Getting Colour Right is a comprehensive guide to the use and control of coloiur in both printed and screen media. It covers colour theory, the effects of light sources, colour temperature and colour gamut, how colour works ina digital environment, and how images should be presented for output. The core of the book comprises step-by-step examples of colour correction in a variety of photographic situations. Essential for anyone responsible for how colour will be seen.

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To download the original files that we used to create the projects click on the circle icon (below right) and select from the following options: On a PC right click and select "Save Target As," then select a folder in which to save the file On a Mac, click the link and the file will download automatically .tif    Chapter 4: Working Examples   P99 Simple tonal correction (648KB) P100 Tonal & Simple colour correction (772KB) P102 Tonal & Colour correction with Masking (772KB) P104 Handling high-key images (604KB) P106 Images with strong dominant colour (768KB) P108 Underexposed images (2.9MB) P110 'Unusable' Images (2.9MB) P114 Overexposed Images (776KB) P116 Fixing a simple colour cast (760KB) P118 Handling mixed source lighting (788KB) P120 Mixed lighting - Localized colour correction (700KB) P126 Creative Hue changes (800KB) P130 Boosting colours for effect (4MB) P134 Boosting colour 2 (1.3MB) P136 Boosting colour 3 (1MB) P138 Increasing saturation for effect (3.3MB) P144 Creative use of Desaturation (768KB) P146 Building Saturation (3MB) P149 Tonal & Colour correction in CMYK (1.3MB) P152 Making good mono from colour (800KB) P156 Colouring mono images (508KB) P158 Duotones (576KB)