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| Preface |
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The Evolution of an Industry |
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The changing face of graphic design |
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From letterpress to litho |
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9 | (3) |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (2) |
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16 | (3) |
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19 | (6) |
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19 | (3) |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (6) |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (4) |
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Four-Color Printing Explained |
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31 | (6) |
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Screen angles and screen clash |
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31 | (4) |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (14) |
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Can you trust your monitor? |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (3) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (3) |
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How do you pick the colors you need? |
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47 | (2) |
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49 | (2) |
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Getting the Most out of Your Monitor |
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51 | (4) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (3) |
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Calibrating a Grayscale Image |
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Dealing with highlights and shadows |
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55 | (1) |
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Creating a dot-gain test strip |
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56 | (2) |
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A practical example of grayscale calibration |
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58 | (8) |
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66 | (3) |
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69 | (4) |
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Why are there 256 shades in a grayscale image? |
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Pixel depth in color images |
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70 | (3) |
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73 | (10) |
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Gray component replacment |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (3) |
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78 | (1) |
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Dealing with color balance |
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79 | (4) |
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83 | (8) |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (3) |
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Calibration test-strip settings |
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89 | (2) |
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Good and Bad Image Formats |
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91 | (12) |
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91 | (4) |
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95 | (1) |
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Duotones, DCS, and PDF files |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (4) |
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Using Images from the Web |
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103 | (6) |
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Optimization and resolution |
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103 | (3) |
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Genuine Fractals Print Pro |
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106 | (3) |
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109 | (8) |
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Scanning original material |
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109 | (2) |
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Scanning previously printed images |
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111 | (6) |
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117 | (10) |
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117 | (1) |
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CorelDraw and Adobe Illustrator examples |
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118 | (2) |
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Photoshop, InDesign, PageMaker, and Quark |
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120 | (1) |
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Creating and using a rich black |
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121 | (2) |
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Registration and trim marks |
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123 | (1) |
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Trapping into a rich black |
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124 | (3) |
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127 | (6) |
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The Pantone Matching System |
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127 | (4) |
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131 | (2) |
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133 | (12) |
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Changing an object's color |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (1) |
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Using desaturation to avoid RGB problems |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (2) |
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``Unsharp mask'' and LAB mode |
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139 | (3) |
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Choosing the right halftone dot shape |
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142 | (3) |
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Preparing the File for the Printer |
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145 | (16) |
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145 | (5) |
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150 | (7) |
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157 | (4) |
| Glossary |
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161 | (7) |
| Index |
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