“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’ […]

The U.S. presidential campaign offers an interesting insight on opponent colors, and on how best to present data. The conventional way of doing it leaves much to be desired. Residents of other countries have difficulty understanding the American system, where in effect the election is always decided by voters in a small minority of states. […]