Color management makes image output better

Many people have such confusion. Why does the color seen on a computer screen print out completely differently?

This is actually a problem of color management.

Recently, at the "2005 China International Imaging and Photographic Equipment Exhibition" held in Shanghai, the reporter discovered that in addition to high-quality shooting and display hardware equipment, color processing and other post-processing problems are gradually being used by domestic audio and video enthusiasts. understanding.

Color management is what makes you WYSIWYG

Lv Wenqiao, general manager of Asia Pacific of a color technology solutions company, said in an interview with reporters at the scene that the current digital devices can not produce consistent and accurate colors with each other. This is mainly due to the fact that as the use of time increases, the fluorescent body gradually deteriorates. The brightness of the screen is reduced, and the printed image works from uncorrected display screens.

Lv Wenqiao said: "Today's printing technology can't make a device that can completely reproduce the colors displayed by nature, and digital color control products can be brought to consumers through exquisite design, breakthrough technologies, and easy-to-use software programs. The 'what you see is what you get' image of true color makes the color of the image produced by the user consistent with what you see in the display."

From professional field to consumption field

At the scene, another color management company's staff said: "Apple, Microsoft and other companies have set up an ICC (International Color Consortium) industry standard that can record the display capabilities of your display device. Color management equipment It can help ordinary consumers to generate ICC on general computers and printers, so that they can simulate and display the effects that need to be printed on the computer screen first, and then print the colors that are consistent with the computer screen display through the printer.

"Using color management equipment to generate ICC, the same paper the same printer, different ink, or the same ink, the same printer, the effect of different paper will be basically the same. Now many major brand printers have ICC, even if many domestic consumers use third-party inks with a cheaper price, consumers can also use color management equipment to create an ICC by themselves, so that the printing results can be basically guaranteed."

Extend to home theater

Lv Wenqiao told reporters that many people have such feelings. The large-screen color TVs seen in hypermarkets have excellent display effects. However, once they are brought back home, they may be greatly reduced. There are issues such as the signal source and the playing environment. For this reason, the home cinema color management equipment was born, it can optimize the display effect of the television.

"Different TVs have different debugging standards. These are all set by the TV manufacturers before they leave the factory. Actually, the actual viewing environment of users is very different. For example, the SpyderTV (TV monitor's color corrector) can be Under your actual viewing environment, it helps you to make the most optimal results.It can help you to adjust the screen image to the industry standards used in the film and television communication industry, and scientifically measure the brightness, contrast, color, chroma, color temperature The default value, then, determines the optimized settings for your viewing environment. Of course, the point to note is that we can't turn a bad screen into a good screen, just after using SpyderTV, you can Shows you the best, most optimized condition for your screen."