A Field Guide to Digital Color
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (707 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1568811616 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 250 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The book provides the foundation for understanding color and its applications, discusses color media and color management and the use of color in computer graphics, including color design and selection. The book provides a guide for anyone who wants to understand and apply digital color. An annotated bibliography provides in-depth references for further study on each topic.. Maureen Stone's field guide to digital color presents a survey of digital color with special emphasis on those fields important for computer graphics
" ""Overall this book fills a gap in the literature of digital color. It certainly belongs in any academic library as well as any specializing in information or graphic technology. Stone reminds us about the marvels of color in our everyday lives. It presents the principles behind many of the concepts familiar to digital photographers, but which are never explained in detail in photography or digital imaging books aimed at the consumer."" -Bob Atkins, Photo, March 2005 ""This is an excellent book that does what it sets out to do in a clear and concise fashion. useful information in a compa
Every Color User's Essential Book! Shankar N. Swamy In the age of digital cameras, printouts and projectors, almost everyone needs some introduction to color and color reproduction.If you are a professional working in color reproduction, there are plenty of books on color engineering and computational color science - those by Phil Green et al, Stephen Westland, William Hunt are all good examples. But Maureen Stone's book has filled a long felt gap at a different level, where you need to understand the fundamentals thoroughly to get the best out of your everyday color reproduction equiptment - your computer monitor, color printer, your digital camera - what have you.Three features of the book. Lance Feagan said Excellent Resource. "A Field Guide to Digital Color" is an excellent introduction and reference for those who need to know more about color that "it exists" but who do not live and breathe GretagMacbeth color charts.This book is wonderful for photographers of all levels who own Photoshop or a similar image editing program and are serious about editing their photos and getting things "just right". For amateurs, it serves as an excellent guide for gaining understanding of the key concepts related to how the eye sees color, color mixing systems (additive and subtractive), color matching, perceptive effects that humans eyes have when colors are placed near each ot. Midwest Book Review said A thorough, professional quality resource. A Field Guide To Digital Color by computer expert Maureen C. Stone is a handy user manual to digital color on the computer, and applying digital color for maximum visual effect. From RGB and Brightness, to additive and subtractive color systems, to color image capture, reproduction, and appearance, A Field Guide To Digital Color is a thorough, professional quality resource (and includes an annotated bibliography for in-depth reference and future study) which is confidently recommended for novice and experienced digital artists seeking to master and manipulate this demanding medium.