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This 50-page e-book, ESSENTIAL COLOR MANAGEMENT – Good Color Practices for Photography, has evolved from a Photoshop course handout to a comprehensive resource full of practical advice, for all of you who can't take the mind-numbing science of color management. It's worded as down-to-earth as possible without dummifying the content. It's aimed at professional image-makers who need to deliver high-standard images for reproduction, and be confident that their workflow follows good practice. It reveals what lies behind the industry jargon, specifications and definitions.
The book gives useful recommendations on calibration, color spaces, printing, paper types, viewing lighting, web output and much more. It offers straightforward advice – not just an overwhelming myriad of options. If you're in the business of supplying images for print reproduction, or even just producing inkjet prints, this is the book for you.
CONTENTS
How computers define color
8-bit versus 16-bit
One color defined in three models & modes
The CIE lab model
The RGB model
The CMYK model
Common output destinations for photo-images
Preserving color fidelity through color management
The color management workflow
Step 1: Profiling and Calibration of devices
Camera profiles
Scanner profiles
Display profiles
Calibration
Screen calibration with an instrument
Printer profiles
Bespoke print/paper profiles
Profile limitations
Color management terminology
Step 2: Relevant color settings & working spaces
Why device-independence?
Because the file is the most important part
Assigning a color ‘allowance’
Color numbers and their interpretation
Gray balance and gamut
Generous gamut
The RGB -CYMK conversion is a bottleneck
Data loss, clipping, WYSIWYG
Setting up the color settings
Step 3: Using ICC profiles to aid conversions
Profiles and working space
When conversion is the best way
Consider gamut compression
Some of the most common RGB spaces
Assigning vs. converting to a profile
Profile mismatch and CM the policies
Rendering intent
Reasons for keeping the master files in RGB
Typical CM workflow mistakes
CMYK conversion – what does it entail?
Custom CMYK
Not just any CMYK profile
Source and destination
Black generation
Step 4: Responsible color adjustment
Capture assessment and 3options
Proofing
Soft-Proofing
Custom proof setup
RGB to RGB proofing
Hard-proofing
The advantage of RIPs
Using the Gamut Warning
Assess & adjust checklist
Step 5: Good communication on delivery of files
Aim-prints and contract proofs
ReadMe
All-in-one aimprint & readme
Delivering to picture libraries
The most common reason for rejection
General guidelines for submission of stock
Remote proofing is on the increase
Hard-proof by cross-rendering
Inkjet colors
DPI in relation to PPI and LPI
Printing with inkjets
Metamerism
Various other types of printing
Giclee, Laser printers, Dye sublimation, pictrography, lambda & Lightjet, Hexachrome, Offset Litho, CTP
Halftone screen
Paper and perception
Printing terminology
Paper qualities
So who does what?
File formats
TIFF, PSD, PSB, JPEG, PHOTOSHOP PDF, INDD, AI, DCS 2.0, Photoshop EPS, GIF, PNG, DNG and Raw, Zoomify
The proof is in the viewing
The main issues for viewing
The hardware options
Some viewing solutions
Closing thoughts: Taking charge of color
Detailed Index
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