Real world scanning & halftones: industrial strength production techniques

David Blatner, Glenn Fleishman, Steve Roth

Peachpit Press, 2004 - Computers - 334 pages

Appropriate for desktop publishing students at any level. In this comprehensive book to scanning and outputting images, áthe authors detail both the theory and practice of producing topnotch scans and halftones. Through tips, techniques, step-by-step instructions, and real-world examples, students learn how to scan, sharpen, and output their images as well as how to correct color and tone. Throughout, the emphasis is on not just how to perform a given task but why it makes sense to do so in a certain way. Filled with sure-fire techniques and practical discussions of today's software and hardware, when it comes to halftones and scans, this guide has become the desktop publishing students essential reference. This thoroughly revised volume provides an increased focus on color inkjet printers, web images, and all the latest software, including InDesign. About the authors: David Blatner is the author of 13 books, and a contributing editor for Macworld magazine; Glenn Fleishman is an expert in graphic design, Web development, and wireless technology; Conrad Chavez is a photographer, and has authored technical documentation for Adobe and other software companies; Steve Roth created the Real World series and has written many of the seminal volumes on desktop publishing.

Contents

• Scanners: 11
• Ready to Scan: 33
• How to Read: 53

About the author

Rabbi Ted Falcon, Ph.D., writes and lectures about Jewish spirituality and is the founder of a synagogue for Jewish meditation in Los Angeles. David Blatner is an award-winning, bestselling author of eight books.

Jeff Carlson divides his time between his Seattle Web design company, Never Enough Coffee Creations, and serving as the managing editor of the electronic newsletter, "TidBITS," He is the co-author of the previous editions of "Real World Adobe GoLive" and is also the author of "Palm Organizers, 2nd Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide" and "iMovie 2 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide,"Glenn Fleishman writes the Practical Macintosh column for the Seattle Times, and contributes articles on technology to The "New York Times" and "Wired," He is a co-author of "Real World Scanning and Halftones, 2nd Edition" and the co-author of all previous editions of "Real World Adobe GoLive,

Roth is the CEO of Thunder Lizard Productions

Bibliographic information

• Title: Real world scanning & halftones: industrial strength production techniques; Real World
• Authors: David Blatner, Glenn Fleishman, Steve Roth
• Editor: David Blatner
• Edition: 3, illustrated
• Publisher: Peachpit Press, 2004
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Dec 18, 2007
• ISBN: 0321241320, 9780321241320
• Length: 334 pages
• Subjects: Color printing; Color printing - Data processing; Color printing/ Data processing; Computers / Computer Graphics; Computers / Digital Media / Desktop Publishing; Computers / Electronic Publishing; Computers / General; Design / Graphic Arts / Typography; Desktop publishing; Optical scanners; Pictures; Pictures - Printing - Data processing; Pictures/ Printing/ Data processing; Scanning systems