What is the color management process of photography system?

If we only talk about the process, it is nothing more than two levels. One is the color management of early equipment, that is, the color control of camera part. The second is the color management of the later equipment, that is, the image software processing of the computer part and the selection of potion and paper for the output part.

To explain this process in detail, it must be managed in three parts:

Flow 1. Establish color management standards. Photography has only two pursuits for color. One is practical color, that is, there is almost no color difference between the photos taken and the real thing, which is very real, such as commodity photography in Taobao shop. The management standard is that the camera should set the white balance or color temperature consistent with the scene light, the photo optimization and calibration style should be set to the standard mode, the color space should be the same as your later computer (sRGB or AdobeRGB), the color drift does not drift, the camera remains motionless in the central part, and the camera exposure should be accurate. The second is artistic color. It can be understood that artistic color is a partial color, and it is allowed to be different from physical color, that is, the color your photographer wants, with a unique tone. In short, it is not to restore the color of the object. The management standard is to control the white balance color temperature, color drift, and optimize calibration. With the idea of self, we can improve the cold and warm changes of the picture or the change of color tendency, and produce artistic color changes.

Process 2: color management after software. Post-color matching is carried out according to the standard of flow 1. If it is to pursue the effect consistent with the color of the object, the method is to color the object and calibrate it to be as consistent as possible. This requires a high-level device graphics card and monitor. Then, the pursuit of artistic color effect is mainly based on our photographer's own preferences or exaggerated expression of the color emotion of the picture theme, and we can feel it in place.

Process 3: manage the color of the output of the work. Nowadays, photographic works are nothing more than color printing or printing. The standards of color printing market are uneven, including museum-level original ink printing and alternative ink printing. The quality of printing is more. If there is a difference between the grades of liquid medicine and photographic paper, the effect will be different. Therefore, it is best for us photographers to further study this link and find a good quality export agency for long-term cooperation and output. This not only ensures the quality, but also provides personalized output.

For imaging professionals, if they can have their own output devices, it would be great to control them themselves.

3 processes to manage your photographic color system. That's it.