X-Rite i1Studio

Ever since photographers started manipulating and printing images digitally on computer screens, we've had the same perennial headache. How can we make sure that the colours captured by our cameras are displayed correctly on our monitors, and then reproduced accurately when we come to print our carefully manipulated files?

The answer lies in colour management – a process that can appear dauntingly complex, particularly to newcomers. At the barest minimum, this means calibrating your screen so it's set up in a standardised fashion in terms of brightness, contrast and colour balance. But doing it properly requires profiling using a device known as a spectrophotometer. This measures in forensic detail exactly how