Colormanagement.org is a site that provides links to a range of color profiles (including LStar-RGB) and useful test images (for testing monitors, channel allocation, output profiles etc.): | |
ECI – European Color Initiative. Includes white papers on color processing themes and special ICC profiles for ECI-RGB and offset printing: Various downloads (e.g., ECI-RGB) can be found at: | |
ICC – International Color Consortium. Home of information on ICC profiles. | |
IPTC – Website of the International Press and Telecommunication Council. Includes information on IPTC metadata standards: IPTC4XMPCore User Guide describes the IPTC Core data as used by the Adobe XMP standard: www.iptc.org//cms/site/single.html?channel=CH0099&document=CMSi279i3i209658 See also IPTC News Codes, a list of the standardized codes for IPTC data fields: | |
ISO 3166: A list of country codes according to ISO 3166: www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html | |
SWOP – Specifications for Web Offset Publications. This is an industrial organization targeting the creation of standards for the publication printing industry in the United States: | |
Wilhelm Imaging Research Inc. (WIR). This institute conducts research on the stability and preservation of traditional and digital color photographs and motion pictures. |
Mauro Boscarol: Introduction to Digital Color Management. An informative website dealing with color management in general: | |
Alain Briot: Joseph Holmes Chrome 100 Color Space. A paper on Joseph Holmes’ color space work: | |
Eric Chan runs a website dedicated to printing with the Epson Pro 3800 printer. The site includes a number of monochrome profiles for a wide range of paper types. Eric also explains the somewhat cryptic Epson profile naming conventions and how they apply to specific paper types: http://people.csail.mit.edu/ericchan/dp/Epson3800/index.html | |
EFI: Efi Designer Edition ( This RIP supports JPEG, PostScript, and PDF formats, and is primarily intended for proofing press prints. EFI also sells proofing papers: | |
Lyson offers third-party inks for a range of Epson, HP, and Canon inkjet printers and papers. ICC profiles and instructions for use are provided with all inks and papers. | |
Michael Reichmann: The Luminous Landscape. An interesting photographic website with an emphasis on landscape photography. Includes equipment tests, tutorials, and plenty of images: | |
panoguide. An informative website dealing with the subject of panorama photography: | |
The Plugin Site. A website dedicated to image processing plug-ins. Covers various commercial, freeware, and shareware plug-ins, including the Harrys Filter freeware: | |
The World of Nikonians. A small collection of free Photoshop plug-in filters, including the versatile Chrome color-to-grayscale converter: www.nikonians.org/html/resources/software/Photolmage/documentation/photo_image-mk.html | |
Clayton Jones: Fine Art Black and White Digital Printing. An Overview of the Current State of the Art. A highly informative site on the subject of monochrome printing: | |
OutbackPhoto: Soft-proofing for B&W Images. This article describes how to generate and use ICC profiles for monochrome printing purposes: | |
David Riecks: Controlled Vocabulary. This site is an excellent introduction to IPTC data and keywording. David advocates the use of a specific, limited vocabulary for keywording. The site also includes links to other information sources: See the Caption and Keywording Guidelines page, where there is a good introductory overview: |
