Printing & Colour Management
Make screen and print match: calibrate your monitor, choose papers and profiles, and soft proof before you print.
Colour Management & Monitor Calibration
Understand colour spaces, gamuts and ICC profiles, calibrate your monitor properly, and keep colour consistent from screen to web to print.
By the end you can
- Explain colour spaces, gamut and why RGB numbers need a profile
- Choose the right colour space for editing, web and print
- Calibrate and profile a monitor to sound targets
- Diagnose common colour mismatches between devices
Lessons
Printing: Papers, Profiles & Proofs
Size files correctly, choose papers with intent, soft proof with ICC profiles and rendering intents, and make prints that match your vision.
By the end you can
- Calculate print sizes from pixel dimensions and ppi
- Choose a paper surface to suit an image
- Soft proof with paper profiles and choose a rendering intent
- Print test strips and a final print with correct colour management