Color Management for Digital Photographers For Dummies

Today, he spends his time writing and speaking nationally and internationally on Acrobat PDF and digital imaging. Don Mason is a graduate of Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. Upon completion of his two-year Peace Corps tour, he attended the New York Institute of Photography in Manhattan when it was a resident school, earning a diploma in Commercial Photography. After 4 years of inte

ATTENTION! It's for Photoshop ELEMENTS Steve Johnson ATTENTION! This guide is for Photoshop ELEMENTS. Despite the fact that it is, therefore, useless to me, I'm giving it five stars based on others' reviews and the fact that I can't evaluate it since it's of no use to me, i.e., "benefit of the doubt.". Product description unsatisfactory I am very disappointed with Amazon's Product Description for this book. Both book title and Product Information belies subject content. The book is meant for Photoshop Elements users, but nowhere in the product description is this mentioned. I use Photoshop CS2 and so it is non-specific for my use. For other Photoshop users not using "Elements", the book you want apparently is "Color Correction for Digital Photographers Only" (Wiley Publishing) - according to the book I purchased.. Kent Baker said Wow - Color Management that is understandable!. I would give this book ten stars if I could. Color management is something that all digital photographers need to be competent with. There is very little on the subject that is comprehensible to those that are not technically inclined. This book meets and fills that gap in an excellent and understandable manner. And it is brand new! And full of color illustrations (something new for "Dummies books"). And it is geared to Photoshop Elements 5, a program with a large following. I teach a Digital Darkroom class using Elements 5 and this book is a natural follow on for that class. It also ties in very n

From the Back CoverHere's your key to perfect color in digital imagesFine-tune brightness, contrast, and tone with Photoshop® Elements and these tipsShooting great photos is only half the battle—tweaking the details in your digital darkroom makes the difference between so-so images and spectacular ones. This book is packed with examples to guide you through understanding color basics, correcting brightness and contrast, getting the exact tone and hue, and creating perfect prints—in full color, of course!Discover how toBuild a viewing booth

Shows digital photo enthusiasts how to ensure that the color in an image file is accurately represented and reproduced, from camera or scanner to monitor or printerPacked with color management solutions that will help novices create picture-perfect imagesDiscusses the main components of color management including understanding light, matching digital images to displays and prints, working with color spaces, calibrating a printer, and using color management toolsFamiliarizes readers with the various color management tools that help calibrate consistent picture quality