Hi Fi Color For Comics Digital Techniques for Professional Results
Hi Fi Color For Comics Digital Techniques for Professional Results
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.
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Good book but scripts use CS3
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.
3 Stars Not bad
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
3 Stars Nicely done except its slanted more for Photoshop users
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.
5 Stars BEST CHOICE for beginners!!
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!
5 Stars HI-FI for comics
I usually don’t give out any free reviews but for this book I purchased from Amazon I had to say two Thumbs up. Anybody interested to get a solid and good start to coloring comics, this is the book to buy. PERIOD.
Finally a book that lets you concentrate on your art and they show you how its done.
Great book, I dearly recommend.
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