Digital Imaging Workflow

Key elements for achieving consistent and accurate colour in a digital workflow:

• Monitor calibration. Hardware calibration using a spectrophotometer is crucial in giving you an accurate representation of colours on your screen. However keep in mind that not all colours in large color spaces such as Adobe 98 or Prophoto RGB will be seen on your monitor, even if properly calibrated. These out-of-gamut colours will be affected by any editing of colour values and may be reflected in printed output.
  
  
• Working environment. ISO 3664:2000 recommendations for proper viewing areas include a light level of 32- 64 lux with D50 lighting (5000K) . Walls should be grey with 60% reflectance or less and no reflections should be seen on any monitors. Viewing area should be D50 between 1500-2500lux.
  
  
• Output or printer ICC profiles. Soft proofing can be achieved with accurate custom output profiles. Images should be converted to profiles for the most accurate soft proofing and editing, since colour transformations using different intents and colour engines will differ significantly. Files converted to a printer profile should be saved as copies, since a significant amount of colour information is sometimes discarded.
  
  
  Printing guidelines can be found here