Re: Colour Management in the Classroom
Re: Colour Management in the Classroom
- Subject: Re: Colour Management in the Classroom
- From: Howard Simkins <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 10:42:57 -0400
Russell, (Hi Neil)
To add my two cents into this-
For the last 2 years we have run 1 lab for our photography program (
33 systems) as a fully profiled environment and are about to move this
workflow into our Design(3 labs/ 80 systems) and Illustration(3 labs/75
systems) facilities. To make it work properly Colour Management has to
be taught as part of the curriculum. Once the benefits of CM was
demonstrated to faculty it was easy to get them to buy into adding it
to curriculum and the students bought in even quicker once they figured
out that it would save them time and money.
We use LCDs (Apple 17") because of heat factors, strain on the eyes and
you can lock off the colour controls. Though that is less of an issue
once the students understand that by moving the controls they loose
colour accuracy.
There are issues that have to be worked out around authentication and
the type of accounts students have (admin or user). This is especially
true with OSX and where the profiles get stored and the type of network
you are running.
As for what software we use and teach- we use i1 Displays and Photos
and the techs have Pros. Students use i1 Match to calibrate monitors
and do scanner and printer profiles. We use Color Eyes to profile
cameras...... Beamer to calibrate projectors.( I am also doing research
into calibrating video/DV/Qtime for correct colour play back)
There are a lot of other issues that have to be incorporated into the
workflow of the curriculum. If you have any other questions contact me
off line and I'll be pleased to help.
Regards
Howard
Howard Simkins
Professor,
Co-ordinator of Computer Technology
School of Animation Arts and Design
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
1430 Trafalgar Road
Oakville, Ontario, L6H 2L1
Canada
tel. 905.845.9430 x2625
fax. 905.815.4043
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On 15-May-04, at 1:00 AM, email@hidden wrote:
Message: 12
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 19:07:09 +0100
From: Neil Barstow <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Colour Management in the Classroom
To: email@hidden, colorsync-users <email@hidden>
Russell
email@hidden (Russell Proulx)::14/5/04::6:04 pm:: GMT-0400
Sorry if this is somewhat off-topic. I'm assuming that there are some
list subscribers who work in a classroom and who have also been faced
with similar problems.
1) How can we keep monitors adjustments locked down to prevent
mischievous (uninformed..) students from playing with the
contrast/brightness controls and thus defeating our monitor
calibration efforts? Does anyone already make a monitor control guard
devices? Otherwise we'll be screwing on plates using Torx screws. We
will need access to re-calibrate every month or less so Krazy Glue is
not an option ;-)
unless you use basICColor Display and the <enable cable> ;-)
At a college I work with we printed the monitor hardware settings on a
card, laminated it and attached it to each monitor as <settings needed
for serious imaging>. These guys buy their own inkjet paper so some are
quite keen to get a reasonable screen rendition ;-) . The lecturers
occasionally explained why it is important for calibration to remain
consitent if monitor profiles are to work. After all the students need
to know for the future.
Any student who is a keen to have accurate colour (yes, there were
some) would then open up the OSD and check the settings. It seems to
have made the tweakers realise thet tweaking is not productive too.
2) Are there any models a data projector that work reasonably well to
demonstrate subtle colour adjustments such as a skintone that contains
a bit too much magenta? Older projectors that our school currently
owns are very poor in this regard. Any recommendations?
No particular recommendations (although I look forward to other's imput
ehre) but I've seen some projectors (ideally after calibration and
profiling with an eyeOne Beamer), which showed pretty subtle
adjustments. Or perhaps get a big LCD?
Best Regards
Neil Barstow
- - - - Consulting in Imaging & Colour Management - -
- -
http://www.colourmanagement.net/
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