Noise Removal and Sharpening | |
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| Interpolation | |
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| Print | |
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| Evaluating the Qualities of a Digital Fine Print | |
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| Seek a Unified Presence | |
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| Know the Instruments | |
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| Cropping | |
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| Contrast and Brightness | |
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| Color | |
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| Defects | |
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| Sharpness | |
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| Evaluate Continuously | |
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| Working with Luminosity and Color in Photoshop | |
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| The Colors | |
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| The Qualities of Color | |
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| Hue | |
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| Saturation | |
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| Brightness | |
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| How to Use Color in Photoshop | |
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| Adobe Camera Raw | |
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| Color Balance | |
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| Levels | |
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| Curves | |
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| Hue/Saturation | |
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| Photo Filter | |
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| Sponge Tool | |
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| The Workshop | |
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| Input, Copy, and Crop: Workflow for RAW Files | |
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| Transferring Images to the Computer | |
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| Basic Workflow for One Photograph Through Adobe Camera Raw | |
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| Basic Workflow for Two Photographs Through Adobe Camera Raw to Increase Dynamic Range | |
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| Blending Exposures in Optipix | |
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| Combining Two Images Using the "Claw" | |
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| Blending More Than Two Images Using Optipix | |
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| Input and Copy: Workflow for JPEG Files | |
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| Transferring Images to the Computer | |
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| Basic Preparation of JPEG Images | |
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| Basic Workflow for Two JPEG Images to Increase Dynamic Range | |
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| Blending Exposures in Optipix | |
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| Combining Two Images Using the "Claw" | |
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| Blending More Than Two Images Using Optipix | |
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| Optimize Contrast and Detail, and Balance the Image | |
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| Optimizing the Image with Optipix Refocus | |
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| Optimizing the Image with nik Sharpener Pro Raw Presharpening | |
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| Optimizing the Image with Photoshop CS2 Smart Sharpen | |
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| Balancing | |
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| Creating the Digital Fine Print Layer Workflow | |
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| Creating the Digital Fine Print Layer Workflow Manually | |
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| Creating and Applying the Digital Fine Print Layer Workflow Action | |
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| Proof Setup, Overall Contrast, and Color Balance | |
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| Proof Setup | |
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| Levels | |
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| Adjusting Overall Contrast and Brightness in Black-and-White (Grayscale) Images | |
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| Adjusting Overall Contrast, Brightness, and Color in Color (RGB) Images | |
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| Evaluating the First Print | |
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| Setting the Grays | |
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| Evaluating Color Balance | |
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| Local Contrast and Color | |
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| History Brush vs. Masking | |
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| Basic History Brush Technique | |
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| History Brush 101 | |
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| History Brush 102 | |
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| History Brush 103 | |
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| Outlining | |
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| Local Color Improvements | |
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| Hue/Saturation | |
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| Sponge Tool | |
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| History Brush Examples | |
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| Final Preparation for Printing | |
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| Cleanup | |
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| Saving a Flat Version of the Image | |
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| Noise Removal and Sharpening | |
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| Interpolation | |
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| Edge Burning | |
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| Final Contrast Tweaks | |
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| Converting to 8-bit for Printing | |
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| Print | |
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| Printing with the Epson Stylus Photo R2400 | |
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| Black-and-White Printing with the R2400 Epson Driver | |
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| Color Printing with the R2400 Epson Driver | |
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| Printing with the ColorByte ImagePrint RIP | |
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| Printing with the QuadTone RIP | |
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| The Highest Quality Print | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| What You Need | |
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| Computer and Equipment | |
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| Working Environment | |
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| Monitor | |
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| Monitor Calibrator | |
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| Printer | |
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| Printer Setup | |
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| Papers | |
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| Printer/Paper Profiles | |
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| Digital Camera | |
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| Drawing Tablet | |
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| Print Viewer | |
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| Card Reader | |
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| Software | |
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| Resource Links | |
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| Setting Up Photoshop | |
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| Color Settings | |
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| Palette Settings | |
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| The Info Palette | |
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| The Brushes Palette | |
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| The Actions Palette | |
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| Saving the Workspace | |
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| Some Thoughts About Color Management | |
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| Index | |