Course Syllabus
Color Fundamentals    Color Fundamentals      Introduction      What is Light?      What is Color?      White Point and Color Temperature      What is a Color Model      What is a Color Space?      RGB versus CMYK and Device Dependent Color Spaces      Device Independent Color Spaces      CIELAB, CIExyY and Chromaticity      DeltaE      Color Gamut      Metamerism      The Tone Response Curves and Gamma      Exercise    Digital Files and Color Management      The Pixel      Exercise      Digital Images Are Just Numbers      What Is Color Management?      Color Management Past and Present      Color Management Versus Color Correction      Calibration Versus Profiling      Exercise    ICC Profiles      What are ICC Profiles?      ICC Color Management to the Rescue      Anatomy of an ICC Profile      Rendering Intents      Profiles Don’t Know About Images      Generic versus Custom Profiles      Where Profiles Are Installed      Exercise      Exercise Application Color Management    Adobe Photoshop and Color Management      Color Management in Photoshop      What Are Working Spaces      Selecting a Working Space      Custom Working Spaces and Color Settings      What is a Soft Proof?      Out of Gamut Colors and Soft Proofing      Working by the Numbers Can Fail      The Benefit of Tagged Files      The Benefit of Untagged Files      Other Color Management Aware Applications      Reasonable Expectations from Color Management      Exercise    Color and the Monitor      Color Management and the Display      CRT and LCDs      Visual Calibration      Spectroradiometers and Colorimeters      Calibration Target Values      White Point      The Importance of Black      Smart Monitors      Warm-Up, Hoods, Resolution and Other Factors      Environmental Conditions      When Print and Display Don’t Match      Viewing Images in Non-ICC Aware Applications Color Management and Output to Printers    Printers      Color Management and Output to Printers      Printer Technologies      Four Color Press      Printing to a Desktop Printer      Finding the Best Driver Settings      Pre-Linearization      UV and Its Effect on Output      Building Profiles for Specific Viewing Conditions      Do You Need a RIP?      Cross Rendering and Color Management      Pantone/Process Colors      Process Control & Environmental Conditions      Exercise    CMYK Output      CMYK Output      SWOP and TR001      Total Ink Limits or TAC      UCR/GCR      Black Start, Black Limit, and Max Black      Multi-Color ICC Profiles      CMYK to CMYK Conversions      Page Layout Applications: When and Where to Apply Color Management      What to Show Clients      Exercise      Exercise
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