Archive for the ‘COLOR’ Category

Colormunki Photo Review. New color control solutions.

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"The ColorMunki Photo combines high-end technology with easy to use features and a more palatable price tag for most users. Typically, you would buy a monitor calibration device like a DataColor Spyder3 or an X-Rite i1 Display 2."

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Understanding Digital Color.


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"For a correct exposure you want all the channels in all parts of the photo to be below the point they max out and loose detail. As a starting point you need to set the color balance of the camera to match the color of the light so when a bright white object is photographed all three channels will max out at exactly the same rate."

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Color Management in a nutshell.


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Are you happy with color in your photos? This is ultimately the driving force behind color management for most people. If you take photos with your camera, print them, give them to friends and family, and everyone thinks they look great, you probably don't need  color management. The only problem here is that many people who used to think their prints looked perfect say they didn't know what they were missing after they tried a true color managed workflow. It is very difficult to "imagine" how your photos could look better on screen or in print without seeing the difference. If you strive to get the best reproduction of your photos and you are open to the possibility that they can be improved, read on.

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Inside Lightroom – Color Presets.

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color presets and tones from Inside-Lightroom.com :

Color Lightroom Presets

Point Curve Lightroom Presets

Cross Process Lightroom Presets

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Flash gels for correcting color temperature.

 Flash gels for correcting color temperature.

A lot of people been asking me what are Color Temperature (CT) flash gels for and where they can find it.

On the first part I will be showing a very simple way where you can get them, in Europe, very fast and with everything you need to cover all CT areas.

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Color management for photographers.

 Color management for photographers.

The Art and Science of Printer Profiling, part I

Why Use the ProPhoto RGB Color Space?

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