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Color Channels and Transparency
Lesson 1, Module 4: Color Channels, Bit Depth, and Transparency
How color channels, bit depth, and alpha transparency work together to define an image's visual data.
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About Color Channels and Transparency
Inside Color Channels and Transparency
This zip download focuses on practical design skills you can study at your own pace.
- — Channels, bit depth, and alpha
- — The data behind color and transparency
- — Downloadable lesson materials
This is a self-paced zip download for learners who want a focused introduction to design without a subscription or cohort. Use the included material as a practical reference while you work through your own projects.
Created with AI assistance.
What you receive with Color Channels and Transparency
- — 33-page Reader, supplied as PDF and HTML
- — Fillable PDF workbook with 10 exercises
- — Answer key and evaluator guide for checking your work
- — Reference sheets: Module 4 Decision Matrix; Module 4 Quick Reference
- — 16 practice files (PNG, TXT, JPG, TIF) made for the exercises
Topics covered in Color Channels and Transparency
- Understand colour as light and as numbers
- Learn the main colour models
- Understand channels
- Learn bit depth
- Distinguish bit depth, dynamic range and gamut
- Understand colour spaces and gamut
- Work with colour profiles and colour management
- Calibrate and set up your viewing environment
- Learn about white balance, tone and colour correction
- Use scopes and histograms for accurate colour
- Understand transparency and alpha channels
- Create masks, selections and mattes
- Learn blending and compositing
- Handle colour in video workflows
The practice project
Compare the tagged and untagged files. Record whether a profile is embedded, distinguish missing profile information from an assumed profile, and document the destination color expectation.
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