Color Management & Quality Output: Working with Color from Camera to Display to Print (Paperback)

We have all felt the frustration of wasting time, paper, and effort when our prints or web images don’t match the images we see on our monitors. Fortunately, you’re holding the resource that will help solve these problems. This book guides you through the hardware settings and software steps you’ll need to post professional images and make stunning prints that showcase your artistic vision. In Color Management & Quality Output, Tom P. Ashe, a color expert and gifted teacher, shows you how to color manage your files from input all the way through output, by clearly explaining how color works in our minds, on our monitors and computers, and through our printers.

You’ll learn to:

• properly calibrate your monitor
• understand Adobe Photoshop color settings
• build and evaluate color profiles for all your devices
• navigate the print menu in both Photoshop and Lightroom
• appreciate the differences between inkjet prints and C-prints
• optimize sharpening for a variety of print media
• understand how and why to use RIPs
• communicate with creative professionals, clients, and output service providers to ensure the highest quality results.

This book is part of The Digital Imaging Masters Series, which features cutting-edge information from the most sought-after and qualified professionals and instructors in the photography field. Based on the progressive curriculum of the Masters of Professional Studies in Digital Photography created by Katrin Eismann at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, these books are the next best thing to being in the classroom with the Digital Photography Masters themselves.

我們都曾經感受過當我們的列印品或網路圖像與我們在螢幕上看到的圖像不符時，浪費時間、紙張和努力的挫折感。幸運的是，你現在手上拿著的資源將幫助解決這些問題。這本書將引導你通過硬體設置和軟體步驟，以展示你的藝術視野，製作出專業的圖像和令人驚艷的列印品。在《色彩管理與優質輸出》中，色彩專家和優秀教師Tom P. Ashe清楚地解釋了色彩在我們的思維、螢幕和電腦以及印表機中的運作方式，從輸入到輸出，指導你如何管理檔案的色彩。

你將學到以下內容：
- 正確校準你的螢幕
- 理解Adobe Photoshop的色彩設定
- 建立和評估所有設備的色彩配置文件
- 在Photoshop和Lightroom中使用列印選單
- 理解噴墨列印和C型列印之間的差異
- 為各種列印媒體優化銳化效果
- 理解並適當使用RIP（Raster Image Processor）
- 與創意專業人士、客戶和輸出服務提供商溝通，確保最高品質的結果。

這本書是《數位影像大師系列》的一部分，該系列提供來自攝影領域最受追捧和合格的專業人士和教師的尖端資訊。這些書籍基於紐約視覺藝術學院（School of Visual Arts）的數位攝影專業碩士學位課程的進階課程，是與數位攝影大師們一同在教室裡學習的最佳選擇。