Mastering Digital Printing: The Photographer's and Artist's Guide to High-Quality Digital Output SYNOPSIS
Written for photographers, digital and traditional artists, printmakers,
art educators, and art marketers, "Mastering Digital Printing" is the first
complete reference to the new world of digital printing for photography and fine
art. This authoritative book provides a thorough introduction to this exploding
medium, instruction in the latest digital printing techniques, and an inspiring
Gallery Showcase of the best of digitally imaged and printed art and
photography.
Part overview and part how-to, Mastering Digital Printing: The
Photographer's and Artist's Guide to High-Quality Digital Output not only
walks you through a complete, step-by-step workflow for making a great
inkjet print, but it also covers the pluses and minuses of using the print
technologies of digital photoprint (LightJet, Lambda) and photo process
(Fuji Frontier, Pictrography), dye sublimation, and electrophotography
(color lasers).
You will learn about: how to pick the right inkjet printer, how to
choose inks and papers, color management, print permanence, RIPs,
self-printing versus using a professional printmaker, the difference between
original prints and reproductions, wide-format vs. desktop printers, and
advanced printing and image-editing techniques. Other special features
include: an extensive resource section listing digital suppliers and
digital-friendly galleries, art shows and contests; plenty of sidebars,
charts, diagrams, and photos illustrating the book's text; and the first,
accurate history of digital fine-art printmaking as well as the true origin
of the term "giclﾽe."
Mastering Digital Printing is an invaluable guide and resource for
anyone who has a hand in printing photographic or fine-art images digitally.
There is no comprehensive reference to the digital printing revolution like
this book.
About the
Author Harald Johnson
has been immersed in the world of commercial and fine-art imaging and printing
for more than 25 years. A lifelong photographer and an award-winning digital and
commercial artist and designer, his images have been distributed and exhibited
worldwide. As a consultant and the head of his own marketing communications
agency, he has worked with many blue-chip artists as well as galleries and
museums throughout the United States. Johnson, who was introduced to digital
imaging workflows in 1988 and has never looked back, is the creator and
moderator of Yahoo's "digital-fineart," the world's largest online discussion
group on the subject of digital fine art and digital printing. He is also the
creator of DP&I.
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