I have this on order at the moment based on the Luminous Landscape recommendation:
"An excellent new book has just crossed my desk. It's Tim Grey's Color Confidence - The Digital Photographer's Guide to Color Management. It is clearly written. beautifully illustrated and contains everything that a photographer needs to know about this oft-times confusing subject." http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0782143164/qid%3D1079646139/sr%3D 2-1/ref%3Dsr%5F2%5F1/104-3772011-2039149 Don't know if anyone knows any others... > -----Original Message----- > From: Otis Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 April 2004 14:47 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Ignoring:PS colour -3 choices ? > > > Are there any good detailed reference texts on color management that > you would recommend. > > Thanks in advance. > > Otis Wright > > Herb Chong wrote: > > >not necessary. it is necessay to enable color management by having a > >chosen working space in Photoshop and converting everything that is > >tagged with a known color space to that one on input. if a > file isn't > >tagged with a color space and it's from a digital camera, you can > >assume that it is sRGB. sRGB is an IEC standard. the > different types of > >sRGB given by a camera are to tell it how to modify the > captured color > >before saving in sRGB in the file on the memory card. if your camera > >supports it, Adobe RGB is a wider gamut color space and gives better > >results when printing although it looks flatter on the > screen. if this > >is the case, your working space in Photoshop should be Adobe > RGB. if it > >isn't your working space should be sRGB. one of the problems with > >Paintshop Pro is that ir assumes sRGB and provides no means > to map from > >anything else to sRGB. another is that it provides no means > to perform > >even a rough calibration of your monitor. if you can calibrate your > >monitor independently of Paintshop Pro, it can do proper color > >management on printing. Photoshop Elements and Picture > Window Pro are > >two of the lower end programs that do adequate color management for > >display while you are working. > > > >Herb... > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:35 AM > >Subject: Re: Ignoring:PS colour -3 choices ? > > > > > > > > > >>So it's best then if you can have the camera color space set to the > >>same color space as PS? And would sRBG on a camera be the > same as sRBG > >>in a > >> > >> > >Photoshop? > > > > > >>(Hope that's the right color space acronym.) Is it > standardized enough > >>to > >> > >> > >be > > > > > >>the same? Or about the same? > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
