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Apple ColorSync
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Apple ColorSync
http://www.apple.com/colorsync
http://www.appleimac.com/colorsync

The home of it all. Excellent page for resources on ColorSync.
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ColorSync Tehcnology Brief
30pp
#AR0001
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ColorSync Workflow From Input to Output
1pp
A very simple visual diagram of ColorSync in work. Worthless. Too basic.
http://www.appleimac.com/creative/ama/0102s/workflow/
#AR0002
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Color Managment Glossary
2pp
A basic glossary with short descriptions to 14 terms
http://www.appleimac.com/creative/ama/0102s/glossary.html
#AR0003
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Four Easy Steps to Setting up ColorSync Profiles in Photoshop
5pp
http://www.appleimac.com/creative/ama/0102s/photoshop.html
#AR0004
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What is ColorSync?
2pp
http://www.apple.com/colorsync/benefits/
#AR0005
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Why do you need ColorSync?
2pp
http://www.apple.com/colorsync/benefits/index2.html
#AR0006
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Color Spaces
1pp
http://www.apple.com/colorsync/benefits/training/spaces.html
#AR0007

broken pictures links render this section useless
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Elements of Color Management
http://www.apple.com/colorsync/benefits/training/elements.html
#AR0008
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History of Color Managment
http://www.apple.com/colorsync/benefits/training/history.html
#AR0009
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List of Products that Suppport ColorSync
http://guide.apple.com/action.lasso?-database=MacOSGuide&-layout=cgi_search&-response=%2fussearch%2fhitlist_colorsync.html&-op=bw&mbc_publishing=Color%20Management&-skipRecords=0&-maxRecords=20&-search
many pp
#AR0010
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Introduction to ColorSync and profiles
Digital Photography and Color Management
http://www.apple.com/creative/resources/color
#AR0011

A guide with streaming video on how to use ColorSync in your Photoshoot-to-Photoshop-to-Inkjetprinter work flow.

I found these videos to be useless, as they pretty much focus on creating profiles for your different equipment. You will need thousands of dollars of calibaration equipment to make this tutorial worth while.

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Testing Your Profiles
http://www.apple.com/colorsync/stories/bohnen/testprofiles/
#AR0012

Okay, if you want to be overwhelmed by techy information, this is the place to go. Apple lists it all. I suppose this would be handy for a service bureau/printer. But way of the realm for a designer.

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ColorSync in Action
http://galileo.apple.com/FMPro?-db=storiesdb.fp5&-lay=web&-format=/stories/results2.html&-max=5&-skip=0&-sortfield=Title&-token=cs&Product=ColorSync&-find
#AR0013

Seven stories about ColorSync in the professional field.
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All the news in perfect color
4pp
http://www.apple.com/creative/stories/mirrorgroup/
#AR0014
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Bill Atkinson on Apple and the New Science of Art
2pp & 4 movies
http://www.apple.com/creative/stories/atkinson/
#AR0015
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Bring on the Digital Magic
3pp
http://experts.apple.com/stories/delillo/
#AR0016
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Digital Photography and Color Management
A guide with streaming video on how to use ColorSync in your Photoshoot-to-Photoshop-to-Inkjetprinter work flow.

I found these videos to be useless, as they pretty much focus on creating profiles for your different equipment. You will need thousands of dollars of calibaration equipment to make this tutorial worth while.
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Galen Rowell - Photographer
3pp
http://www.apple.com/creative/stories/rowell/
#AR0017
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Traditional Art Goes Modern
4pp
http://experts.apple.com/stories/cdi/
#AR0018
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Up Jumped the Devil: Demon Systems, Inc.
1pp
http://www.apple.com/creative/stories/demon/
#AR0019
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GoLive CyberStudio Brings Color Accuracy to the Web
2pp
http://www.appleimac.com/creative/ama/0102s/golive.html
#AR0020
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ColorSync Clearinghouse
http://www.thelawlers.com/ClearingHouse.html
#AR0021

Links to some interesting resources in pdf format
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PDF Articles
* ColorSync Technology Brief
#AR0022
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* RGB Scanning for Color Management
#AR0023
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* Color Settings in Photoshop 5
7pp
#AR0024
A complex and in-depth essay on color settings in photoshop. I found it very confusing. This is for the way-advanced user.
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Resources
* The DonRGB.4 color working space profile for Photoshop 5.02
* Epson 3000 ColorSync printer profile
* Tektronix Phaser 780 ColorSync printer profile
* Links to Calibration software and hardware


Perhaps the best guide to getting more accurate color from your printer and monitor. Simple, easy to learn. No complex jargon.

#AR0025
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Adobe
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Using Adobe Gamma in Mac OS
3pp
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/1403e.htm
#AR0026

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ICC Profiles in Photoshop 5.x
3pp
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/1401a.htm
#AR0027

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Photoshop 5.0 Color Settings For Use With Display Graphics
1pp
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/11a96.htm
#AR0028
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Photoshop 5.0.x Color Settings for Web Images
4pp
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/1ba22.htm
#AR0029
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Color Management in Adobe Photoshop 5.x
19pp
http://www.adobe.com/support/techguides/color/photoshop/main.html
#AR0030

Color Management Workflows for Photoshop 5.0
36pp
http://www.adobe.com/support/techguides/photoshop/cms2/cmwork.html
#AR0031

Using Color Management in Adobe Illustrator 9.0
28pp
http://www.adobe.com/support/techguides/color/illustrator/ai9cms/main.html
#AR0032

Adobe's main color page
http://www.adobe.com/support/techguides/color/main.html
#AR0033

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
About.com
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Links to ColorSync
1pp
http://graphicdesign.about.com/msubsync.htm
#AR0034

A list of 11 links to pages about ColorSync. You won't need any of these links, because I cover them all in my listing.
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Links to ICC Profiles
1pp
http://graphicdesign.about.com/cs/colormanagement1/
#AR0035
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Links to Managing Color in Adobe Photoshop 5
http://graphicdesign.about.com/msubcps5.htm
#AR0036
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Links to Web Color Management
http://graphicdesign.about.com/msubwcms.htm
#AR0037
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF)

Training Programs
Resources for GATF/Apple ColorSync Consulting Services
Benefits of Becoming GATF ColorSync Registered
Implementing the ColorSync Registry Program
The ColorSync Registry Audit
Apple ColorSync-Registered Companies
Publications

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Publications List

A list of books and downloadable pdfs
http://www.gatf.org/colorsync/color3.htm
#AR0038

The pdfs are _________
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Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and ColorSync
#AR0039

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Adobe InDesign 1.0 and ColorSync
#AR0040

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Quark XPress 4.1 and ColorSync
#AR0041

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Illustration Software and ColorSync
#AR0042

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Profile Embedding
#AR0043

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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Netscape
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ColorSync in Mozilla
3pp
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/colorsync/
#AR0044
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ETC
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Improved Color for the World Wide Web
9pp
http://www.color.org/wpaper2.html
#AR0045

broken image links
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Color Management: Current Practice and The Adoption of a New Standard
9pp
http://www.color.org/wpaper1.html
#AR0046
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http://www.evening.demon.co.uk/articles.html
#AR0047

Links to a couple pdf files. But the links appear to be dead.
The introduction to Photoshop colour management (368K)
discusses colour management basics

Photoshop 6.0 colour management, (668K) takes you step-by-step through the Photoshop 6 colour settings.
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QUARK

Quark ICC color profiles
4pp
http://www.quark.com/support/techinfo/technotes.jsp?idx=56
#AR0048
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Installing Quark Color Management
4pp
http://www.quark.com/support/techinfo/technotes.jsp?idx=67
#AR0049
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ColorSync vs PostScript color matching in the LaserWriter 8.4 driver
1pp
http://www.quark.com/support/techinfo/article.cfm?idx=69
#AR0050
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Quark POCE XTensions requires Pantone Responder and ColorSync (Mac OS)
2pp
http://www.quark.com/support/techinfo/technotes.jsp?idx=108
#AR0051
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Auxiliary Profiles Folder Dialog Box at Launch (Mac OS)
1pp
http://www.quark.com/support/techinfo/technotes.jsp?idx=87
#AR0052
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Quark CMS XTension can’t read profiles from sub-folders
1pp
http://www.quark.com/support/techinfo/article.cfm?idx=393
#AR0053
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Color Management Modules (Mac OS)
3pp
http://www.quark.com/support/techinfo/technotes.jsp?idx=63
#AR0054
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What are ICC profiles?
pp1
http://photodisk.com/am/marketing/designer_resources/tocolor/colorg_icc.asp
#AR0055
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Who Is Setting the Standards?
pp1
http://www.linocolor.com/colorman/mng_icc.htm
#AR0056

History behind the ICC
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Savvy Tester Utility
http://www.colorsavvy.com/Products/SavvyTester/SavvyTester.html
#AR0057

A free downloadable utility to see how accurate or inaccurate your color matches from your monitor to your printer
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Computer Color Management
http://www.banjo.com/Articles/scanning.html
#AR0058

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Browsers & Color Management Support
http://www.dnai.com/~ccowens/browser_color/test.html
#AR0059
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Accurate Color on the Web
http://www.webreview.com/1999/08_06/designers/08_06_99_1.shtml
#AR0060
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Tools for Color Management
http://www.webreview.com/1999/08_06/designers/08_06_99_2.shtml
#AR0061

Introduces you to four technologies for color calibration.
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How Color Works: Accurate Color on the Web
http://www.webreview.com/1999/08_06/designers/08_06_99_3.shtml
#AR0062

Gives you a solid explanation on how the hexadecimal numbering system works.
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A Standard Default Color Space for the Internet - sRGB
http://www.color.org/sRGB.html
#AR0063

In-depth, technical discussion of sRGB: what it is and who created it.
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Pantone ColorDrive 1.5 Calibrates Your Monitor, Does Nothing For the Web
http://www.macworld.com/1998/02/reviews/4172.html
#AR0064
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Pantone ColorDrive 1.5
http://www.designer-info.com/Writing/pantone_colordrive_1_5.htm
#AR0065
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Pantone Color Drive 1.5
http://www.macuser.com/mu_0896/reviews/review05.html
#AR0066
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PRODUCTS

ColorBlind Professional
ColorBlind Matchbox
http://www.itec.net/products.asp

Agfa ColorTune
http://www.colortune.com/

Logo ProfileMaker Pro


LinoColor Scan Open


Candela Color Synergy


Praxisoft Compass Profile


Kodak Color Flow


Monaco Profiler

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Five Stesps to Using ColorSync with Phaser 780
http://www.creativesight.com/cp/col_printers/colsync_pr.htm
#AR0067

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ColorSync Color Management Application Guide
http://www.mpressdigital.com/ColorSync.pdf
#AR0068
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RGB soft proofing
http://studio.adobe.com/learn/tips/phssoftproof/main.html
#AR0069
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Apple talks about ColorSync
http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/07.colorsync.shtml
#AR0070
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Apple Talks About ColorSync Part 2
http://www.creativepro.com/printerfriendly/story/6294.html
#AR0071
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ColorSync compatible workflow.

http://www.inkjetmall.com/store/colorsync-workflow.html
#AR0072
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http://www.digitaldog.net/files/Profile%20Read%20me.pdf
#AR0073
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http://www.monacosys.com/ColorSyncSetup.pdf
#AR0074
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Print Publishing Secrets
http://www.macworld.com/2001/09/howto/printpublishing.html
#AR0075
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Color Management Settings, Part I
http://www.planetphotoshop.com/PeteBauer47.html
#AR0076
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Color Management Settings, Part II - CMYK Basics
http://www.planetphotoshop.com/PeteBauer49.html
#AR0077
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Color Management Settings, Part III - The Dialog Box
http://www.planetphotoshop.com/PeteBauer50.html
#AR0078
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