Color Management for Photographers: Hands on Techniques for Photoshop Users

By Andrew Rodney

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0240806492
• ISBN13: 9780240806495
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Focal Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Super Color Management Book

This book covers everything I needed to know about color management without getting too wrapped up in technical jargon. It is readable and is oriented toward photographers so I can put it to use immediately.

Color Management for Photographers

Congratulation to the author. One of the best technical book I have ever read. Scientifically precise, very informative, relatively easy to understand. Some minor changes in the editing could further increase it's value.

Color Management for Photographers

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. [...]

Color Management for Photographers

One word for this book - Excellent. In my first half hour with this book, I found a half a dozen things that I had mis-interpreted in other texts on the subject of color management. This author takes the time to go over the important fine detail. I can't wait to go through the tutorials and case studies. Thanks Andrew!

When the Digital Dog barks, listen.

Andrew Rodney (known to many as the Digital Dog) has been dealing with color management for long enough that it was about time he put his experience and perspective into a book. Color Management for Photographers is a good mix of color theory, functional color management tasks and practical application in Photoshop. I always say you can't learn color from dialog boxes so the theory, utilities, case studies and tutorials are an essential but often overlooked part of getting color under control. Rodney is one of the few people who really "get" color management and has been tirelessly posting answers and admonitions to online mailing lists and forums for years. I'm glad to see he's compiled the many pearls of wisdom into a reference for photographers and other color users. This book gets added to our must-read list. Steve Upton, CHROMiX.com