Introduction |
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Color, Contrast, And Channels |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (2) |
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Sliding Down a Slippery Slope |
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7 | (1) |
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The Weapons in the Arsenal |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (3) |
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The Guide Goes Out the Window |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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I'm Beginning to See the Light |
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15 | (2) |
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Telling the Channels Apart |
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15 | (5) |
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The Importance of the Green Channel |
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20 | (1) |
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Strange Channels, Strange Lighting |
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20 | (3) |
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23 | (2) |
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The Steeper the Curve, The More the Contrast |
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25 | (1) |
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Left, Right, Up, and Down |
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26 | (1) |
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When There's a Choice of Shape |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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As Long As It Catches Mice |
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29 | (2) |
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Maximizing Detail Is No Accident |
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31 | (1) |
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What's Important and What's Not |
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32 | (1) |
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How to Correct, Sight Unseen |
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33 | (3) |
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Ask a Silly Question, Get a Silly Answer |
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36 | (1) |
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Turning a Blind Eye to the Catchlight |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (2) |
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Avoiding the Master Curve |
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41 | (4) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (3) |
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A Plan for Using This Book and Its CD |
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54 | (1) |
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By the Numbers vs. By the Numbers |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (2) |
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Looking for the Sure Thing |
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59 | (4) |
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Picking Significant Target Points |
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63 | (3) |
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The Lightest Significant Part |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (2) |
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Of Free Speech and Figures of Speech |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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Avoiding the Impossible: How the Pros Know the Numbers |
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72 | (1) |
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When an Emerald Isle Turns Yellow |
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73 | (3) |
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Otherwise Than by Comparison |
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76 | (1) |
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Color, Contrast, Canyons, and LAB |
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77 | (2) |
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The Eyes-Glazed Over Syndrome |
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79 | (2) |
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The Colorspace Confrontation |
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81 | (4) |
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The Relationship of the A and B |
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85 | (2) |
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Controlling the Blunt Instrument |
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87 | (2) |
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Zero Plus Zero Makes Plenty |
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89 | (3) |
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92 | (2) |
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The Selection Without a Selection |
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94 | (4) |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (1) |
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A Hypothetical Colorspace |
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102 | (1) |
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A Message to the RGB-centric |
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103 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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The Need for a Lower Black Limit |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (6) |
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When in Doubt, Do Without |
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114 | (1) |
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The Politics of Presswork |
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114 | (5) |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (2) |
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Fine Lines and Maximum GCR |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (2) |
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Sharpening with a Stiletto |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (3) |
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132 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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132 | (2) |
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134 | (1) |
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In Which Haloing Is Taken to the Max |
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134 | (5) |
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How Much Is Too Much? Readers, Author Duke It Out |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (1) |
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So Much for Newton's Third Law |
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142 | (3) |
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Inkjet and Other Printers |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (2) |
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Location, Location, Location |
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150 | (3) |
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Keeping the Color In Black and White |
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153 | (1) |
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Where Is the Life That Late I Led? |
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154 | (1) |
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But I'm Always True to You, Darling... |
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154 | (2) |
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156 | (1) |
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Who's Not with the Program? |
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157 | (2) |
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159 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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A Prince Must Keep an Open Mind |
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160 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (5) |
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The World's Fastest B/W Conversion |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (2) |
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172 | (3) |
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Keeping the Black and White in Color |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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176 | (3) |
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Harmonious with the Background |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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The Second Line of Defense |
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181 | (3) |
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184 | (3) |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (2) |
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191 | (4) |
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Inferences, Illusions, and When to Bet the Image |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (2) |
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The Media Can't Be Trusted |
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199 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (1) |
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Guessing the Distribution |
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200 | (4) |
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204 | (1) |
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Knowing How the Cards Lie |
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205 | (88) |
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That Old Savoir Faire---and How to Get It |
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A Card Laid Is a Card Played |
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212 | (1) |
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How Many Tricks Can We Count? |
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213 | (5) |
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218 | (2) |
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Getting Ready for the Next Hand |
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220 | (1) |
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Every File Has Ten Channels |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (2) |
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Different Colorspace, Different Tools |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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225 | (3) |
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It's All Over Now, Baby Blue |
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228 | (1) |
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Take What You Have Gathered... |
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229 | (2) |
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231 | (3) |
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234 | (2) |
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236 | (1) |
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When I Awoke, This Bird Had Flown |
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237 | (6) |
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243 | (3) |
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The Times, They Are a-Changin' |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (2) |
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An Introduction to Calibration |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (2) |
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A Vote for the Multidisciplinist |
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253 | (1) |
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The Price of the Perfect World |
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254 | (3) |
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The Black & White of Color |
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257 | (1) |
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The Colors That Are Missing |
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257 | (2) |
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Color, Contrast, and Revolutionism |
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259 | (2) |
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261 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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The Red Flag of the Revolution |
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262 | (1) |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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If Not Victory, Is Yet Revenge |
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265 | (2) |
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Maxims for Color Revolutionists |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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The Superior Measuring Device |
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268 | (1) |
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If Our Substance Be Indeed Divine |
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269 | (2) |
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271 | (1) |
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How the Phrases Are Defined |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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Assigned, Assumed, and Embedded |
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274 | (2) |
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276 | (10) |
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Choosing an RGB Workspace: A Flowchart |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (5) |
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Gray and Spot Working Spaces |
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292 | (1) |
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Conversion Options: Rendering Intent |
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293 | (2) |
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Color Management Policies |
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295 | (2) |
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297 | (2) |
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Politics, Printing, and the Science of the Skosh |
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299 | (2) |
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The Origin of Political Parties |
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301 | (1) |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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Pollsters, Printing, and Predictability |
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304 | (1) |
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305 | (3) |
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The Opposition Is Heard from |
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308 | (2) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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The Contract and the Proof |
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312 | (1) |
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The Platform Is Developed |
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313 | (1) |
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The Cost of Negative Campaigning |
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314 | (1) |
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Stereotyping Is a Form of Printing |
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315 | (2) |
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317 | (1) |
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The Investigation Proceeds |
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318 | (1) |
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318 | (1) |
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Politicians Sometimes Tell the Truth |
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319 | (2) |
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The Gamma--Dot Gain Alliance |
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321 | (1) |
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322 | (1) |
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Setting Up in Custom CMYK |
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323 | (2) |
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Making Use of the Settings |
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325 | (1) |
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Merging Custom CMYK and ``Uneditable'' Profiles |
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325 | (2) |
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Clues That Dot Gain May Increase |
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327 | (1) |
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Realpolitik and the Skosh |
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328 | (1) |
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Resolution for the Multimegapixel Era |
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329 | (2) |
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331 | (2) |
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Where Did the Pixels Come From? |
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333 | (1) |
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Coping with Poor Resolution |
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333 | (3) |
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More Information Means Less Variation |
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336 | (2) |
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338 | (1) |
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338 | (2) |
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Double the Bits, Double the File Size |
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340 | (1) |
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What the Tests Have Shown |
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341 | (1) |
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Shifting In and Out of 16-Bit |
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341 | (4) |
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345 | (2) |
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The Art of the False Profile |
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347 | (1) |
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A Word Means What I Want It To |
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348 | (2) |
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The Meaning of the Numbers |
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350 | (1) |
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An Invitation to Play Croquet |
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351 | (2) |
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353 | (1) |
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Blending With a Layer Mask |
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354 | (1) |
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I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury |
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355 | (4) |
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359 | (3) |
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362 | (1) |
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Through the Looking Glass |
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363 | (3) |
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366 | (2) |
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368 | (5) |
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What Comes Around, Goes Around |
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373 | (1) |
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374 | (1) |
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375 | (1) |
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376 | (1) |
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The Multi-Channel Approach |
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377 | (2) |
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379 | (3) |
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382 | (1) |
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The Duckling Becomes a Swan |
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383 | (3) |
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The Monster from the Deep |
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386 | (3) |
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Reds, Saturated and Otherwise |
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389 | (1) |
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Merging with a Layer Mask |
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390 | (2) |
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Summing Up: The KISS Approach |
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392 | (3) |
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Blurs, Masks, and Safety in Sharpening |
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395 | (2) |
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397 | (2) |
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Waterfalls and Sharpening Highlights |
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399 | (1) |
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400 | (2) |
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402 | (1) |
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Sharpening, Shadows, and Workflow |
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403 | (4) |
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407 | (3) |
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The Search for the Layer Mask |
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410 | (5) |
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Betting on the Sure Thing |
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Sharpening, Past and Future |
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390 | (29) |
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Overlays, Hiraloam, and Shadow/Highlight |
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419 | (2) |
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421 | (2) |
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423 | (1) |
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The Meaning of the S/H Defaults |
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423 | (1) |
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A Smarter Sharpen Filter? |
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423 | (5) |
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Half Shadow, Half Highlight |
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428 | (1) |
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429 | (1) |
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The Channel with the Difference |
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430 | (2) |
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USM, Pseudo-USM, and Shape |
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432 | (5) |
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437 | (1) |
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438 | (3) |
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441 | (1) |
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An Embarrassment of Riches |
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442 | (1) |
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Color, Contrast, and Safety in Masking |
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443 | (1) |
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Finding the Excuse to Use the Mask |
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444 | (2) |
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446 | (1) |
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The Scanner Operator Takes the Helm |
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447 | (1) |
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Choosing the Right Channel |
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448 | (1) |
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449 | (3) |
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452 | (1) |
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Multiplication and Masking |
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453 | (6) |
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459 | (3) |
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There Are No Bad Originals |
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462 | (2) |
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464 | (1) |
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464 | (1) |
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Highlights and Shadows Sail Again |
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465 | (3) |
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Changing Product Color with LAB |
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468 | (4) |
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A Swift and Swelling Ship |
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472 | (1) |
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There Are No Bad Originals |
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473 | (2) |
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475 | (2) |
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On Opening a File for the First Time |
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477 | (1) |
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The Final Curves: The Strategies for Approaching an Image |
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478 | (2) |
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Looking for Friend and Foe |
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480 | (3) |
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Finding the Color Variation |
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483 | (1) |
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The Final False Separation |
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484 | (2) |
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486 | (1) |
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487 | (2) |
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A Toast to Professional Color |
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489 | (2) |
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491 | (2) |
Notes & Credits |
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Index |
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