AG PHOTOGRAPHERS, SOMETIMES “MORE OFTEN THAN NOT" IT I CRUCIAL THAT WE ACCURATELY ZEPROPUCE THE COLOR CONTENT WITHIN OUR IMAGES. TO ACCH- RATELY REPROPUCE COLOR FROM INPUT TO OUTPUT IT If IMPORTANT TO KEEP A STRICT ANP CONSISTENT WORKFLOW. HOPEFULLY, THIS CONTENT WILL WELP YOU WITH YOUR COLO2 MANAGEMENT WORKFLOW NIGHTMARES ANP GET YOU POINTED IN THE RIGHT PIRECTION. STEP 1: CHARCTERIZE INPUT PEVICES PHOTOGRAPH A TEST TARGET OF KNOWN VALUES UNDER EVEN LIGHTING TYPICAL FOR YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY. COMPARE YOUR IMAGE WITH THE KNOWN VALUES OF THE TEST TARGET VIA COLOR MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE ANP BUILD A SOURCE PROFILE.STEP 2: ALLOW YOUR PRINTER TO “WARM UP" AND PRINT A TEST TARGET THAT COMES WITH YOUR COLOR MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE VIA PHOTOSHOP. "MAKE SURE THE IMAGE I¢ UNTAGCEP ANP PRINTER COLOR MANAGE- MENT I¢ OFF" MEASURE YOUR PRINTED TARGET VIA COLO2 MANAGEMENT PEVICES Reference Data Profile Size laser3_pinter_tez_averaged.tt Large < Perceptual Rendering Intent Neutral Gray Gamut Mapping GO Classic eparation, Viewing Light Source COMPARE YOUR MEASUREMENTS WITH THE ORIGINAL ANP CREATE A OUTPUT PROFILE.STEP 3: ASCIEN PROFILES Assign Profile Assign Profile: Don’t Color Manage This Document Working RGB: Adobe RGB (1998) | ©) Profile: YOUR INPUT PROFILE ; ASSIGN YOUR INPUT PROFILE UPON OPENING YOUR IMAGES Remember to disable the printer's color management in the print settings dialog box. Printer Profile: YOUR OUTPUT PROFILE . Rendering Intent: Relative Colorimetric . | 3 V/) Black Point Compensation SELECT YOUR OUTPUT PROFILE IN THE PRINT DIALOG WHEN YOU ARE READY TO PRINT WAIT...YOUR NOT PONE YET! WE WAVE YET TO SPEAK ABOUT POSSIBLY THE MOST IMPORTANT STEPS IN COLOR MANAGEMENT RENPERING INTENTS EACH DEVICE YOU USE WAS A FIXED RANCE OF @OLO02° THAT IT CAN CAPTURE (INPUT) OR PROPUCE (OUTPUT) COLOR’ PRESENT IN THE INPUT SPACE THAT ARENT ALWAYS REPROPUCIBLE IN THE OUTPUT SPACE ARE CALLED ‘OUT OF GAMUT’ COLOR’, £0 WE USE RENPERING INTENTS TO MAP THE LARGER INPUT SPACE DOWN INTO THE SMALLER OUTPUT SPACE. THIS IS THE LAST STEP | PROMISE FOLLOW THE AZZOW TO COLO2 MANAGEMENT BLISSSTEP Ui: ESTABLICN RENPERING INTENT “PEPENPING ON YOUZ OUTPUT NEEDS" PERCEPTUAL INTENT PERCEPTUAL TRIES TO PRESERVE THE OVERALL COLO® APPEARANCE BY CHANGING ALL THE COLO2> IN THE INPUT SPACE £0 THAT THEY FIT INSIDE THE OUTPUT SPACE WHILE PRESERVING THE M$} OER ELCE == IMAGE RENDERED Delta E v Average Total 20.08 Best 90% 18.91 Worst 10% 30.339 .8. DELTA E l6 A MEASUREMENT OF COLOR DIFFELENCESATURATION INTENT SATURATION MUST TRIES TO PROPUCE VIVID CO0LO022, WITHOUT CONCERNING ITCELF WITH ACCURACY, BY CONVERTING SATURATED COLO2= IN THE SOURCE TO SATURATED COLO2=2 IN THE DESTINATION, | Delta E ~ Average Total 20.03 Best 90% 18.86 Worst 10% 30.38RELATIVE COLOZIMETEIC RELATIVE COLOZIMETBIC TAKES ACCOUNT OF THE FACT THAT OUR EYES ALWAYS ADAPT TO THE WHITE OF THE MEDIUM WE'ZE VIEWING. IT MAPS WHITE IN THE INPUT TO WHITE IN THE OUTPUT. —— INPUT PROFILE = GHIGINAL IMAGE OBL ELEC [MAGE RERPERER DeltaE | Average Total 17.97 Best 90% 16.83 Worst 10% 27.99ABSOLUTE COLO2IMETEIC ABSOLUTE COLOZIMETRIC DIFFERS FLOM RELATIVE COLOZIMETRIC IN THAT IT DOESN'T MAP INPUT WHITE TO OUTPUT WHITE. OR — CME FECL —1NEGCE EERE Delta E y Average Total 15.00 Best 90% 13.92 Worst 10% 24.38