Chapter 1. Color Management Background - Kodak
Chapter 1. Color Management Background - Kodak
Chapter 1. Color Management Background - Kodak
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<strong>Chapter</strong> <strong>1.</strong> <strong>Color</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Background</strong><br />
<strong>Color</strong> <strong>Management</strong><br />
All Images Start as RGB<br />
Images (photographs) start from 3 sources:<br />
<strong>1.</strong> Cameras (RGB)<br />
2. Scanners (RGB)<br />
3. From scratch on a monitor (RGB)<br />
Solid colors can be defined as CMYK or PANTONE, but unless you<br />
have a calibrated & profiled monitor, you are still viewing in RGB<br />
The system<br />
What we know so far:<br />
<strong>1.</strong> Each device has its own language (RGB, CMYK)<br />
2. All images start out as RGB but need to be CMYK to print<br />
3. <strong>Color</strong> <strong>Management</strong> is the translator<br />
4. L*a*b* is the translation language and can be read with a<br />
spectrophotometer<br />
RGB<br />
(source language)<br />
L*a*b*<br />
COLOR<br />
MANAGMENT<br />
MODULE<br />
L*a*b*<br />
CMYK<br />
(destination language)<br />
A software module that runs on a computer and does the mathematical<br />
conversion of the source Lab to the destination Lab. AKA, the number<br />
cruncher. In our world, the CS600.<br />
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