Appendix B. Color Management Resources

Color management is critical for getting repeatable results. It is also the cornerstone of a solid digital workflow. Every electronic device sees and displays color differently. This is just a fact of life. For this reason, it is crucial that you calibrate and profile your monitors and printers if you want to produce accurate results. For the layperson, if you are working up images on a monitor that is not calibrated and profiled, you are working in your own bubble that has no relation to any known standard. Hence, when your images are viewed on a monitor that is calibrated and profiled, they may or may not look the same as when you worked them up on your system. Calibrating and profiling your monitor will ...

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