Practical Color Management: Eddie Tapp on Digital Photography (Eddie Tapp on Digital Photogra) by Eddie Tapp, Rick Lucas
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Book Reviews of Practical Color Management: Eddie Tapp on Digital Photography (Eddie Tapp on Digital Photogra)
Book Review: Very disappointing
Summary: 1 Stars
Yet another large format photography book with an emphasis on pictures and very weak on explanation. I endured only the first four chapters, within which terms were repeatedly introduced which had yet to be defined or explained. The author credits his "color guru" as a supporting author but the extraordinarily poor and suspicious explanations of basic color management concepts leads me to conclude that the author doesn't understand the material in a fundamental way and should have let the "guru" write the book. I tossed the book in the trash after the author equated a pixel with a photon.Book Review: Eddie Tapp Book Series
Summary: 5 Stars
Practical Color Management: Eddie Tapp on Digital Photography (Eddie Tapp on Digital Photogra) This book is the next best thing to being in a classroom. Color management is a huge undertaking for even the best of professionals, and this book is an excellent place to start. There are many books on color management, but this work by Eddie Tapp is truly outstanding!Book Review: Good advice and information about a confusing subject
Summary: 4 Stars
Eddie Tapp is a great photographer who travels and gives practical inforamation in workshops. I have attended his workshops and so I wasn't reluctent to try his book. I am glad I did. It gave me the information I needed to correct my color management workflow.Book Review: Really valuable information on an arcane subject
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the major hurdles of the digital imaging revolution has been learning a whole new set of concepts and their associated language. It's a very different science from the analog, silver-based photography of the last hundred years or so and it takes a certain amount of serious concentration and persistence to master. One of the core threads running through all of it is the concept of color management - the control of color data from start to finish so what you end up with is as close as possible to what your eyes saw in the first place.
This is no small order as it includes multiple input, editing, and output devices along with completely different methods of gathering and displaying color information. In addition, there's as much art as science in the process, and agreement on standards has been slow to evolve. Fortunately, we've reached a point in the technology stream where a serious photographer or graphic artist can now do a very credible job of keeping colors on track with a modicum of specialized tools and the purposeful discipline to use them.
For the average digital photographer, color management theory can be mind-numbingly arcane, even though it is crucial to setting up an efficient and effective overall workflow. If you want to color manage properly, you have to assimilate a certain amount of theory or the whole process will fail to make any sense. This is where Eddie Tapp does an excellent job of simplifying the information as much as possible, presenting it in a logical order, and is able to pack a very thorough discussion of the topic in less than 150 pages - a real feat.
The book is laid out in an interesting fashion with text on the outside third of each page and the center section filled up with colorful pictures and screen shots. Some of it's eye candy, but that's what sells books these days I'm sure. Many of the screen shots and other illustrations are valuable though as they answer important questions regarding particular selections in critical software dialog boxes, and the explanation of terms and methods is very lucid and direct. The author does an excellent job of going deep where it's important while avoiding unneeded complexity for its own sake. There's a certain amount of technical heavy lifting that one has to do to become competent in this arena, but Eddie's made it as easy as any document I've seen. In addition, the appendix contains a highly useful excerpt from the Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines and extensive additional resource listings.
Book Review: Clear, consise and realistic color management.
Summary: 5 Stars
How do you make sure that the color you're seeing on your screen is what the rest of the world will see when you distribute your finished work? That is the question that Eddie Tapp attempts to answer in his latest book Practical Color Management.
Practical Color Management is divided into five chapters and one appendix. "The Search for Consistent Color," covers where the concept of color management came from and why it has evolved into what it is today.
"Understanding Key Color Management Concepts," explains the difference between calibration and profiling.
"Establishing a Color Management-Friendly Workflow," guides you through developing a efficient workflow.
"Three Stages of Color Management," describes breaking the basic color management into their three stages.
"Technically Speaking," brings in color expert Rick Lucas to explain in-depth color management concepts.
At first look, it almost seems that the approach will be too basic, but it builds quickly and will be of benefit to newcomer and professional alike.
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