color calibration Archives

08 Nov

Software for Retouching, Video Tutorial, Working With Colors

Why You Should Color Calibrate Your Monitor

January 13, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
color calibration, color correction, color grading
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Accuracy is imperative for a retoucher, as your goal is creating a perfected final product. Color accuracy is one of those aspects of post-production that is vitally important, especially for commercial or editorial imagery. There is nothing more frustrating than...

16 May

Real World Practices, Video Tutorial, Working With Colors

How to Color Calibrate All of Your Devices for Accurate Color

Color calibration is one of those topics that can be intimidating to beginner retouchers and photographers alike. This fantastic tutorial by our friends at Fstoppers makes calibration easy to understand by breaking down the process for several devices. If...

30 Aug

Software for Retouching, Video Tutorial, Working With Colors

How to Use Color Calibration Profiles in Lightroom

January 9, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
adobe lightroom, color calibration, color management in lightroom
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Effective use of color should be a top priority for all retouchers and photographers. While there are multiple ways to manage colors, one particularly underused yet simple feature is the Camera Calibration tool within Adobe Lightroom. In this video tutorial...

24 Aug

Quality Printing, Video Tutorial

How To Prepare Your Images For Print

November 10, 2020
Posted by Kendra Paige
color calibration, icc profiles, printing
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As retouchers, we enhance, polish, and perfect images in order to create a beautiful final result. Part of our role is to ensure that wherever the images are displayed, they are shown in the best light. Our laser-focused attention to detail should not stop once the image is retouched, but should continue through the printing stage when our work is meant for print.

02 May

Hardware & Tools, Working With Colors

Why You Need to Calibrate Your Screen

December 13, 2018
Posted by Zach Sutton
color calibration, screen calibration, working with colors
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Screen Calibration has left people scratching their heads for years. Common questions like “Why do I need to calibrate my monitor if my clients aren’t calibrating theirs?” are all too reasonable and provide an interesting argument to the debate....