Colour Management and Fine Printing
Prints that match what you see on screen: colour science and Delta E, the ICC system and rendering intents, working spaces, monitor calibration, viewing conditions, input and printer profiling, soft proofing, inkjet printers and inks, papers, making fine colour and black-and-white prints, and archival presentation and editions.
PHOT-301 Year 3 3 credits 12 lessons · 5 h 1 min
Offered by HSM University · Photography
What you'll learn
- Explain how light, surfaces and human vision create colour, and measure colour with CIE XYZ, CIELAB and Delta E 2000
- Describe the ICC colour management system, profile classes, colour management modules, rendering intents and black point compensation
- Choose working spaces and bit depths and manage profile embedding, assignment and conversion
- Select, calibrate, profile and verify monitors for photographic and print work
- Set up standard viewing conditions using D50, ISO 3664, viewing booths and high-quality light sources
- Create and evaluate custom camera and scanner profiles for accurate capture and reproduction
- Use canned and custom printer profiles with matching driver settings, and build and verify custom profiles
- Soft proof images, interpret gamut warnings, compare rendering intents and make paper-specific adjustments
- Explain inkjet printer technologies, pigment and dye inks, resolution, maintenance and printing costs
- Choose papers and media by surface, base, brighteners, Dmax and gamut to suit each image
- Produce fine colour and black-and-white prints with correct sizing, output sharpening, print settings and test strips
- Preserve, present and document prints with archival materials, display conditions, framing and honest limited editions
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h 1 min total · final exam
- 1 Colour vision and colour science for photographers 25 min · quiz
- 2 The ICC colour management system 25 min · quiz
- 3 Working spaces, bit depth and conversions 25 min · quiz
- 4 Monitors: choice, calibration and profiling 25 min · quiz
- 5 Viewing conditions and standards 25 min · quiz
- 6 Input profiling: cameras, scanners and reproduction 25 min · quiz
- 7 Printer profiles and custom profiling 25 min · quiz
- 8 Soft proofing, gamut and print preparation 25 min · quiz
- 9 Inkjet printers and inks 26 min · quiz
- 10 Papers and media 25 min · quiz
- 11 Making a fine print 25 min · quiz
- 12 Archival permanence, presentation and capstone 25 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Prints that match what you see on screen: colour science and Delta E, the ICC system and rendering intents, working spaces, monitor calibration, viewing conditions, input and printer profiling, soft proofing, inkjet printers and inks, papers, making fine colour and black-and-white prints, and archival presentation and editions.
Part of the Film & Photography stream, typically taken in year 3.