Getting Colour Right : The Complete Guide to Colour Correction

by Michael Walker, Neil Barstow

There’s no more comprehensive and invaluable guide to the use and control of color in digital photography, and print, Web, and multimedia design. This volume brings a fresh perspective to common color problems, explaining exactly how we see color, what the differences are between human and camera perception, and how to work with a color wheel. There’s a full discussion of display issues, including monitor calibration and resolution, color palettes, and consistency across varying platforms, operating systems, and software. A skills “toolkit” provides a detailed look at both computer hardware and image-editing software, and a hands-on workshop provides lessons in adjusting skin tones, retouching and restoring archived photos, and dealing with landscapes, fashion, still lifes, and more.

Genres: Photography, How To

Paperback

First published March 29, 2004

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Reviews

[#moluminary]

I'm disappointed to see such a low rating for this book, considering how often and many photographers still get basic white balance wrong. Certain notions about colour management that I developed based on field experimentation and experience were discussed in the book and that resulted in ideas to enhance them further.
Highly recommended to anyone looking to learn about colour management from ground-up.
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[Puja]

kinda cheesy written, but breaks down colour theory and colour correction in a easy to understand sorta way with lots of pictures. thank you.

[Joanna]

This explains so much in simple terminology about consistency of color from source to correction then print or output.