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| - | ======Colourspace====== | ||
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| - | As with nearly everything else in technology, managing your colourspace is only important if you actually put it to good use. Among those who do not understand technology but nevertheless insist upon having only "the best", there is an all too common belief that no professional artist can work without the widest gamut and most stringent colourspace management. This is similar to insisting that real artists only use very specific brand-name computers and software; the focus is placed on the tools rather than the results. | ||
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| - | Managing colourspace is only useful if you need to manage your colourspace. If you are developing graphics for the web, colourspace matters a lot less (since there is no way to manage the exact colours that your audience is seeing), whereas if you are printing photos or matching effects back to source video footage, the colourspace is hugely important because you are targeting known values. | ||
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| - | Whatever your feelings on Colourspace, or whether you have ever heard of it before or not, this section examines the issues from all angles. | ||
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| - | =====Colour===== | ||
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| - | The problem with the term "colour" is that it describes two things: wavelengths of light | ||
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