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Color management

beginner’s tutorial

http://www.skeller.ch/ps/color_management.php

Main Color Management sites

http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps8_colour/ps8_1.htm

http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html

http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/monitor_calibration.htm

http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/Calibration/monitor_black.htm

PS different color than other applications

http://www.arraich.com/elements/pse_ggotcha1.htm#colorman

http://www.arraich.com/ps6_tips_colormanage1.htm

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?13@251.9O41c3i1Ucp.1@.ef44dc8/1

sRGB different in apps

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=17636015

Adobe Gamma – How to

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/321608.html

For deleting Adobe gamma from startup for hardware calibrators:

Scroll to Adobe Gamma and Third-Party Monitor Calibration Utilities

http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps8_colour/ps8_2.htm

grayscale test

http://www.jasc.com/support/kb/articles/images/moncal.gif ;

Adobe Gamma - lost it

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=9397551

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?13@874.cSAtfDRtQoK.15@.3bbda5ce/0

Online “calibration”

http://www.easyrgb.com/calibrate.php

Why you should calibrate often…

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=16768574

Good check on monitor calibration

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=8707573

Hardware calibrators reviewed

http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/monitor_calibration_tools.htm

Camera profiles vs. tags

See “Additional Information” paragraph

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/327705.html

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=11744239

see Bruce’s post

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@621.l39pee9SzhY.9449061@.3bb6a85c.3bbb1172/10

on tors calibration

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@621.pnDleZ3fAto.32@.3bb6a85c.3bbb1172/19

Abobe RGB/sRGB colorspace

My summary:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=14461590

Also note digidog’s reply on untagged docs

ProPhoto

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/prophoto-rgb.shtml

aRGB monitor

http://www.eizo.com/press/releases/pdf/pr_WUXGA_drupa.pdf

Knoll on RAW colorspace

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?13@621.be5rerW8tHG.90@.3bb9810b/0

LCDs

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1004&message=12479962

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/lcd-guide.html

comprehensive guide ^

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/lcd-guide_19.html

panel types ^

http://www.prad.de/en/guide/hersteller_start.html

specs ^

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/display/20040226/contrast_ratio-01.html

contrast ratio ^

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/display/20050706/index.html

pro ^

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=16181893

text and ‘native rez’ on lcds ^

Save – Save as Settings

Baseline standard, optimized, progressive

http://www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/gelardin/guides/photoshop_basics/photoshopbasics1(new).htm

scroll to “about jpeg format”

Relative or absolute colorimetric

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=14081766

Jpeg quality level compression

http://www.photo.net/learn/jpeg/#qual

Scroll to Jpeg Quality Settings

http://www.impulseadventure.com/photo/jpeg-quantization.html

http://epaperpress.com/psphoto/expArchiving.html

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