In the not-so-distant past, color reproduction was considered a craft-one handled by skilled craftspeople using proprietary systems. Today-thanks to the proliferation of desktop systems and devices' everyone and their uncle can get their hands in. But the bottom line is this: It's still a craft-and to apply color consistently and correctly across various hardware, software, and output devices, users need this hands-on project based guide. As the only Apple-certified tutorial on the topic, this book cuts through the theory to go straight to the heart of the matter: How to set up a Mac OS X-based workflow for those situations in which users employ color: photography and image capture, page layout and content creation, and output (to desktop printer or press). Author and color expert Joshua Weisberg distills a complicated process to its step-by-step essentials through a series of lessons and exercises that users can follow while using the files on the companion DVD.