The overlapping communication of color according to ICC-Standard is todays foundation for color management in a media production environment. Applied color management will bring predictability and consequently security along into the color workflow, from data input to conversion and output processing.
What is the fundamental challenge of color management within the boundaries of physics:
- make the scan look like the original on the monitor.
- make the print look like the original on the monitor.
- make the print of a scan, without much examination on the monitor, look very similar to the original.
- generate verification for images to look similar on different machines and monitors.
Ten years after its introduction the vendor and platform independent ICC-Standard has reached a high professional level and creates the basis for an efficient color management system, in combination with a progressive hard- and software development. The entire communication of color in a modern production environment is going through a stage of modification, which yet already takes place during photography due to the increased commitment to digital photography. Whenever precise color reproduction is mandatory – especially when shooting in a studio – color management can be applied in digital photography as such. When shooting outdoors the vendors color transformations inside the camera will seize, for the user color management starts once the final image will be displayed on the monitor.
Content
1. Color management
- 1.1 Basics color management
1.2 Profiling a digital camera
1.3 Working spaces
1.4 Viewing conditions
1.5 Visualization on the monitor
1.6 Visualization in print
1.7 Settings in Photoshop
2 Photography
- 2.1 Exposure and lighting
2.2 Formats, color depth and compression
2.3 Resolution
2.4 In-camera sharpening
2.5 Color space
2.6 White balance
2.7 Storage media
2.8 Camera maintenance
3. Data optimization
- 3.1 EXIF
3.2 IPTC
3.3 Description - Naming conventions
4 Processing data
- 4.1 Importing and processing raw data
4.2 Tonal range levels and contrast adjustments
4.3 Adjusting resolution
4.4 Additional sharpening
5. Interchange format for the transfer of data
- 5.1 Recommended file formats
5.2 Communication transfer
6. Application specific considerations
- 6.1 Photojournalism
6.2 Portraiture photography
6.3 Advertising photography
7. License
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Compendium for Digital Photography
