Color correction and color management (CM) are some of the most
important and difficult areas in digital photography. We do not
claim to be the ultimate experts on this subject, but we would like
to share what we have learned. If you have a photo on the web and
different people discuss its color quality,
they will, for the most part, share the following problem.
• Different monitors show the same RGB value quite differently.
• Therefore, besides the many opinions on color, the viewers
actually
see different versions of the same photo.
The challenge
The challenge is having the monitor screen present you with the
right
impression of how a certain photo would print on a color printer.
The new inkjet printers can produce amazing results, but without
color management, it remains trial and error. You end up changing
the printer’s color settings for every print and with very little
satisfaction. So what does color
management mean? In our example, it means that the photo you see on
the monitor looks very close to the result you get from your
printer. This is called "soft proofing".