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Colour Management for Photoshop and the Web

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From observation, the "Save for Web" colour shift problem is a frighteningly ubiquitous one that few understand. What's worse, there are resources out there that profess to "solve" the problem with half-baked workarounds with no logical explanation other than "it doesn't shift anymore, therefore it works".

Colour Management is a very broad subject, but I tried to explain and present practical steps most artists might be interested in when working in Photoshop. It's already long enough without touching the nuances of monitor calibration, print profiles, etc...

Disclaimer: I'm no expert on colour management, but I can confidently say I've done enough research and my own experiments to make the assessments I do on this tutorial. Regardless, I welcome any corrections from those of you who are more knowledgeable in the subject.

Thanks to Gary Ballard for his comprehensive Colour Management encyclopedia: [link]
And to :icontracyjb: for the use of her Lackadaisy comic font
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This is incredibly well written. The detail is enormous but it's easily absorbed and flows really well. I'm not an avid reader or retain information readily but this I can retain quickly. You use appropriate imagery as well in a way that it easily illustrates your point without me trying to work to figure it out.