Advanced Color Workflows for Photographers

Ensure accurate color from camera to monitor and make sure your color photos display and print beautifully.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course

1. Reviewing the Basics of the Digital Color Workflow

• Why do we care about color workflow?
• Calibration and profiling
• What gear can and should be profiled?

2. The World of Digital Color

• Understanding color spaces
• Comparing types of color spaces
• Color-space conversions

3. Your Equipment and Color Profiling: Monitors

• Choosing the best monitor for your needs
• Advanced monitor profiling
• The limitations of profiling dual displays

4. Your Equipment and Color Profiling: Printers

• Why use custom paper profiles?
• Advanced paper profiling
• Optical brighteners and profiling remote printers
• Adjusting profiles for viewing conditions

5. Your Equipment and Color Profiling: Tablets and Smartphones

• Managing color on tablets and smartphones
• Profiling an iOS or Android device

6. Putting Color Profiles to Work

• The destination of your digital image file
• Soft proofing overview
• Soft proofing for inkjet printing
• Soft proofing for lab printing and web viewing
• Preparing files for CMYK printing

Conclusion

• Summarizing the benefits of an advanced color workflow
• Next steps