Re: color and making judgements about color
Re: color and making judgements about color
- Subject: Re: color and making judgements about color
- From: Rick McCleary <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 08:21:48 -0500
There on the rack was a card of the Picasso "bride"
painting. Yet the colors had been altered so that the flesh tones
were -
flesh colored, and the wedding dress was - white!
Ha! That's funny and sad at the same time, a good example of manual
correction gone horribly wrong.
No... manual correction gone right. The idea was probably to make a
postcard
that would SELL on the shelf. The theory here is that far more people
would
buy a postcard with clean flesh tones and a white dress than one with
green
flesh tones and a blue dress. Since none of the postcards would be held
against the original anyhow, who would care? For the purests at heart,
I see
your point that it does not match the original artists intent... but
then
again we are talking about a Picasso on a postcard here. I don't quite
think
that was Picasso's intent either.
No, no, no... manual correction gone INSANE!!!
There has been much talk on this list about accurate reproduction of
original material through the use of the very powerful CMS tools that
are evolving right here. Wonderful technology developed by very smart
people has enabled us all to make precise color adjustments across all
media and across all geographic boundries.
But please, let us not lose sight of the fact that all this power does
not give license to change the intent of the original creator of the
art (whether it be commercial or fine) regardless of how green the skin
is.
If YOU are the original creator - have at it. Do whatever you need in
order to convey the idea you're trying to communicate. But if you're
the prepress guy, it is your responsibility to do at least a LITTLE
research as to what the original looks like. Particularly if it is a
Picasso.
We all hate it when we are misquoted -- Picasso was misquoted on that
postcard.
Word for the day - keep perspective; keep the big picture in mind.
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