Microsoft Windows XP Color Management [Paperback]

Joshua Weisberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 22, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0321334272 | ISBN-13: 978-0321334275 | Edition: 1

If you could leave color management to the pros, you probably would. But with the proliferation of desktop systems and devices, everyone (regardless of role) is expected to get color right these days—and to do that, you need to know about a lot more than just tools and software. Lucky for you, this hands-on guide delivers, describing precisely how to apply color consistently and correctly across various hardware, software, and output devices using a Windows-based workflow. By matching color workflow to color use (for example, photography and image capture, page layout and content creation, and output to desktop or press), author and color management pro Josh Weisberg distills a complicated process into its need-to-know essentials. Whether you're an artist, illustrator, designer, photographer, or hobbyist, the series of illustrated steps, instructions, and advice contained in this full-color volume will have you mastering color management in Windows XP environments in no time.

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About the Author

Joshua Weisberg  has extensive experience in color management, color imaging and digital photography, and has served as a consultant for numerous companies, including Intel, Apple, Imation, Microsoft, Canon Information Systems, and more. He is the co-author of the first and second editions of GATF Practical Guide to Color Management.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (July 22, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321334272
• ISBN-13: 978-0321334275
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,946,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Why Your Printed Imaged Doesn't Match What's on the Screen, August 14, 2005

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This review is from: Microsoft Windows XP Color Management (Paperback)

Color used to be so simple, you left it to someone else to handle. To be sure you could select the film you wanted to use to highlight blues or reds or whatever, and when printing the image you had some control over the printing process. With the advent of desktop publishing this has changed. Color management is in your hands.

This is a book that concentrates on color. It uses Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 2 as the standard software package for illustrating what can be done. And there is one chapter on using Quark Express.

The book starts with the simple question -- why doesn't the image coming from your printer match what you see on the screen. By the end of the book you'll not only know why, but you'll know how to fix it.

As you can guess from the title, this book concentrates its discussion on Windows XP platforms. It's a welcome addition to the literature of handling color