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Title: Digital Prepress Complete by Donnie O'Quinn, Matt Leclair, Steve Kurth, Tim Plumer ISBN: 1-56830-328-9 Publisher: Hayden Pub. Date: December, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $55.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Very useful, all things considered...
Comment: This book would have benefited greatly from better editing (many spelling errors, some pictures seem incorrect), but it does a very good job at what it claims: making sense of the complex business of digital prepress. I'm new to the industry too, but I have learned one thing and that is there is no such thing as prepress for beginners! Even the smallest jobs mean you have to deal with very difficult issues. The best you can hope for is to learn from your mistakes and seek the guidance of worthwhile resources like this one.

I see Mr. OQuinn is planning a new book on prepress--if it is up to date and better edited (see his in a Nutshell book!) I will most certianly make the investment.

Rating: 3
Summary: It's Better Than Nothing; It's Not Bad, But Not Outstanding.
Comment: I wouldn't say that 'Digital Prepress Complete' is a terrible book, or even a waste of money; I can see how it would be a useful reference. However, I didn't find this book to be as 'clear' as some of the other reviewers did. Prepress still remains a mystery to me.

Sadly, there are not too many books which explain prepress, or at least, I could not find any except for this one and one other.

For some odd reason, there is not much in the way of digital prepress information out there, either in way of books or in college courses-- how on earth are graphic designers supposed to know how to set up digital files properly for press if there are not resources that teach this? One would think that there would be hundreds of resources on this subject.

This book seems to be directed towards those who already have experience with prepress; I am not such a person. At times, the authors throw out terms and concepts which they either do not explain at all, or they do so in very minimal, confusing terms.

This book is quite thorough, covering many different aspects of prepress-- I give them that. But again, I find parts of it confusing and unclear.

Maybe the book's content will make sense once I actually begin working with print? Or maybe this book is intended for reference in nit-picky details only and not meant to be used as an overall guide?

I do wish that these fellows would either re-write this book to make it easier to understand for print novices, or else write a book for beginners for folks such as myself-- a book that is an introduction to the process, one that clearly defines all terms and concepts and gives better examples.

If anyone out there knows of a clearer digital prepress book than this one, please let me know about it.

Additionally, the edition of the copy I have was written at a time when Photoshop 3 was the current version available: it would be nice if the authors updated their book with Photoshop 5 in mind.

In the meantime, do pick up a copy of this book, because goodness knows it's one of the only ones out there that covers digital prepress. It's essentially 'Digital Prepress Complete' or nothing at all.

Rating: 5
Summary: This book will teach you well and save many headaches.
Comment: This book is very clear and very well written. I am not a graphcs professional, but I need to do my own desktop publishing, and this is the only book I really use. It taught me everything I needed to know to work with print shops/service bureaus and to make sure that my final product was a success.