- ISBN13: 9781581809923
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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 … More >>
Hi-Fi Color For Comics: Digital Techniques for Professional Results
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#1 by top reviewer on April 18, 2010 - 10:11 pm
Having perused many books on animation, illustration, etc. and having purchased a few I thought this was pretty cool. The coloring style may not be for everyone, but the book is helpful in many areas. I thought the quality of the work was not as good as GURU’s book, and I would recommend that book over this one. That being said, you may be able to pick up different points from each, as I did.
Rating: 3 / 5
#2 by A. Christian on April 18, 2010 - 11:30 pm
I am a comic book colorist, already a professional, so keep that in mind as I review this book. There aren’t a whole lot of books out there on digital coloring and so this book should be given credit for at least covering the basics and does cover a lot of things about printing which are important to know to get your comics to print correct. It does not however explain much about color itself so it should be called Hi-Fi’s technique of rendering comics. This is probably the best single book I’ve read on the subject (better than DC’s guide or bluelines, but that’s not saying much because this field of writing is under-represented). If you are already a comic book colorist and can do flats and handle files and so-on this will probably be useless to you, but if you are don’t know where to begin this book will cover the basics very well and get you started. The CD that came with the book would be useful for people who don’t have a lot of lineart to practice on, but it would have been nice if the artwork was in the public domain so people could post their work on their own website instead of the authors, which I found self-serving.
Rating: 3 / 5
#3 by Dudeman on April 18, 2010 - 11:55 pm
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.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Mr. on April 19, 2010 - 1:36 am
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.
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by I. BALDAGO on April 19, 2010 - 2:49 am
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
Rating: 3 / 5