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Digital Color Correction

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ISBN-10: 1401896634

ISBN-13: 9781401896638

Edition: 2006

Authors: Pete Rivard

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One of the keys to professional success is developing transferable skills that outlast the software upgrade cycle. This is particularly true when it comes to the color reproduction process. Digital Color Correction outlines a platform-independent, cross-disciplinary system for producing the best possible color images for print and the Web. Based on the author?s extensive experience training industry professionals, this cutting-edge resource instills confidence in a designer?s ability to evaluate, digitize, repair, and adjust any color image, whether working in Adobe Photoshop , a freeware application such as the GIMP, or on a scanner. Digital Color Correction defines precisely what…    
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Book details

List price: $78.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 3/22/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Introduction
Preface
The Four Characteristics of Appealing Images
It's Hip to Be Square
The Color Specialist
Roadblocks to the Optimal Image
Rivard's Pyramid
Defining the Optimal Image
The Four Characteristics
The Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test
Summary
Review
Contrast
Color Spaces
How Is Contrast Controlled?
Measuring Light
Summary
Review
Balance
Balance Defined
The Causes of Color Cast
RGB Balance
L*a*b* Balance
Gray Balance in Practice
Summary
Review
Sharpness and Detail
Pixels
Edge Definition
Grain
Unsharp Mask
DPI and LPI
Summary
Review
Believable Colors
Color Alterations and Corrections
Color Attributes
Describing Color
Communicating Color
Wanted and Unwanted Components
Skin Tones
The Expanded Gamut
Summary
Review
Image Evaluation
The Evaluation Checklist
Summary
Review
The Plan of Attack
Reviewing the Image Evaluation
Correcting the Poor Image
Summary
Review
Masked and Invisible
Anatomy of a Mask
A Masking Scenario
Summary
Review
Tool Work
Recognizing a Need for Tool Work
Tool Work Considerations
The Brush Tip
Color Correction Using Tool Work
Summary
Review
Special Treatments
Duotones
Sepiatones
Euro Grays
Drop Shadows
Summary
Review
Color Correction vs. Color Management
Color Management 101
UCR and GCR
Color Management in Practice
The Contract Proof
Summary
Review
Glossary
Index