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Graphic Designer's Color Handbook: Choosing and Using Color from Concept to Final Output [Hardcover]

Barb Karg (Author), Rick Sutherland (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 2003

Colour is one of the most essential as well as one of the most challenging elements of good design. And getting colour right is one of the greatest hurdles faced by graphic designers today. As new technologies such as computer monitors, digital photography and digital printing have evolved, the complexities of colour management have grown. This handbook offers the designer a trouble-shooting guide for all aspects of colour usage and management. To help the reader to avoid common mistakes and inaccuracies before beginning a project, the book begins by walking the reader through the basics of colour theory. From there it moves methodically through the design process, covering everything from choosing colour combinations and executing management techniques to designing with colour on the Web and obtaining optimal printing results. Conceived as a companion volume to "The Graphic Designer's Digital Printing and Prepress Handbook" and "Digital Photography for Graphic Designers", this book offers the designer a resource for questions and issues relating to colour.

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About the Author

Barb Karg is a journalist, graphic designer, and screenwriter. She oversees the production and editorial departments at Lone Wolf Enterprises. Her diverse background includes book, magazine, and newspaper production and editorial work. She�s the author and designer of several books including Dancing Hamsters, Gothic Garden, and Cyber Conspiracies: The 501 Funniest, Craziest, and Most Bizarre Web Sites You�ll Ever See.

Product Details

Hardcover: 232 pages
Publisher: Rockport Publishers; 1St Edition edition (January 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1564969355
ISBN-13: 978-1564969354
Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.2 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,440,999 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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UNDERSTANDING COLO R IS TH E K EY TO SUCCESSFUL GRAPHIC DESIGN, whether it's in or out of the digital world. Read the first page

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film overlay proofs, gripper edge, print rep, proofing systems, percent magenta, dot gain, vacuum frame, ink densities, ink density, printing unit, color percentages, parent size, press sheet, color gamut, color breaks, uncoated paper, color project, lead edge, printed piece

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Color Correction, Courtesy Heidelberg, The Principles of Color, Back Front, Adobe Photoshop, Courtesy Paul Baker Printing, Mother Nature

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