Understanding Color Management

Foreword vii Preface ix 1 INTRODUCTION 1(48) Device Characteristics 2(3) Closed-Loop Color Control 5(4) Open-Loop Color Management 9(4) Color Spaces 13(3) Internal Color Scale 16(1) Device Profiles 17(3) International Color Consortium (ICC) 20(3) Inside a Profile 23(2) Profile-Making Software 25(5) Device Gamuts 30(1) Rendering Intents 31(3) Three C's of Color Management 34(1) System Software 35(2) Color Management Workflows 37(3) RGB Versus CMYK Workflow 40(3) Design, Layout, Prepress, and Press 43(1) Non-ICC Color Management 44(2) Color Accuracy 46(3) 2 COLOR AND VISION 49(28) Light as Electromagnetic Radiation 51(1) The Visible Spectrum 52(1) The Light Source 52(9) The Sample Spectrum 61(3) Changing the Illuminant 64(5) Human Vision 69(2) Vision and Measurement 71(6) 3 COLOR BY NUMBERS 77(32) Basic Attributes of Color: Hue, Saturation, and Lightness 79(1) Color Systems and Color Spaces 80(1) Device-Dependent Color Spaces 81(1) Device-Independent Color Spaces 82(1) CIE Standard Observer 83(1) Overview of CIE Color 84(2) Calculating XYZ Tristimulus Values 86(2) XYZ for Color Samples 88(1) XYZ for Light Sources 89(1) 1931 x, y Chromaticity Diagram 89(4) CIELAB 93(2) 2-Dimensional Diagrams 95(1) LAB Color Samples 96(1) CIELCH 97(1) Quantifying Color Difference 98(11) 4 MEASURING INSTRUMENTS 109(20) Instrument Types 111(13) Instrument Calibration 124(2) Instrument Accuracy 126(1) Limitations of Measuring Instruments 126(3) 5 INSIDE PROFILES 129(26) Profile Header 131(6) Profile Tags 137(5) Tags in Detail 142(4) Profile Inspectors 146(4) How Does a Lookup Table Work? 150(5) 6 SCANNER AND CAMERA PROFILES 155(38) Overview of Scanner Profiling 156(3) Role of an Input Profile 159(3) Test Charts 162(5) The Reference File 167(3) Creating a Scanner Profile 170(2) Using a Scanner Profile 172(3) Assessing Quality of Input Profiles 175(3) Digital Camera Profiling 178(1) Charts for Digital Cameras 179(6) Making a Digital Camera Profile 185(3) Issues with Digital Camera Profiles 188(1) Adobe Camera Raw 189(4) 7 MONITOR PROFILES 193(32) Monitor Profiling Overview 196(1) Monitor Basics 197(11) Making a Monitor Profile 208(1) Checking a Monitor Profile 209(1) Video Cards and Lookup Tables 210(5) Three C's of Monitor Profiling 215(1) Monitor Profiles and Internet Browsers 216(3) Viewing Conditions 219(3) LCD versus CRT 222(1) Future Developments in Monitor Profiles 223(2) 8 PRESS AND PRINTER PROFILES 225(48) Printer Workflows 227(3) Overview of Printer Profiling (The Three C's) 230(2) Calibration/Linearization 232(1) Printer Charts 233(9) Printing the Chart 242(1) Measuring the Chart 243(4) Making the Profile 247(4) Checking the Profile 251(2) Press Profiling 253(8) Rendering Intent 261(6) Proofer versus Press Gamut 267(1) Fluorescence 268(5) 9 APPLE UTILITIES 273(22) The ColorSync Utility 275(5) Apple Display Calibrator 280(3) Apple Digital Color Meter 283(1) AppleScript 284(5) Generic Color Space Profiles 289(2) Apple ColorSync Web Site 291(1) ColorSync Mailing Lists 291(2) Apple Seminars Online 293(2) 10 COLOR MANAGEMENT IN PHOTOSHOP 295(56) Brief History of Photoshop 296(2) Rules for Color Management in Photoshop 298(3) Photoshop Working Space 301(2) Menus in Photoshop 7 303(17) ColorSync Setting 320(1) The Big Finale 321(6) Testing with Synthetic Images 327(4) Testing with Real Images 331(1) Tools for Testing 331(2) Input Profiles 333(6) Monitor Profiles 339(3) Printer Profiles 342(5) Number of Cube Nodes 347(4) Appendix: Additional Resources 351(2) Index 353