Why the limited gamut?

[P Wagner]

this is gospel

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Morgan is the man.

 

[Bly]

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Morgan is the man.

Yes he is. Heed his advice those who want to learn about correct colour.

I've done it both ways - no custom iccs, print and tweak - and custom profiling.
Believe me, getting a handle on colour management practice was one of the best business investments I've made.

 

[Colin]

I agree, but ya gotta admit, it's a daunting task.

 

[Jack Knight1979]

Once you get your head around it, it's fine. Practice, Practice, Practice.

 

[eye4clr]

I've done it both ways - no custom iccs, print and tweak - and custom profiling.
Believe me, getting a handle on colour management practice was one of the best business investments I've made.

Shhhhhhhh! Don't let the secret out.

 

[eye4clr]

Once you get your head around it, it's fine. Practice, Practice, Practice.

It actually is very easy, even I can do it. You just have to get the basics down and the rest is easy. Oh, and having the right tools helps TREMENDOUSLY.

 

[Terremoto]

Once you get your equipment linearized and your profiles created don't forget to create your work in the PROPER color space. Avoid as many color conversions as possible between your design program and your wide format digital printer.

If you're feeding your RIP PDFs make sure you embed the color profile you used to create the original artwork. Also make sure you don't have your RIP set to ignore ICC profiles. I've seen that more than once!

Once you get a handle on color management it will save you a TON of grief!

 

[Colin]

Once you get your equipment linearized and your profiles created don't forget to create your work in the PROPER color space.

As timing would have it, I've started a thread on that here.