Chapter 15: Understanding Colors and Channels

Overview

When you're preparing images for professional printing, color management becomes an important issue. That's because there are differences between how colors are composed onscreen (out of light) and when printed (out of ink). This chapter helps you explore issues surrounding working with color in Photoshop. In this chapter, you will learn how to:

• Use the available color modes

• View and use color channels

• Convert an image to another type of color

• Control bit depth

• Proof the image color