In this chapter, you'll learn to set up Photoshop's Color Settings dialog box, create a color-managed workflow for digital cameras, and convert RAW camera images using color management. | Download Chapter 5 files from www.peachpit.com/xpcolor. |
| This chapter takes approximately 2 hours to complete. |
The key to effective color management is to establish a workflow for your particular design and production environment that will ensure the consistent and repeatable handling of color. An efficient workflow can dramatically reduce the amount of time and money you spend producing your images and documents. To set up your workflow, you must first understand how color data in photographs and artwork is exchanged between applications, from the point of capture all the way to output. It is important to know where color is generated from, how applications are configured to handle color data, when color data is converted from one color space to the next, how data is tagged for accurate communication of color intent, and who is responsible for guaranteeing the accuracy and quality of the data. This chapter details how to implement a color management workflow for images, from configuring Adobe Photoshop's color management settings to importing images from digital cameras and color managing them so that you can use them in page assembly and soft proof and print them. |