Contents
1 The Evolution of an Industry
The changing face of graphic design
2 Four-Color Printing Explained
A word about paper weights and sizes
Screen angles and screen clash
How do you pick the colors you need?
Getting the most out of your monitor
4 Calibrating a Grayscale Image
Dealing with highlights and shadows
Creating a dot-gain test strip
A practical example of grayscale calibration
Why are there 256 shades in a grayscale image?
Calibration test-strip settings
7 Good and Bad Image Formats… and Others!
Images from the Web: optimization and resolution
Creating an efficient workflow
Scanning previously printed images
Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW
Photoshop, InDesign, and Quark
Creating and using a rich black
Using desaturation to avoid RGB problems
Sharpening images in Photoshop
Choosing the right halftone dot shape