Re: [CinePaint] Potential CinePaint user seeking reassurance

On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:35:37 +1000
david <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> Having said that... can you suggest a good basic training resource? Most 
>   published information starts off with....... OPEN PHOTOSHOP.....
> 
> Especially for colour management.
> 

That is the problem.  The Internet has a lot of information on
digital image manipulation but a lot of it is totally specific
to Photoshop, as if there is nothing else.  All too often an answer
to a theoretical question such as "How do I filter an image?" will
involve only a description of the Photoshop menu sequence for digital
filtering.  Needless to say, this doesn't really provide any meaningful
information that can create a true understanding of the basic
concepts.

But the Internet is still a valuable source as long as the
Photoshop specific sites are avoided.

A good theoretical overview of all aspects of color management
is found here:

http://boscarol.com/pages/cms_eng/

This guy knows how to describe all the useful details of color
management without getting too bogged down in technical matters.
>From a theoretical perspective, probably everything you'll
need to know can be found in this site.

Another source for general digital techniques as well as some
basic color management is found here:

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm

This site is very comprehensive, but unless you are just
a beginner, it can be a little too elementary in some places.

Norman Koren seems to be cited often as a popular author
for both general digital methods and color management, but I think
that his explanations are somewhat obtuse and his style unclear.
You may still want to check out his pages though:

http://normankoren.com

Here are some links that have helped me considerably at
the beginning of my own learning:

http://www.color.org/whycolormanagement.pdf

http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/color_management.htm

http://www.av8n.com/imaging/color-management.htm

http://www.brucelindbloom.com/


For color science in general, a place to start is here:

http://www.efg2.com/Lab/Library/Color/Science.htm

Here is a link to a PDF file that deals specifically
with Cinepaint and color management:

http://www.behrmann.name/index.php?option=com_weblinks&task=view&catid=67&id=137&lang=en


Also, Google is probably your best friend in this regard.  A search
for "color management" will bring up a trove of information, some
highly technical. some simple and basic, and some intermediate.
Of course, the problem then becomes the task of picking through
all that information.  Unfortunately, there can be no easy solution.
Each site will have to be checked out one after the other until a
suitable one is found.  But with a bit of perseverance, a good library
on color management and/or digital image techniques can be slowly
accumulated -- and it'a all free.

Frank Peters


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