As an introduction to HiDefColor.com, I am offering free color correction services to trigger emotional responses to your print/web marketing production. Drop me a note to take advantage of this free color service and improve your marketing effectiveness. For a visual comparison: Which dish would you order?...
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Assigning an RGB color profile in Photoshop will have a great effect to how your images are displayed and printed. There is a big difference between sRGB and Adobe RGB color gamuts. Adobe RGB has a larger color gamut than sRGB and will produce more saturated color. However, it’s not meant for all RGB images. This VIDEO tutorial will step through the confusion of which RGB color profile to use with your images in Adobe Photoshop CS. Most digital cameras save images...
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This VIDEO tutorial will show you the best method to automatically convert RGB to CMYK for your images. Running a color managed workflow has it’s benefits. One of which is the absence of having to convert RGB to CMYK. It’s not necessary to have multiple files for the same image. Imagine the time savings and hard disk space! The important part to remember is to have tagged RGB images to start with. Color management works on the principle of ‘input’ to...
Read More »We’ve all been there before – “The client wants to run this image”. Who knows where it came from, but it looks like hell. The easiest correction to any digital image is to establish a highlight and shadow setting for the image. A highlight area is the lightest portion of the image you wish to maintain detail. A “specular” highlight would refer to a reflection and have no detail (255,255,255). The shadow area is the darkest portion of the...
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