The GATF Practical Guide to Color Management [Hardcover]

Richard M. Adams (Author), Joshua B. Weisberg (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0883622483 | ISBN-13: 978-0883622483 | Publication Date: September 2000 | Edition: 2

In the two short years since the first edition was published, many changes have occurred in color management. Some pioneering color management tools have been discontinued, but most of the tools have been improved, and many new tools have been introduced.

The new second edition, which brings the reader up to date on those changes, discusses a range of topics essential to the successful implementation of color management, including: an introduction to color management; an overview of color theory; closed-loop color; color measurement instruments; scanner, monitor, and printer characterization and calibration; software; workflow; visual color evaluation; and tools.

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About the Author

Dr. Richard M. Adams II, who holds the Apple ColorSync funded chair at the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, is a research scientist specializing in digital imaging and color reproduction. He is the co-author of Computer-to-Plate: Automating the Printing Industry.

Joshua Weisberg has held several high-profile marketing positions in the computer and publishing industries, and he is currently the vice president of business development at Breakthrough Software, an e-commerce software company.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: GATFPress; 2 edition (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0883622483
• ISBN-13: 978-0883622483
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,870,944 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why doesn't the color match??? Read this book!, September 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Gatf Practical Guide to Color Management (Hardcover)

Dr. Richard Adams and Joshua Weisberg have succeeded where many (if not most) books on color reproduction fail. The GATF Practical Guide to Color Management simplifies color reproduction and gives you the one source you'll need to generate color easily, accurately, and without frustration. Every desktop or high-end color publisher MUST get this book. And, if you're in doubt... just remember that GATF has been a leader in printing and graphic arts technical sciences for more than 74 years. They not only wrote the book --- they ARE the book. ( 1998 Editor's Choice AWARD Winner, The Design & Publishing Center, Graphic-Design.com )

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good colour theory, but lots of filler, April 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The GATF Practical Guide to Color Management (Hardcover)

The first half of this book is a good introduction to colour theory, though it could be a little intimidating to the colour novice. The rest of it seems to be a product catalog, though if that's what you need it excels there. There's useful bits about configuring color management for various applications but little about how you actually *use* this technology in print production. It's also very expensive, but considering how little published information on color management exists, it's not too unreasonable.