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Updated 3/12/07

 

acronym for the four ink colors -- Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key (black) -- used in printing; in addition to Pantone (see Pantone Guides), graphic designers need to be knowledgeable about CMYK format to avoid unexpected results in their print jobs

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Color Index: Over 1100 Color Combinations, CMYK and RGB Formulas, for Print and Web Media
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The best-selling author of Idea Index and Layout Index returns with an all-new title! Color Index provides more than one thousand color combinations and formulas -- guaranteed to help graphic artists solve design dilemmas and create effective images for both print and the Web.

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Color Index
Item No.: 1581802366

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The Designers Complete Index

save 20% on the set of all 3 "Index" books: Idea Index, Layout Index, and Color Index; comes in a collector's carrying case

This cool collector's carrying case contains a set of all three of Jim Krause's best-selling "Index" books for designers, including Idea Index (graphic effects and typographic treatments), Layout Index (your secret weapon for effective, dynamic layouts) and Color Index (over 1100 color combinations with CMYK and RGB formulas). Each volume is packed with hundreds of stimulating ideas, creative solutions and practical instructions.

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The Designers Complete Index
Item No.: 1581805519

Also available:
Photo Idea Index
Design Basics Index

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Process Color Manual: 24,000 CMYK Combinations for Design, Prepress, and Printing

Today graphic design is done almost exclusively on screen, where colors look different than when they are printed. To help designers and the people who work with them address this critical disparity, authors Michael and Pat Rogondino have completely revised and expanded their standard manual, Computer Color.

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Process Color Manual
Item No.: 0811827577

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Official Adobe Print Publishing Guide: The Essential Resource for Design, Production, and Prepress

The Official Adobe Print Publishing Guide covers the entire workflow, from scanning and file creation through prepress and print production. It brings together the collective knowledge of the experts at Adobe Systems in a simple presentation of the fundamental concepts and issues related to producing high-quality printed output. The book includes succinct, illustrated explanations of the basic concepts and terminology of print production, along with Adobe's tried and true guidelines, tips, and checklists for ensuring a successful print job.

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Official Adobe Print Publishing Guide
Item No.: 0321304667

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The Designer's Guide to Color Combinations: 500+ Historic and Modern Color Formulas in CMYK

This book eliminates a lot of the guesswork of selecting color combinations that work. It offers design examples from the past 120 years -- Victorian, Art Deco, the Sixties, etc. -- and includes CMYK color formulas for each illustration. There are also chapters on contemporary color styles.

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The Designer's Guide to Color Combinations
Item No.: 0891348573

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The Designer's Guide to Global Color Combinations: 750 Color Formulas in CMYK and RGB from Around the World

This book is certain to be an endless source of ideas and instruction for designers, illustrators and creative professionals in all fields. It features original designs from various regions around the world and examines their use of type and color. Each design is carefully analyzed to show how and why it works.

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The Designer's Guide to Global Color Combinations
Item No.: 1581801955

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Graphic Print Production

An introductory textbook covering all aspects of print production and manufacturing. The printed page is still the most common product of graphic design work. And as more and more print material is finding a dual-use in electronic formats (Web, ebooks, motion-graphics using Flash, etc.), it has become even more important that designers understand the impact their design decisions have on the feasibility of re-purposing their work for various media.

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Graphic Print Production
Item No.: 0471273473

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Getting it Right in Print : Digital Prepress for Graphic Designers

With this new book, designers learn how to prepare their brochures, posters, books, magazines, and other materials for trouble-free, high-quality printing. Addressing a major challenge that professional designers face -- calibrating images and layouts to match press specifications -- the book shows how to use common digital-layout and image-management programs to their best advantage. Disappointing proofs can now be eliminated, saving designers both time and money.

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Getting it Right in Print : Digital Prepress for Graphic Designers
Item No.: 081099206X

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Getting It Printed: How to Work with Printers and Graphic Imaging Services to Assure Quality, Stay on Schedule and Control Costs
On amazon's list of best sellers

An excellent book on the different types of printing processes, use of color, planning your print job, cutting costs, printer terminology, type, graphics, photographs, proofs, plates, paper, and bindng methods. Everything you need to know about working with offset printers.

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Getting It Printed: How to Work with Printers and Graphic Imaging Services
Item No.: 1581805772

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