Articles on Colour & Calibration

Read more photographic Articles on Colour & Calibration. Articles provided by Professional Imagemaker magazine, a publication for photographers who are members of the Societies.

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Colour Adjustment - Part 6
Tucked away in the top right corner of the colour picker in Photoshop are some radio buttons marked L, a, and b. These belong to a colour mode known as Lab and are often the last stopping place for a Photoshop user on their journey to expert status. However when used correctly (and often sparingly) Lab can provide some spectacular results for the power user. If you want to know more, read on.
Colour Adjustment - Part 7
Few problems cause as much grief in the press industry and those of us who feed into it as "proofing". In some part at least, money is the source of all the evils here. A mismatch between proof and final job usually involves money for remedial action or loss of business from a disgruntled client.
Taking the pulse of your colours
This is a new, comprehensive colour management tool from one of the major players in the field (some would hold the major player in the field!). X-Rite have been slow to join the "lower end" party but seem to have benefited from their late start with a product which has none of the wrinkles exhibited by its competitors
The Accurate Reproduction Of Skin Tones
As humans we are tuned to recognise certain colours with more discrimination - the so-called known colours. Skin is a known colour and its pleasing portrayal in an image is of paramount importance.
The End Game Setting End Points
In our rush to sell you into RAW shooting we sometimes forget that some of our photographers either cannot or choose not to shoot RAW. They are then left with having to correct images downstream, often without ready or obvious points of reference on which to judge and adjust colour. With the help of Adobe Evangelist, Julianne Kost, here we show you how to go about it.
The End Game – the second half
The crux of the matter is, you cannot decide on the best processing settings until you know which exposure is best, yet you cannot choose the best exposure until you have processed the files.

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