Colour Management Articles

A wide range of information about colour management, colour profiles, colour settings, etc.

The wide gamut myth

Why you must work in sRGB

The sRGB Troubleshooter

A step-by-step guide to fixing your colour space problems.

Lightroom colour space settings

How to ensure your colours are correct in LR.

Understanding Photoshop's Color Settings

An overview of the Color Settings dialog.

Please be wary of CMYK

It can really bite you if you're not careful.

Introduction to soft-proofing in Photoshop

It's how we see what our prints will look like.

Why do some print labs tell you to change your Photoshop Color Settings?

They have their reasons, but are they legitimate?

Can't find your soft-proofing ICC profiles

You get them from the lab, you install, then you can't find them! Why?

Always embed the ICC profile when saving

Don't leave the colour of your images to pot luck.

Preparing CMYK files for newspaper printing

Take all the right steps to prevent any nasty surprises!

Check your monitor's gamut

What range of colour can your screen show you?

Football analogy: Why sRGB makes sense

And other colour spaces don't.

CMYK or RGB files for press printing?

Why do some printers ask for CMYK files, and others ask for RGB files?

Assign profile vs Convert to profile

They might seem to do the same thing, but they're VERY different.

Color Settings in Photoshop Elements

How to make sure Elements is set up properly.

Proof setup: Working CMYK ... not really

What is that Working CMYK setting in Photoshop really doing?

How we see image colour on Facebook

Facebook doesn't change the colour of your images. No matter what you think.

Buying a wide-gamut screen

What to consider when buying your next monitor.

Please ignore your monitor profile

It knows what it's doing. Leave it be.

Problems with calibrating a small-gamut monitor

Some colour problems you might see after calibrating your screen.

Making your Facebook photos match Photoshop

It's much easier than it used to be!

Colour modes vs colour spaces

What's the difference?

Comparing your screen to your prints

How to properly check the accuracy of your screen.

 


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