Almost any method of correcting images works some of the time. For those interested in PPW, or in taking a four-day class on how it works, the question has to be how much of the time. The MIT study we’ve been looking at offers a unique opportunity to answer that question. It shows the real-world […]

“And yet,” I wrote in my first book 25 years ago, “most color correction could be handled by monkeys…a numerical, curve-based approach calling for little artistic judgment…all the advanced techniques are inevitably based on these surpassingly simple ones. The by-the-numbers rules can be stated in a single sentence: Use the full range of available tones […]

Those interested in quality have always been willing to spend time to get what they considered the best possible results. For some years now I have been suggesting that this is not the best approach in our field. Instead, I have been preaching that it is a better use of time to do the initial […]

This is the introduction to a series of posts I will make based on my work with files that are part of a remarkable archive. Researchers at MIT and Adobe have recently made available the data from a massive project they have undertaken to study what people look for when they correct color. The researchers’ […]