graphic design

These "Three Amigos"(Bruce Fraser, Chris Murphy, Fred Bunting) of color management, are the "desciples" of where color management is going. If you need color management(not everyone does)in your workflow, this is the book to get. From Photoshop to Quark, these "desciples of color management" cover it. They explain how we precieve color, not only from our eyes, but to our color monitors(display colors) to output devices(print colors). Whether it's for inkjet,cmyk or rgb output. This book explains how to build,evaluate and edit profiles. Even if you don't own(or don't want too) profiling software this book can be used to understand how color profiles(profiles in image-editing programs) can(and how)be used for color management systems and programs..... They explain the procedure of using color management for image-editing programs and operating systems.
Their is a difference between "custom" and "canned" profiles(of course)and they explain the pros and cons of each. The book is written for getting the best out of using a color managed workflow. Whether you understand color management or not. This book will lead you to a better understanding of this subject.

John Opitz Photograpker

Contrary to the previous review (the reviewer is from the same city as one of the authors and appears to have a personal grudge) I find that Real World Color Management is the first real book of it's kind. In reading through the book, it covers everything that an imaging professional needs to know-but could never get in one book anywhere before.

The writing is crisp and entertaining for such a dry topic. But the book's real strength is the information contained within. There has never before been a single source for this information outside of color science text books-which are written for color scientists, not digital imaging practitioners.

Whether you're a digital photographer, a designer or a pre-press pro, this is the best source for useful information about color management. This book is a great resource and well worth the read.

An Easy Way to understand Color Management. very suitable for newbies to understand with some color theory.

They explain the color management and profile process, then tell you how to build profiles for various devices, and even tell you why color swift at difference light source.