Color Management & Quality Output: Working with Color from Camera to Display to Print
We have all felt the frustration of wasting time, paper, and effort when our prints or web images don’t match the images we see on our monitors. Fortunately, you’re holding the resource that will help solve these problems. This book guides you through the hardware settings and software steps you’ll need to post professional images and make stunning prints that showcase your artistic vision. In Color Management & Quality Output, Tom P. Ashe, a colour expert and gifted teacher, shows you how to colour manage your files from input all the way through output, by clearly explaining how colour works in our minds, on our monitors and computers, and through our printers.
You’ll learn to:
- Properly calibrate your monitor
- Understand Adobe Photoshop colour settings
- Build and evaluate colour profiles for all your devices
- Navigate the print menu in both Photoshop and Lightroom
- Appreciate the differences between inkjet prints and C-prints
- Optimise sharpening for a variety of print media
- Understand how and why to use RIPs
- Communicate with creative professionals, clients, and output service providers to ensure the highest quality results
This book is part of The Digital Imaging Masters Series, which features cutting-edge information from the most sought-after and qualified professionals and instructors in the photography field. Based on the progressive curriculum of the Masters of Professional Studies in Digital Photography created by Katrin Eismann at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, these books are the next best thing to being in the classroom with the Digital Photography Masters themselves.
We have all felt the frustration of wasting time, paper, and effort when our prints or web images don’t match the images we see on our monitors. Fortunately, you’re holding the resource that will help solve these problems. This book guides you through the hardware settings and software steps you’ll need to post professional images and make stunning prints that showcase your artistic vision. In Color Management & Quality Output, Tom P. Ashe, a colour expert and gifted teacher, shows you how to colour manage your files from input all the way through output, by clearly explaining how colour works in our minds, on our monitors and computers, and through our printers.
You’ll learn to:
- Properly calibrate your monitor
- Understand Adobe Photoshop colour settings
- Build and evaluate colour profiles for all your devices
- Navigate the print menu in both Photoshop and Lightroom
- Appreciate the differences between inkjet prints and C-prints
- Optimise sharpening for a variety of print media
- Understand how and why to use RIPs
- Communicate with creative professionals, clients, and output service providers to ensure the highest quality results
This book is part of The Digital Imaging Masters Series, which features cutting-edge information from the most sought-after and qualified professionals and instructors in the photography field. Based on the progressive curriculum of the Masters of Professional Studies in Digital Photography created by Katrin Eismann at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, these books are the next best thing to being in the classroom with the Digital Photography Masters themselves.
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We have all felt the frustration of wasting time, paper, and effort when our prints or web images don’t match the images we see on our monitors. Fortunately, you’re holding the resource that will help solve these problems. This book guides you through the hardware settings and software steps you’ll need to post professional images and make stunning prints that showcase your artistic vision. In Color Management & Quality Output, Tom P. Ashe, a colour expert and gifted teacher, shows you how to colour manage your files from input all the way through output, by clearly explaining how colour works in our minds, on our monitors and computers, and through our printers.
You’ll learn to:
- Properly calibrate your monitor
- Understand Adobe Photoshop colour settings
- Build and evaluate colour profiles for all your devices
- Navigate the print menu in both Photoshop and Lightroom
- Appreciate the differences between inkjet prints and C-prints
- Optimise sharpening for a variety of print media
- Understand how and why to use RIPs
- Communicate with creative professionals, clients, and output service providers to ensure the highest quality results
This book is part of The Digital Imaging Masters Series, which features cutting-edge information from the most sought-after and qualified professionals and instructors in the photography field. Based on the progressive curriculum of the Masters of Professional Studies in Digital Photography created by Katrin Eismann at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, these books are the next best thing to being in the classroom with the Digital Photography Masters themselves.
