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Hi-Fi Color For Comics: Digital Techniques for Professional Results | 
 enlarge | Authors: Brian Miller, Kristy Miller
Publisher: Impact
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 13391
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 1581809921
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.51
EAN: 9781581809923
ASIN: 1581809921
Publication Date: March 3, 2008
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Condition: Brand new, may have ramainder mark or slight shelfware
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Product Description
This exciting and complete instructional package starts with the basics and progresses through step-by-step demos that take readers from line art to full, awe-inspiring color. Readers will get instruction on equipment, scanning, setting up pages, color theory, flatting, rendering, special effects, color holds, color separations, and even details on the business of becoming a professional colorist. The CD-ROM includes Photoshop tools and actions that artists can use to streamline their coloring work, plus sample Photoshop files so that readers can work along with the demonstrations.
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 Good book but scripts use CS3 November 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A good book on digital comic coloring but with a rather huge flaw: A few of the lessons rely on the scripts included on the disc which only support recent versions of Photoshop.
We encounter this early in Lesson 1.4 which instructs us to copy the lineart to a channel. Instead of giving details on how this is performed, it tells us to use the script and moves on to the next chapter. What if we were using Painter or Paint Shop Pro? What if we just wanted to know how to do it manually? Setting up a Special Effects Layer and Color Separation are also Script-Only.
Oh, and the included brushes can't be imported into earlier versions of Photoshop either.
I can appreciate using scripts to automate simple tasks but Hi-Fi seems to forget not everyone has, can afford, or would even want to purchase CS3 (I have PS7 and will probably never upgrade). If you already know how to do these things, it's a minor oversight. If you don't, then you'll have to search the internet or you're left in the dark.
Overall, I did enjoy the book. Lots of good techniques, full color examples and step-by-step instructions (aside from those delegated to the scripts) with practice files on the disc.
 BEST CHOICE for beginners!! October 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hey, This BOOK is the BEST choice for beginners and Intermediate users.
I don't have any previous experience with PS. I've been reading tutorials around the net, I was almost frustated, after read Hi-Fi Color for Comics I changed my mind..
Now, I can do an entire comicbook page!!
If you find this one, go ahead, This is simply the best!
Nicely done except its slanted more for Photoshop users September 5, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first chapter claims that the tutorials in the book can be used for any image editing program but the tutorial often involves using Photoshop scripts. So with that in mind, if you use another program it may be difficult to convert the tutorial steps to fit whatever image processing program you use.
Despite that, the authors really know their stuff.
Not bad September 4, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very nice "How To" book, however, many of the techniques CAN be sourced from the Web. My biggest critique and is the scripts included in the CD - if you don't get them up and running (Mac OsX users) half the tutorials won't work. THey're supposed to make it easier for you, but not if they don't work...other than that, good to see some of the techniques Hi-Fi uses. 3 out of 5
The best book on computer coloring June 24, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've just started coloring a comic, and I wish I had purchased this book before I started! It contains SO MUCH information, from scanning, to prepping your drawings for coloring, to flatting and finally to coloring itself. Sure, some of this may be in the Internet here and there, but never in one place and never, ever explained so well.
In addition to the valuable information on coloring, he also includes some invaluable scripts from Hi-Fi, which removes the tedious process of setting up your channels, etc., as well as a script for color holds and finishing up the page.
All I can say is this is the best resource I've found on computer coloring for comics. In fact, it was so good, I ordered copies for two friends.
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