I was wondering if anybody has read or can point me to a good article on post production and color correction. I have read several and really have my own way of working but would like to develop a more automated workflow.

I am really looking for tips on color correction. I get all sorts of conflicting ideas some good, some bad. Any ideas on making this a little easier are welcomed.

Are there actions available out there that do a good job?

Any suggestions? Thoughts on how you perform these tasks?

Thanks

can you give us more details about your gear, software and what your end product is?

Thanks for the input thus far.

John, I use a Fugi S3 pro, PhotoShop CS2. Image output will be high rez jps's for Web use.

Thanks

Any resolution higher than 72 dpi will not give you any advantage on the web. It will only take the images longer to load. Shoot hi-rez, but down-rez a copy for the web.....or is that what you meant?

I was answering John's question.

I am basically looking to see how other photogs workflow works and how they handle color correction.

Thanks for the response.

are you shooting RAW or JPG?

so far I'd say read this:
A Color Managed Raw Workflow

And if you shoot RAW, check out the PhotoKit Sharpener too!

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I was answering John's question.
I am basically looking to see how other photogs workflow works and how they handle color correction.

Sorry. Your profile said you were interested in everything.

I think that sounds like a plan.

Thanks guys

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Originally posted by O. Bisogno Scotti:
[qb] Any resolution higher than 72 dpi will not give you any advantage on the web. It will only take the images longer to load. Shoot hi-rez, but down-rez a copy for the web.....or is that what you meant? [/qb]

Scotti,

You probably already know this, but I'm pointing it out to johnek to clarify it!

Actually I disregard 72PPI as gospel. The only numbers that matter are the pixel dimensions. You could place 2 images at exact dimensions with totally different PPI amounts on a web page, and they're both going to show up the same size.

More importantly is if those dimensions will fit within the constraints of the viewer's monitor resolution, less the surrounding page graphics and web browser address/toolbar. For example, if the viewer has an 800x600 setting, than I probably don't want images near or larger than this, unless you want the viewer using their page scroll bars.

But if you're sending large files (say at native res 4256 x 2848) for evaluation, than that's a different story! But the PPI scenario is the same. PPI will just affect printing it out, not HTML viewing.

Hmmmm..... that depends.

Are you looking to match colors on websites? Are your shots of similar subject and lighting. Ideally during a shoot I photograph a target or at least digital gray card. Even better if I can do this several times thoughout the shoot. Shooting raw I open up a target shot in ACR set gray, highlight, shadow set color space SRGB apply whatever else needed. I will then apply those setting to all images associated with the target. I use SRGB since it is still a good default color space for web usage. I can than create a quick web gallery using photoshop. By no means perfect but often acceptable to get images posted for review. Your milage may vary depending on your conditions.

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Hmmmm..... that depends.

Paul, what depends?

John,

Yes, I know what you're saying. Since I've had CS2, I don't even worry about the dimensions! I drop PS Smart Objects into GoLive 6 and size them on the page by shift clicking and dragging on a border. Saves a lot of time, because if you want to change the dimensions at a later date, you just re-drag on the Smart Object rather than creating a new JPEG with different dimensions.

Scotti,
You're more hi-tech than me! I don't know much about either GL or SO.