Neil Snape - Photographer - Color Workflow

Topics

Quick guide to scanning negative films with Linocolor 6

Profiles and Profiling Services

Calibration HP DJ 30/130 Printers

HP Z3100 Designjet review

HP Pro B9180 review

ICC Printing with HP DJ 30/130 Printers in Adobe Photoshop and OS X

Resources

Links

Should you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please contact me: colour(insert at symbol)neilsnape.com

Links page to find in-depth reviews, documentation, downloads, and other services.

Digital Outback Photo

The fast growing site of fellow photographers and authors of very good photographic technique. A must have bookmark , and visit frequently to stay intouch.

The Luminous Landscape

Luminous Landscape has become the best in pro photographers, for all things including medium format, and large format printing. The forum is a must for all.

Digital Photography Preview

The most frequented site in the world for photography hardware. Now there is more pro gear too. The forum is also the most used anywhere. Find me there as colourgeek.

 

photo-i

The most honest reporting on the current verions of most imaging hardware from a very good photographer who is in my opinion , the best and most interesting reviewer out there. The forum they have is outstanding too.

Colorthink

Steve Upton's color utility is the "must" have for anyone serious about being a color geek. There's lots on his site, go often and check out the news and tips. You can buy almost any hardware from the site , updates, software, or whatever.

GATF

Graphic Arts Technical Foundation. The source for fine press and prepress quality control by eduction and available tools, books, training and conferences.

Hutchcolor

Don Hutchinson has the best collection of information and goodies to get great CM out of prepress gear. You'll find the ultimate scanner profiling charts and documents on how to do this with the Hutchcolor hand measured scanner charts.

ECI

European Color Initiative. The best European color scientists and consultants collectively promoting CM and color quality control issues. Valuable real world workflow advice and profiles for real press conditions. Also working space profiles for press optimized conditions are available here.

ICC

International Color Consortium. An association forming guidelines about open source color management. Specifications for ICC profiles are ratified by members each year and constant progress is making CM amazing via their contribution. Undeniably the source for past present and future CM fundamental issues.

Colorsync

Apple © technology Colorsync changed our world. Current leaders in platform color management, there are lots of exciting details and possibilities for digital workflow. They have training , some documents and testimonials on correct Colosync work-flows.

Apple's ColorSync-Users List

The best forum for CM issues is Apple's ColorSync-Users List from Apple.

Bruce Lindbloom

The most approachable color genius in the world today. Fascinating site with bits on color for more than average reliability. If only he could work with every major CM developer the world would be a better place. Thanks goes out to Bruce for all he's taught us. You have to check out this site.

Brian Lawler

Well some one that can really describe what most of us would like to know about color management. Lots of tools here.

 

Neil Barstow Consulting

Excellent photographer who decided to chase colour with unequalled curiosity making him crème de la crème of English colour gurus. Training, consultancy and highly recommended for remote profiling in Europe.

Gretag MacBeth

The best of hardware and software to make ICC CM work. An essential part of CM.

X-Rite

The other best hardware and software. X-Rite married Monaco and now have a family of great new little instruments to go with very fashionable and desirable software.

LaCie

Great color products in the way of displays, and an automated DDC calibrator which is my personal favorite. A standard for moderately priced hardware that quietly gained a huge installed base. The constantly work at keeping the software updates on this site.

Color vision

A collection of moderate users tools and software with innovative ways of making CM accessible to all. Tutorials and other technical documents give insight on "how to" on current platform CM.