Color Management in Digital Photography: Ten Easy Steps to True Colors in Photoshop

Color Management in Digital Photography: Ten Easy Steps to True Colors in Photoshop
by Brad Hinkel

Color Management in Digital Photography: Ten Easy Steps to True Colors in Photoshop
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Author: Brad Hinkel
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-12-12
ISBN: 1933952024
Number of pages: 152
Publisher: Rocky Nook

Book Reviews of Color Management in Digital Photography: Ten Easy Steps to True Colors in Photoshop

Book Review: Best Book on Color Management for the Digital Photographer
Summary: 5 Stars

I found "Color Management in Digital Photography" by Brad Hinkel to easily be the BEST book on he subject for the digital photographer whose goal is to get your monitor to match your prints.

It is written in a clear, straightforward manner, in a way that is understandable and applicable for the typical digital photographer.

It provides sufficient background on the topics, without going into unnecessary theory. Brad is one of those rare teachers with a knack to get the reader to understand concepts that others cannot explain successfully.

Brad offers good, solid suggestions on selection of various pieces of hardware and software - something many other similar books lack.

Topics covered in this book include:
* Selecting a good monitor, along with some excellent monitor recommendations.
* Proofing lighting - again with some excellent lighting recommendations.
* Monitor calibration. Here Brad recommends booth hardware and software. He also makes excellent recommendations on how to calibrate a monitor. His recommendations include some of the latest thinking on this topic, something I have not seen in other books. Following the recommendations from others drove me nuts for months trying to get a good monitor to print match.
* Printer recommendations.
* Rendering intents. Brad's description of Perceptual versus Relative Colormetric rendering intents is the first one that I have found easy to understand.
* His section on Soft Proofing, out of gamut colors and fixing color shifts is both easy to understand and easy to follow.

I also own the following books on color management:
* "Real World Color Management - Second Edition" by Bruce Fraser, Chris Murphy and Fred Bunting. Considered by many to be THE bible on the topic of color management. It is a fine book, but at 582 pages this goes WAY beyond the needs of a photographer, and in many ways is not organized or presented in a way to be most helpful to the photographer.
* "Color Management for Photographers" by Andrew Rodney. A very fine book that I feel is more useful to the photographer than is Real World Color Management, but at 461 pages also is too heavy on theory unnecessary to the photographer, and what it does present is not in a concise, straightforward manner that would be useful to the digital photographer.
* "Color Confidence - Second Edition" by Tim Gray.
* "The Photographer's Guide to Color Management" by Phil Nelson. A worthwhile read.
* "Practical Color Management" by Eddie Tapp.
* "Fine Art Printing for Photographers" by Uwe Steinmueller and Jurgen Gulbins (a very fine book on that specific topic).

I also own various books on color correction - which is really a different topic. Although these books cover color management superficially, their real goal is the use of Photoshop to modify colors.

If your intention is to become a master consultant in color management you certainly will want to invest in many other more detailed books on the topic. If you are a photographer and your goal is to get your monitor to match your prints you will not find a better book than "Color Management in Digital Photography" by Brad Hinkel.



Summary of Color Management in Digital Photography: Ten Easy Steps to True Colors in Photoshop

Color management is one of the essential elements, yet major stumbling blocks in digital photography. The vast majority of digital photographers really wish they didn't have to be concerned with color management, yet the basic process of moving images from capture to print becomes impractical without it. And the more sophisticated the photography workflow becomes, the more important it is to manage colors from capture to print.

In this book, Brad Hinkel simplifies the language of color management. It is based on classes and workshops the author has given to hundreds of students of digital photography. His process for color management is intended to provide enough information to create a simple and effective system allowing the user to get on with photography - focus on creativity instead of technology. However, the fact that this book suggests a simple approach to color management does not mean it sacrifices quality and effectiveness. Simpler is usually better - if it works.

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