Professional Photoshop 6.0: The Classic Guide to Color Correction (With CD-ROM)

by Margulis, Dan

• ISBN13: 9780471403999
• ISBN10: 0471403997
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780764536953
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: WILEY JOHN & SONS INC
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Summary

An electronic prepress master reveals how to get the most out of Photoshop Renowned among graphic design professionals for his technical grounding and ability to clearly explain difficult principles and techniques, Dan Margulis has updated his bestselling book, Professional Photoshop 5, to help readers quickly master Photoshop 6 and learn how to take full advantage of its latest tools and capabilities. Rather than focusing on program features, Dan Margulis builds on a solid foundation of classic design concepts and skills. This new edition has been substantially expanded to include coverage of issues surrounding image handling for devices other than offset printers, such as final output on desktop color printers, high-volume copiers, and large-format printers for outdoor displays.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Preflight: What Shall We Do with This Image?
Introduction	3	(1)
Defining ``Quality''	4	(1)
The Goals in Color Manipulation	5	(1)
Should We Match the Art?	5	(1)
Matching the Meaning	6	(3)
You Be the Judge	9	(2)
The CMYK Standard	11	(2)
Sorting Out Eight Channels	13	(1)
Colors and Their Complements	14	(1)
The Power of Curves	15	(2)
All the Tools You'll Ever Need	17	(4)
Color Correction By the Numbers
Introduction	21	(1)
A General Approach to Correction	22	(1)
The Magic Numbers	23	(2)
Looking for the Sure Thing	25	(1)
Writing Curves: A First Step	26	(1)
A Plan for Using This Book	27	(2)
Avoiding the Impossible	29	(1)
Give Me Your Tired Images	30	(1)
Give Me Your Tired Vehicles	31	(3)
The Intent of the Photographer	34	(2)
Behold a Paler Horse	36	(1)
Betting the Image	37	(3)
Of Values and Judgments	40	(1)
The Steeper the Curve, The More the Contrast
Introduction	41	(2)
As Long As It Catches Mice	43	(2)
High Key and Low Key Images	45	(2)
On to Bigger Game	47	(2)
Do We Suppress the Snow?	49	(4)
Correcting a Machine Correction	53	(3)
Of Contrast and the Paycheck	56	(3)
Sharpening with a Stiletto
Introduction	59	(1)
How USM Fools the Eye	60	(1)
The Four Deadly USM Sins	60	(2)
Taking Aim at the Problems	62	(1)
Are These Crops Tight Enough?	63	(2)
A Few New Wrinkles	65	(2)
By the Numbers	67	(1)
The Eyes Have It	68	(4)
Glitter and Be Gay	72	(1)
Location, Location, Location	72	(2)
Beware the Whitening Halo	74	(2)
Some Sharply Focused Tips	76	(3)
Plate Blending as Poetry
Introduction	79	(3)
The Cavalry of Woe	82	(2)
Yet I Know How the Heather Looks	84	(2)
The Berry's Cheek Is Plumper	86	(1)
The Accent of a Coming Foot	87	(2)
In Just the Dress His Century Wore	89	(3)
Give the One in Red Cravat	92	(1)
But Graphicker for Grace	93	(4)
In Color Correction, The Key Is the K
Introduction	97	(1)
A Hypothetical Colorspace	98	(2)
Black as Tangerine	100	(1)
GCR: When in Doubt, Do Without	101	(2)
When More Black Is Better	103	(2)
Allowing Flexibility on Press	105	(1)
Repeatability with GCR	105	(1)
Muddiness and Custom CMYK	106	(1)
The Planned GCR Correction	107	(1)
Putting Snap in Neutrals	108	(1)
The Prince of Darkness	109	(3)
How to Hold Shadow Detail	112	(4)
If We Shadows Have Offended	116	(1)
Do Your Eyes Glaze Over?	117	(2)
Staying Out of Traps With GCR	119	(1)
The Real PMS Equivalent	120	(4)
It All Fits Together	124	(1)
RGB Is CMY
Introduction	125	(1)
The Ink Police Overture	126	(2)
Enter the Dot Gain Curve	128	(2)
A Simple Prologue	130	(1)
Exit the Subtlety	131	(1)
Curtain Up on Contrast	132	(1)
Exeunt the Flat Channels	133	(2)
Arranging the Lighting	135	(2)
A Cyan Encore	137	(3)
Epilogue: RGB Output?	140	(1)
HSB Is LAB
Introduction	141	(1)
Dicky-bird, Why Do You Sit?	142	(1)
Avoiding Overly Bright Colors	143	(1)
Saturation and Apparent Distance	144	(2)
Riding the L Channel	146	(2)
Both the Simple and Quadratical	148	(3)
There Is Beauty in Extreme Old Age	151	(1)
Experimenting with the A and B	151	(3)
I've Got a Little List	154	(1)
Yet B Is Worthy, I Dare Say	155	(2)
The Best Channels to Blur	157	(1)
A Declaration of Independence	158	(3)
From Here and There	161	(4)
All Colorspaces Are One
Introduction	165	(2)
Better Use Your Sense	167	(1)
Take What You Have Gathered	168	(2)
...From Coincidence	170	(1)
The Times Are a-Changin'...	171	(2)
Tangled Up in Blue	173	(2)
Every Grain of Sand	175	(3)
Knockin' on Heaven's Door	178	(3)
Mixed-Up Confusion	181	(1)
The Pigeons Will Run to Her	182	(1)
The Line It Is Drawn	183	(1)
Which One to Use?	184	(1)
Better Grab It Fast	185	(1)
It's All Over Now	186	(2)
The End of the Beginning	188	(1)
Making Things Look Alike
Introduction	189	(1)
Dandruff, Cancer, and Halitosis	190	(2)
The Essence of Spirituality	192	(1)
The Flawed Traditional Method	193	(1)
The Flawed Alternative	194	(2)
The Flawed Conventional Wisdom	196	(1)
The Dustbin of History	197	(4)
The Best of Both Worlds	201	(2)
Of Scientists and Artists	203	(1)
All Greek to Them	204	(1)
Look for the Pattern	205	(2)
A System That Works	207	(1)
The Superior Measuring Device	208	(3)
Managing Separation And Color Settings
Introduction	211	(1)
Decisions and Damage Control	212	(1)
A Question of Aesthetics	213	(1)
The EIAM and the PCCM	214	(3)
A General Law, Sad but True	217	(1)
Matching a Photoshop 5 Workflow	218	(1)
Photoshop 6's New Setting Box	219	(1)
Agreeing on a Vocabulary	220	(1)
RGB: Out of One, Many	221	(5)
CMYK: Back to Basics	226	(2)
A More Adult Way to Play Tag	228	(4)
Filling In the Blanks	232	(1)
An Overrated Topic	232	(3)
The Great Dot Gain Gamble
Introduction	235	(1)
The Few Things We Know	236	(1)
How Predictable Is It?	237	(2)
Dot Integrity and Color Integrity	239	(1)
Pick a Number, Any Number	240	(1)
The Setting's Effects	241	(1)
The Parrot Uncertainty Principle	242	(2)
Taking Your Best Guess	244	(1)
Of Liquids and Papers	245	(1)
Of Numbers and Blunders	245	(1)
Of Ghoulies and Ghosties	246	(1)
And Four-Channeled Beasties	247	(3)
The Key to Calibration	250	(1)
An Act of Imagination	250	(1)
Friend and Foe In Black and White
Introduction	251	(2)
The Fatal Flatness in B/W	253	(1)
Foreseeing What Gets Lost	254	(1)
Putting a Hand on the Scale	255	(1)
B/W and Duotones	255	(2)
Who's Not With the Program	257	(1)
The Lion and the Fox	258	(2)
To Those Who Understand	260	(5)
Resolving the Resolution Issue
Introduction	265	(2)
Out of Spots, Dots	267	(2)
The Blind Man's Eyeglasses	269	(1)
Dots & Spots: a Glossary	269	(3)
Comes the Quintillion	272	(3)
Quality, Not Quantity	275	(1)
And the Band Played On	276	(2)
Spots, Dots, & Tonality: DPI vs. SPI vs. VOT	278	(1)
The Resolution That Isn't There	278	(2)
Resampling and the Rogue Pixel	280	(3)
Millions and Millions of Pixels	283	(1)
Some Final Resolutions	284	(1)
Math, Moire, and the Artist: A New Angle on Descreening
Introduction	285	(1)
The Thirty Degree Solution	286	(2)
Embedding a Screen	288	(1)
Thirty Degrees Again	289	(2)
Those Dots: Rules and Exceptions	291	(3)
The Good Old Days	294	(1)
A Pattern of Deception	295	(2)
The Unimportance of Yellow	297	(1)
Resolution, and Other Resolutions	298	(4)
A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy	302	(1)
Every File Has Ten Channels
Introduction	303	(3)
The Grayscale Gambit	306	(2)
Gaining a Tempo	308	(2)
The Flatness Counter-Gambit	310	(1)
Checkmating the Defect	311	(4)
Controlling the Open Diagonal	315	(1)
The CMYK Endgame	316	(2)
Compression Artifacts: Beware the Blue Blend	318	(2)
Every Square on the Board	320	(1)
There Are No Bad Originals
Introduction	321	(1)
For Better or for Worse	322	(1)
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart	323	(5)
The Dangerous Phrase	328	(1)
The Importance of Planning	329	(3)
Pushing the Background Away	332	(1)
A Pair of Luminosity Blends	333	(1)
Where to Commit the Crime	334	(2)
The Final Curves: the Strategies for Approaching an Image	336	(2)
Getting the Fizz Back	338	(2)
A Toast to Professional Color	340	(3)
Notes & Credits	343	(4)
Index	347	(7)
A Note on the Type	354