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Color Management for Photographers: Hands on Techniques for Photoshop Users, by Andrew Rodney, addresses the difficult subject of color management in a way that can help you get real work accomplished. This is the first book that moves beyond esoteric color management theory and detailed explanations of how things work to explain how to achieve a desired effect with step-by-step instructions so you can get on with creating and printing successful images. Complete with what-button-to-push-when explanations, this guide will help you navigate color management and further solidify comprehension of techniques with self-paced tutorials that enable you to practice what Rodney preaches. This practical, learn by doing approach is enhanced by the accompanying CD-Rom which includes sample files for practice as well as tutorials and software.

Written with the photographer in mind, this book is also a great hands-on guide for graphic designers, those in prepress/print and, more generally, the majority of people who feel color management is too difficult. This book will help to explain this difficult concept in terms you can understand so that you may control and enhance your photographic vision.

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"Colour management is a difficult subject to explain, and even harder to implement, but this book is one of the best I've seen on the subject...if you're determined to operate a fully managed workflow, this tome is essential." - What Digital Camera

"Color Management for Photographers includes all the information you will need to make sure your colour profiles are accurate...(it) will be perfect for professional imageers who want precise, technical information. This book shows you how to create desired results, with easy step-by-steps guaranteed to help you produce successful print material." - Advanced Photoshop, April 2006

"If you want to know more about the sometimes-complex world of managing color in digital imaging, this book is a good place to turn." - Photo Techniques

"This is an ideal book for those working in virtually all areas of photography and prepress and publishing who have to deal with color management on a daily basis. There is a lot of color theory in this book but there is more practical hands on knowledge of color management in Photoshop . It is complete reference of color management." - DigitalMediaDesigner.com

"Rodney de-mystifies colour management in an interesting, entertaining and encouraging way...more in-depth, complicated subjects are dealt with as painlessly as possible, and distilled with a bit of humour to help users of every level tackle colour management." - Digital Photographer

"Author Andrew Rodney has done an excellent job in tackling this slippery subject, and although text heavy, effort has been made to ensure everything is explained as clearly as possible...All in all, a very helpful title." - Photoshop Creative

"Rodney starts out explaining the basics of colour management and colour theory, but very quickly moves on to Photoshop workflows and ChromiX profile checking...The last chapters in the book contain tutorials on what has been covered before. This makes the book valuable in two "directions": you could use it as a tutorial, but it is also a reference work that should be kept within reach." - IT-Enquirer

"If you're really serious about color management, require presice color reproduction, and are willing to spend money to do things right, here's your starting point...If you've already committed to one suite or another, you'll still find this an incredibly valuable book as you work toward perfect color. This book should be reserved for color perfectionists." - Photoshop User, June 2006

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Focal Press (August 10, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0240806492
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0240806495
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Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 0.75 x 9.5 inches

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E. Bowles

Important reference for Photogrpahers

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2017

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First rate book on color management for photographers. The only criticism is that the book is a bit dated for today, and some of the statements about color gamut and technology are no longer correct with more current technology. It's mnot a big deal, and this book is a terrific reference material for anyone serious about color processing and digital imaging.

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Michael Christofferson

Still useful, despite its publication date

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2022

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Even though some of the specific "how to" information in the book might be a bit dated, the fundamentals of color management have not changed that much over the years, and the book thoughtfully provides readers with a sufficient baseline understanding of color management concepts and issues to figure out on their own how to proceed with the newer software and hardware available today.

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jmay

Very detailed

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2021

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A good book understanding color management

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Sick of the sheep

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2014

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Great book! Very helpful and easy to understand. Shipped fast and in great condition.

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D. Johnson

Charming, lightweight banter

Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2005

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There are entirely too many books like this. 100 pages of information hidden in clouds of personal chatter, name dropping and cliches. Too bad because this is an important area that is almost completely misunderstood. This material should be presented to experienced photographers at an engineering level. It isn't an "all you have to do is..." subject.

If you don't know anything about color, the first 30 pages of this book might help. If you know a lot about photography this book will irritate you, especially when the author runs aground on the subject of Gamma, as so many others have. There is excellent information on the Web that covers this subject so well, nobody needs to misunderstand it.

If you already us Photoshop CS2 and Camera RAW you don't need this book. If you don't use them, you should. Then go to the Adobe website and pick up the white papers by Bruce Fraser and Jeff Schewe. They are free, very well written and focussed on how Photoshop works and what you need to know.

I would recommend anything written by Blatner & Fraser, or Schewe. Add your own experience and just do it. You'll be better off.

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Color Management for Photographers

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2008

This is the other definitive resource on color management for professional creative communities. (Real World Color Management was the first definitive resource.)

Color management is a complex subject akin to rocket science and brain surgery. When you need to know particular details at a level of depth rarely covered elsewhere, this is the place to go. This is your last stop before dipping into color science textbooks or hiring a consultant to get the job done for you.

You probably want to have an overview of what color management is and why you need it before you buy this book. Once you know you need to know more about color management and you know you need to know how to get the job done exceptionally well, this is the book that will guide you through the process step-by-step with hands-on tutorials.

Andrew possesses an exceptional ability to present a complex subject in well-paced clear language. The back cover promises "less `why' and more `how to'". This is the pragmatists guide to color management. Step-by-step, how-to examples make the information highly practical.

Better graphics than almost any other book of it's kind make this information more compelling, more pleasurable to engage, and easier to adjust. In many cases Andrew tells a story about visual perception visually first with excellent illustrations, which are then supported by commentary. It's an excellent approach.

On the accompanying CD, the test files alone are worth the price of the book.

Despite excellent diction and graphics, you might find the level and breadth of this book daunting. Take it a piece at a time. Given your particular needs, there may be whole sections of this book that you may not need to read. Once you've identified the areas you need to know more about, read those sections. And, put them to use. Your images will be the better for it.

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Richard H.

Totally out of date

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2020

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It's so far out-of-date that it's useless. It is not current. I should have noticed from the late 1990s computer monitor on the front cover.

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Downtown Pearl

... and Rodney's a bit too 'me me me' very boring after a

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2015

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unneccesarily dense and Rodney's a bit too 'me me me' very boring after a while

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Color Management for Photographers.

Reviewed in Italy on February 28, 2019

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Libro ottimo per chi inizia e per chi vuol approfondire la gestione del colore. Può essere un po' ostico se completamente digiuni della materia. Per fotografi e amatori evoluti. Scoperto per caso leggendo sul sito di Mauro Boscarol. Molti settaggi sono per il mercato americano. Incluso un cd per chi vuole esercitarsi.

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Music

Sehr gutes Buch zum schwierige Thema

Reviewed in Germany on January 17, 2018

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Aus meiner Sicht sehr anspruchsvolles Thema endlich (habe mehrere Quellen ausprobiert) verständlich erklärt. Praxisbezüge gut dargestellt. Empfehlenswert auch seine Homepage (obwohl nicht heftig aktualisiert).

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Alfred Stieglitz

Extremelly elucidatory

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2013

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The best book I've ever found about color management. Easy to read and understand, Andrew Rodney supplies a CD full of exercises for the reader to practice and understand how color management works.

Eddy Willems

perfect

Reviewed in Germany on October 28, 2019

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perfect

Boing

Essential Learning for Photographers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 16, 2009

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Many new and intermediate photographers will likely have some inkling that there is something dreadfully wrong with their work-flow, and not necessarily ever figure out what it is. Why does that photo look different on the laptop? What happened to that shade of green? Why does the print not look anything like the screen version?

The missing ingredient is colour management, and this book is a capable resource for learning all about it. It is one of those rare books which provides lots of information, some of it very technical, but does so in a way which retains accessibility.

Rodney starts with an explanation of why colour management is necessary, how it first came to be available in image editing software, and how the current model developed from those clumsy beginnings. He provides screen shots and charts which explain the points well, and the book includes a CD with tutorials and demonstration images. He goes on to introduce and explain an end-to-end colour management process which will suit virtually all digital photographers, then ends with a series of tutorials which demonstrate the principles explained throughout the book.

There are some problems. Minor irritations such as typos and incorrect words abound, and one irritation is that figures referred to in the text are often on the next page. The book is also slightly out of date, referring to Photoshop CS and Photoshop CS2 throughout. If you don't use Photoshop, this book will still explain the principles but you will not be able to follow along with it very easily using your alternative image editor.

If you work with digital photographs (or indeed any kind of digital images) in Photoshop, and you have heard words like "colour profile" and "calibration" before without venturing to find out what they mean, you will benefit from buying this book.

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