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The digital print : preparing images in lightroom and photoshop for printing /

Whether you're a digital or a film photographer, you can learn to leverage today's technologies to create masterful prints of your work, and this unique book is devoted exclusively to teaching you how. In it, renowned photographer, educator, and author Jeff Schewe presents targeted chapter...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schewe, Jeff
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [San Fransisco] : Peachpit Press, ©2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
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  • Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 A Digital Printing Primer
  • A Brief History of Digital Printing
  • A rock star and a hacksaw
  • Jon Cone and Piezography
  • Adoption of inkjet for fine art printing
  • Ahead: Evolution, not revolution
  • Types of Digital Printers
  • Piezoelectric vs. thermal print heads
  • Dye sublimation
  • Digital chromogenic
  • Digital halftone
  • Picking a Printer
  • Consumer grade
  • Prosumer grade
  • Professional grade
  • Printing In-House vs. a Service Bureau or Photo Lab
  • ch. 2 Color Management
  • Understanding the Color of Color Management
  • What is color and how do you see it?
  • Measuring and specifying color
  • Understanding the Management of Color Management
  • The basics of color management
  • Color management on Macintosh
  • Color management on Windows
  • Color management in Photoshop
  • Color management in Lightroom
  • Applied Color Management
  • Input profiles
  • Display calibration and profiling
  • Working-space profiles
  • Note continued: Printer profiles
  • Buying a color management solution
  • ch. 3 Preparing Images for Printing
  • Preparing the RGB Master Image
  • Optimizing tone and color
  • Image sharpening and noise reduction
  • Image and Output Resolution
  • How much resolution do you need?
  • Image vs. printer resolution
  • Image sizing and interpolation in Camera Raw and Lightroom
  • Image sizing and interpolation in Photoshop
  • Preparing a Color Image for Black-And-White Printing
  • Converting an image in Camera Raw or Lightroom
  • Color toning a black-and-white image in Camera Raw or Lightroom
  • Converting color to black and white in Photoshop
  • Color toning a black-and-white image in Photoshop
  • Soft Proofing
  • Soft proofing in Lightroom
  • Soft proofing in Photoshop
  • Soft proofing for dynamic range in Lightroom
  • Preparing Images For Halftone Reproduction
  • ch. 4 Making The Print
  • Before You Print
  • Installing a printer on a Mac
  • Note continued: Installing a printer on Windows
  • Printing from Photoshop
  • The Photoshop Print Settings dialog box
  • Printer-specific settings
  • Printing from a Photoshop printer plug-in
  • Automated printing using Actions
  • Printing from Lightroom
  • The Layout Style panel
  • The Image Settings panel
  • The Layout panel
  • The Guides panel
  • The Page panel
  • The Print Job panel
  • The Preview panel
  • The Template Browser panel
  • The Collections panel
  • Creating a saved print collection
  • The Toolbar
  • Printing
  • Printing a Black-and-White Image
  • Printing black-and-white toned images using ICC-based color management
  • Printing black-and-white images using a special black-and-white mode
  • Printing black-and-white images using a third-party RIP
  • Alternative black-and-white printing
  • ch. 5 Attributes of a Perfect Print
  • What Is a "Perfect Print"?
  • Print-viewing environment
  • Digital print artifacts
  • Print Substrates (Paper/Media)
  • Note continued: Types of paper
  • Paper coatings
  • Paper attributes
  • Maximum density of ink on paper
  • Contrast range of a print
  • Photo papers
  • Matte/watercolor or fine art paper
  • Canvas
  • Alternative substrates and printing processes
  • Picking the right paper for the image
  • Print Finishing
  • Coatings
  • Matting
  • Framing
  • Print Presentation
  • Portfolios and bindings
  • Folios
  • Print Storage
  • Print Longevity
  • Variables that affect longevity
  • Longevity tests
  • Final thoughts about longevity
  • ch. 6 Developing a Printing Workflow
  • An Example Fine Art Print Workflow
  • 1.Confirm settings and specifications
  • 2.Cropping (nondestructive, if possible)
  • 3.Cleaning and spotting
  • 4.Global noise reduction and sharpening
  • 5.Shadow and highlight recovery
  • 6.Global tone and color correction
  • 7.Major image editing and retouching
  • 8.Regional tone and color correction
  • 9.Regional hue and saturation correction
  • Note continued: 10.Creative sharpening, blurring, noise
  • 11.Burning, dodging, sculpting, and midtone enhancement
  • 12.Output sharpening
  • 13.Final image check
  • 14.Proofing with BAT and annotated printing
  • 15.Final output and evaluation
  • When to print in Photoshop vs. Lightroom
  • The Best Workflow
  • Photoshop and Lightroom workflows
  • Jeff's print workflow
  • Print Troubleshooting
  • Top printing problems
  • Preparing an Image for Printing by a Service Bureau or Photo Lab
  • Preparing an image in Lightroom
  • Preparing for third-party printing in Photoshop
  • Using a Third-Party RIP
  • ImagePrint from ColorByte
  • Qimage Ultimate from DDI Software Inc.