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What's Your Right Photo Shade
by: Maricon Williams
Sometimes photos would appear a little frustrating
especially when there is no transparency to match color. The reason to
this is that printing companies have been slow in going with the flow
to accommodate new images. They often stumbles through their
conversions to CMYK which causes irreparable damage to the images.
In the article When Good Color Goes Bad by Mike Davis,
it enumerated some tips on how to seize the full potential of your
digital images. Davis advised to work with digital photographers who
can supply the following:
1. FPO images for you to place in your layout plus the
original raw files. These contain the virgin pixel captures straight
from high-end digital cameras, prior to any conversion to RGB or any
subsequent processing/encoding. You will need someone skilled to handle
them, though.
2. Properly tagged RGB tiff images -- again, a skilled
operator will be needed for best results.
3. CMYK tiffs prepared by a knowledgeable photographer.
When feasible, separations should be prepared from the raw camera
files, using the commercial printer's own printing profile settings if
available, or at very least using Photoshop's "U.S. Prepress Defaults"
with appropriate print environment settings (i.e. coated, uncoated,
Web, sheetfed, newsprint, ink density, etc.).
Mike Davis, the author of the said article, is the
founder of Colorprep. He specializes in making digital camera color
separations look their best, serving printers, graphic designers and
photographers. He is fully experienced with color preparation on any
sort of printed work, be it adwork for publication, sheetfed commercial
work, newsprint publications, as well as for backlit displays, outdoor
boards, and the likes. In 1982, he underwent training at E. I. DuPont
for direct screen color separations. In 1992 he joined Baltimore
service bureau Graphic Detail, Inc. in order to get in on the upcoming
digital revolution and say goodbye to rubylith, paste-ups and
opaqueing. Lately Mike recognized the coming demise of film in
commercial photography and the lack of qualified prepress operators
able to bring out the full potential of the new digital camera images.
After studying color management from a prepress operator's viewpoint,
Mike went solo in 2003. If you want help to achieve excellent colors in
you prints, contact Colorprep. He can also be reached by calling (410)
549-5564 or by visiting www.rgbcmyk.net.
Preferably, images should be scaled to your layout and
sharpened for the specific print conditions. You may even ask for the
full size CMYK or RGB tiffs without the final press sharpening or any
significant press gain compensation for later use at other sizes.
To avoid discrepancies, deal only with prepress who
understands the basics in color management, hardware calibrated
displays and proper working environments. Skilled personnel secure the
quality of your photos so you’ll be assured of your precious memories.
Here is today's feature Photography article.
Optimize your Photos for the Web
by: Kelly Paal
It doesn’t matter if your emailing photos of your grandson or putting images of your latest product on your online store. Too many people don’t consider optimizing their photos for the web. We’ve all been on too many web pages where it seemed that the photos would never load, and sometimes they didn’t. So here are some steps to make sure that your photos show up on your site.
1. Always have a back up original format copy of your image. Never alter the original. Believe me you will regret it.
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