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Colour Management

Full-day course: 10.00 - 16.30

Aim

Effective colour management is vital within the digital workflow and anyone working with digital images should understand and be employing the core principles. This training course introduces colour management theory and ‘good practice’ to ensure that you understand how to achieve consistent and accurate colour between applications, platforms, and devices.

Audience

Anyone needing to know how to achieve and maintain colour consistency between devices. This workshop uses Adobe Photoshop and some previous experience in capturing digital images and using image editors is recommended.

Content

  • Introduction and overview to digital colour
  • Describing colour - colour spaces and colour gamut
  • Open loop and closed loop colour management
  • Using ICC device profiles
  • Calibration and characterisation with ICC profiles
  • Colour transformations and rendering intents
  • Assigning new ICC profiles to imported images
  • Using profiles to soft-proof images for printing
  • Colour calibration on the Web
  • Other approaches to consistent colour

Workshop dates and locations

  • Tuesday 02 November 2010
    Full-day course: 10.00 - 16.30
    ILRT, 8-10 Berkeley Square, Bristol, BS8 1HH
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Tags: colour management | image editing | photography | training | workflow

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