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Why color management is important for photo printing

Pete Hellmann

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April 14th, 2011 - 03:36 PM

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Why color management is important for photo printing

Just some quick thoughts on why color management is important. When processing an image there are color interpretations at three different stages:

* image acquisition in the camera, as seen by the sensor
* image viewing on the computer monitor as seen by our eyes
* image printing on the print media.


The major difference between the latter two interpretations as seen by our human eyes is we are seeing transmitted light from the monitor, while the image from the media is reflected light. This difference means there will always be a difference between what is seen on the monitor and what is seen on paper and why proofing on paper is required. The ICC profile hence acts as a reference for color information to be calibrated accordingly so that we see consistent colors throughout the process.



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