New X-Rite ColorMunki Display and i1Display Pro

X-Rite’s new ColorMunki Display and i1Display Pro make major leaps forward in color managing displays. Technologically Advanced Hardware Both ColorMunki Display and i1Display Pro devices feature an advanced, high-end, optical system with custom-designed filters that provide a near perfect match to the color perception of...
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Color Analysis

To better see color within an image it can help to abstract it. By de-emphasizing an image’s representational qualities you can more easily direct your attention to the color relationships within it. In short, you can see them better because you’re not distracted by other...
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Graphing Color

Graphing color can help you identify colors more specifically and understand relationships between color better. One way to graph color is to use the Color Sampler Tool in Photoshop in combination with the Apple color picker. To access the Apple color picker choose Photoshop: General...
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Covers – People Do Judge Books By Them

One of the most important decisions you can make when you create a photo book is choosing an image for the cover. Choose cover images wisely. People do judge books by their covers. Images that tend to work best for covers share one or more...
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Use PDFs to Make Blurb Books

Want to design your Blurb book with something other than BookSmart. Want to use InDesign or Quark? Make a PDF with them. Then make a Blurb book from the PDF. This way, you’ll have all the refined control of professional design software and still get...
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Blurb's BookSmart Makes Design Easy

Blurb’s BookSmart software makes designing books easy. Don’t know how to use InDesign or Quark? No worries. Just want to make a book? Can do. It’s great to use software that intuitively teaches you how to use it as you work with it. Daniel Milnor...
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