Lets face it. I'm not the blogging type. I hated writing when I was in school. What makes me think I would enjoy it and updated it with no pressure. I think I will be scraping this blog soon for a different website.
Lets face it. I'm not the blogging type. I hated writing when I was in school. What makes me think I would enjoy it and updated it with no pressure. I think I will be scraping this blog soon for a different website.
Ummm... How to put this?
WTF? Sometimes I think we are still in the dark ages.
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Just a quick post to let everyone know about a firm that I find amazing. Saddington & Baynes. Their work is stunning, and you have probably seen it before if you pay attention to advertising. Their shots make the impossible seem plausible. You owe it to yourself to check them out.
The original authors of this exercise are Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, and Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. If you participate in this blog game, they ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their copyright.
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This is my first test video hosted by Vimeo. Since this was shot on a Panasonic LX1 pocket camera it doesn't show the quality that Vimeo can deliver. For that check out the video on bottom shot in HD. Full screen mode isn't totally smooth on my system mostly due to processing speed and my large Apple 30" display size. However, it is sharp and the sound is great. YouTube sucks eggs compared to this.
Continue reading Vimeo Video.
In a recent discussion on Flickr (see here), I have decided that profiles are a topic that needs more light. Misconceptions abound that have to do with the right way to deal with images when capturing them digitally. Do I capture sRGB or AdobeRGB1998 in JPEG? Should I shoot RAW over JPEG? Why? If I shoot RAW what profile should I use? All of which are good questions.
This is a short and informative to the layperson type explanation. This is not intended to be a complete theoretical bible for people who know the deep inner workings of color theory and digital color management. My goal is to give someone who is confused by the very mention of color profiles the knowledge to be able to apply the use of profiles to their particular workflow, and know more or less why.
Today I am going to start out with device profiles. What are device profiles? An over simplified explanation of device profiles is that they are just a list of values of how a particular device defines the colors it outputs.
Imagine there are two cameras sitting next to each other on tripods aiming at a beautiful sunset. One is a Canon and the other is a Nikon. The chips inside are made by two different manufacturers and using different technologies (CMOS and CCD for this example). Each camera looks through wonderfully sharp lenses that have unique and very secret proprietary coatings on them. The dyes used in their Bayer Patterns are formulated differently according to how the manufacturer makes them.
What will be the chances that these two camera will capture the yellow or orange shades of the sunset the exact same way? If your answer is slim to none, give yourself a prize.
The way around this problem is to have a known reference of colors. More about that in the next post.
Today, proceed knowing that every device in the real world has slight differences in the way they perceive or display color. Profiles represent a solution for this color chaos.
Escaport.com has been my domain going way back. I haven't a Whois in a long time, but I think I first registered the domain in 1995. With all that time, not much has happened here. Grand plans with an even grander show of malaise.
Oh well... This time I'm going for something different. No businesses. No big multi layered this or that. Just expression and observation. Updated on whim.
Please forgive the current stock Movable Type install theme. It will be changing as time marches on. Thanks.
