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Summary: An excellent, concise book on color correction
Review: As a small time publisher with no training in Photoshop, I struggled along doing my best to make things look good. Then I came across Dan Margulis's book and for the first time I understood what photoshop did and why, and how that related to how things look in print. The book is concise, and for this reason I ended up reading it about 4 times, learning a little more each time. By then I felt really confident at working in Photoshop. I couldn't have been happier with the book.
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Summary: The Colour Correction Bible
Review: First of all I would like to say this is not a book for beginners, it is intended for people who have a good understanding of Photoshop and how to apply it. That being said, this is by far the best book I have ever come across on any Prepress subject period. In fact in the first night of reading I had so much information to take in it almost made my head explode. The book contains 17 chapters that are each thoroughly explained, such as the different colourspaces avaiable to a Photoshop user (each colourspace gets it's own chapter), sharpening, and moires to name but a few. The thing I like most is that each chapter of this book is devoted to a specific subject and then each subject is broken down into its relevant components. I find this is a very thorough and detailed way of explaining information to the reader and I wish more Prepress books were written in this manner.
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Summary: Great for Photoshop trainers and instructors
Review: I had the Margulis' book "professional photoshop version 3" and i thought this was the best book on color correction ever written. The author is a true expert of pre-press color management and it writes in a really enjoyable way.This edition for Photoshop 6 keep the content at highest standards and it's even more detailed with color photos and schemes. This book covers every aspect of color correction, RGB, CMYK, LAB systems are fully examined and (most important) it does not behave like a second Photoshop manual, it is totally oriented to the image point of view. That's why I believe the title is reductive, this is a book on color systems not just on Photoshop itself. Every argument is discussed with incomparabled skill and professionality, nothing is underestimated. Color correction is explained "numerically", even a color blind person could make the right adjustments!. Beware of complexity! this book is for professionals, mostly involved in pre-press environments, this is not a tips & tricks book on how to remove red eyes from your photos. For the not-trained eye some of the pictures in the book showing "before" and "after treatment" will look the same! The whole book is not an easy reading, because the subject itself isn't. The force of this book is to keep discussing complex issues without giving up. The CDrom included (this is the first edition to include one) completes the masterpiece because you get the high resolution images discussed inside, ready to test your skill. This is a must-have.
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Summary: Really one of the best
Review: If you are a photographer, this is the book for you. If you do any prepress work, this is the book for you. I have read and re-read this book to try to absorb everything inside. It's not a book about how to make the latest cool button for your website, it's about how to render a photo's color in the best possible way in a print or on a press. The book is very opinionated, and it's clear the author has attracted criticism from many parties. However, in the application of his techniques, I have never found any advice from him to be unwarranted.
He's been very influential in my work.
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Summary: The ONLY BOOK on Color Correction
Review: If you are in color correcting digital photos regardless of your photos output, this is the book to buy and study deeply. It is not for novices for sure, but even they could learn a lot if they apply themselves to it. I started with his Photoshop 5, with little experience in Photoshop 5, was cheesed off at first, and my feelings were the same as Stephen Gracey of Lakewood, Ohio of USA (see his review some where), reading the book second time and applying the books' techniques to my photos, tought me a lot, not only about color correction, but Photoshop in genereal itslef. This latest book of his is even better. I wish Mr. Margulis could publish his experiences and adventures of correcting unusual photos and publish them in a book, every year, rather than waiting for Adobe to release a new version of Photoshop.
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Summary: The only of its kind, a real masterpiece
Review: If you thought you couldn't salvage some bad looking images because there wasn't enough information available, think again. After you have read Chapter 5 ("Plate Blending..") you will look at all 'bad' images from a new perspective. It teaches you how to extract information from one plate that doesn't contribute much to the image, and blend it into the weaker channel making a world of difference ! Even though I haven't bought a copy myself, I think Chapter 5 alone is worth the price of the book...
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Summary: Number 1 in Color Correction
Review: If you want to learn beautiful and powerfull world of color correction, go and get it.
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Summary: professional photoshop 6
Review: It doesn't get any better than this. Dan's ability to communicate by thoroughly explaining and then demonstrating is excellent. You may never need to use all of the included techniques but this publication is a resource that is unmatched for content relative to the imaging industry. I purchased additional copies as gifts.
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Summary: professional photoshop 6
Review: It doesn't get any better than this. Dan's ability to communicate by thoroughly explaining and then demonstrating is excellent. You may never need to use all of the included techniques but this publication is a resource that is unmatched for content relative to the imaging industry. I purchased additional copies as gifts.
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Summary: CMYK color correction with lots of ego.
Review: Most of the online reviews promise a lot but the book doesn't deliver and that is a great disappointment since an understandable guide is need. The author does not explain and illustrate the relationships between rgb (additive) and cmyk (reflective) in enough detail for one to comprehend how to read color coordinates in the info window and then correct the images using PhotoShop's image adjustments whether they be curves, levels, or whatever (which require thinking in both color spaces). The author is an expert on the four process color inks on the press and how they relate to cmyk color densities on printed paper but how to achieve the corresponding correct color densities in your digital files using PhotoShop is not clearly communicated. I've learned more reading the compressed "Create Print" articles in MacWorld by authors like David Blatner (a fine writer) then I learned from this book. My recommendations are: if you want to understand the basics of digital prepress then the Agfa Guide to Digital Color Prepress (though dated) is far better; if you want to understand channels then PhotoShop Channel Chop (also dated) is better; if you wants to understand curves then the PhotoShop Artistry books (version 5 or 6) are better. If you want a professional's insights into how he goes about correcting cymk color situation along with lots of self accolades, well this is it. Also be warned that none of the photographs measure up to the quality of good commercial stock photo images. Hopefully, by the next version of PhotoShop a good technical editor can turn this book into the gem the PhotoShop audience needs on this topic.
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