Professional Photoshop: The Classic Guide to Color Correction

by Dan Margulis

The commonsense, by-the-numbers approach of Professional Photoshop has shaped the workflows of a generation of Photoshop experts. This new edition, the first in nearly five years, is completely updated for the age of digital photography. It continues the book’s tradition of introducing astoundingly effective, previously unknown methods of image enhancement. The original photographs found in the book come from a variety of professional sources, and all correction exercises are on the included CD. Professional Photoshop has changed radically from edition to edition, and this time is no exception--with almost 90 percent new content and completely overhauled coverage of curves, channel blending, and sharpening.Professional Photoshop offers a full explanation of:
How curves bring out detail in the most important areas of the imagen
A comprehensive strategy for blending channels to create deeper, stronger images
The strengths and weaknesses of CMYK, LAB, and RGB, and when to use each one
The first detailed look at the Shadow/Highlight command--and even more sophis-ticated ways to enhance contrast in the lightest and darkest parts of the imagen Sharpening strategies, in three full chapters, including the innovative hiraloam method (High Radius, Low Amount). Plus, a fiendishly effective method of merging hiraloam and conventional unsharp masking The realities--and the politics--of preparing files for commercial offset printing and how to deal with colors that are out of the press’s gamut What Camera Raw and similar acquisition modules can offer Typical problems of digital captures that were not found in the age of film--and how to correct for them

Genres: Photography, Nonfiction, Design, Reference

512 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

Reviews

[Philip De Groot · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is "the" book for people who want to understand Photoshop. Unfortunately Adobe has changed the interface and menus so that it is difficult to perform the lessons Margulis sets out because this book was written when Photoshop CS3 was current. None the less you can still learn how to modify/fix photos by numbers without needing to see the changes. A colourblind person can learn from this book how to become a master at improving digital images.

[Tim Wilder]

This guy has it own theory of color and thinks that Photoshop has it wrong. Good book if you want to get deep into things, but not for basic howto.

[Cody · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great information! I got a chance to view Color Correction and the digital darkroom in a whole new light, learning different advanced concepts and how to look at photographs to evaluate accurate color.

[Chris Tisinger · Rating 4 out of 5]

very challenging, again. very difficult to follow. read this book at least 2 or 3 times. input overload!

[egaraza · Rating 4 out of 5]

The FIRST book of color correction. Period.

[Peterk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Essential reading for those seeking perfection wrt tuning the colours of their photographs. Caveat: a demanding read!

[Artborghi · Rating 5 out of 5]

not quite a technical manual, more philosophy of photography at a glance

[Weidong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for understanding color, and color editing in photography.

[Rob Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not an easy read but well worth it, even though it came out back when Photoshop was at CS2.