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Color Profiles
Every device has a profile. Every device has a color profile. The Canon 5D Mark III collects colors differently than the Canon 5D Mark IV, which collects colors differently thank the Nikon D850, and that's different than the D810. So every sensor has a different profile. We don't ever see it, we don't have to worry about it, but every sensor can actually ... The more modern sensors get, they can collect more greens, more reds, more deeper shadows, higher, brighter highlights. Every printer is different. You know, this Canon Pro-1000, I forget how many inks it has, I'm just gonna say 12, versus the Pro-10 has nine, you know. So just by virtue, having more inks, it can produce more colors. So every device has a profile, and those profiles are consistent across the board because everybody subscribes to the ICC protocols, International Color Consortium. If you're a real color nerd, go here to color.org. It's all about color management, okay, and you can see what these different manufacture...
rs are subscribing to, what the standards are. The goal is though, that everyone in the world speaks the same language. You know, red number seven is red number seven. This computer is gonna hand this package of data to that printer, using this method. So ICC is the main standard for all of this stuff. The goal is that colors are captured, will render the same as the colors on your display, and they'll render the same as the final output. I've already made that point a number of times, but the goal is that consistent flow from beginning to end, and that flow happens with profiles. It's all about profiles. So color profiles allow software to translate data from device to device to device. Photons to silicon, silicon to a monitor, a monitor to little droplets of ink. Profile is the package that does the translation, okay.
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Cheryl Tarr
I enjoyed watching this. Mike is an engaging instructor. Very clear and easy to follow. I was somewhat familiar with the various color spaces but this solidified my understanding. I now have some 'next steps' to improve my printing, thank you!
Jenni Tanner
Mike is a great presenter and easy to understand. The content was good but I agree with others that it needed to spend more time on certain aspects. I felt like the videos ended abruptly, they often felt like they were cut off before Mike had finished what he was saying - poor editing CL :(
Lauren
Great class! A lot of very helpful information.