Commercial Photography

icc profile creationColour management consultancy & advice
Leicester, UK

Based in Leicester, we can provide you with independent colour management consultancy, advice and training services in Leicestershire, the UK East Midlands and throughout the UK.

Free reviews and articles - We have a large collection on this site, to help improve your understanding of the subject.

Colour management can contribute directly to your business bottom line.

Our expertise originally stems from our own need to produce top quality fine art prints and accurate digital capture of images.

Welinearisation test print only accept the the very best in colour quality -- why shouldn't you?

Independent advice

We do not directly sell hardware or software, so our advice and training works for you, and fits the needs of -your- business.

We can demonstrate any of the many colour management devices and systems shown on this site.

If you are not sure of why you should be getting into colour management, call on us for a short consultation, where we will come and show you some of the benefits and explain your options.

Colour management - calibrating the screen of a laptopNot sure about 'Soft Proofing' or why your prints don't look like they do on the screen? -- just ask...

Colour management advice and consultancy

Colour management is not rocket science - with our help and training, you -can- do a lot of it yourself.

Let us visit you and show how it's done. By not directly supplying colour management equipment, we ensure our independence and can show you all the options.

For instance:

Training / education / seminars

The Eye One Display 2 monitor calibration hardwareAs well as specific seminars and training about digital imaging technology, we also offer consultancy services covering specific areas of colour management.

For an outline of what we charge for Colour Management lectures and presentations, please see the outline of our consultancy fees at the digital imaging page.

We also know a number of people who we regard as the top experts in their particular fields, and are happy to suggest them for certain advanced areas, such as some aspects of process management.

Why colour management?

A lot of people are trying to bring an understanding of colour management to their business.

The advantages, such as 'getting it right first time' can quickly translate into a quicker turnaround -- and increased profitability.

However, there is still a lot of misunderstanding when it comes to how to best introduce such changes.

The device to the right is the Eye One Display 2 from GretagMacbeth. (now X-Rite)

We have many reviews of the latest in colour management equipment that you may find of use when comparing options.

Color Management bookWe often get asked for suggestions about learning more about the nuts and bolts of Colour Management.

Our usual suggestion is Bruce Fraser's Real World Colour Management. The Office copy is very well thumbed.

Check on latest price/availability from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

RWCM - RWCM

RWCM 2nd Edition RWCM 2nd Edition

See some other books on our shelves, on our Books Page

We can demonstrate the best use of any of these devices in our training.

It is a monitor calibrator that also allows you to measure ambient lighting conditions.

Accurate colour management is what allows us to take a picture of this device under fluorescent lighting and accurately display it on the web.

At Northlight Images we're passionate about helping people get colour right, and have many free articles and reviews on this site, that hopefully make things a bit clearer.

Free articles and reviews

We are determined to continue offering all our articles and reviews completely free of charge.

We've actually got all the kit and software mentioned in most of the reviews below, if you've any questions.

To protect our independence, we are happy to say we do not directly sell -any- hardware or software at all.

The Amazon links won't get you the products any cheaper we're afraid, but it does help contribute to the running of our site and providing all the articles - thanks.

Note -anything- whatsoever ordered via Amazon helps us run the site - thanks to everyone contributing!
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Colour management information on this site

General Colour Management

Equipment and software reviews

X-rite (ex GretagMacbeth)

May 2010 X-Rite annouce new profiling software for Q4 2010

i1 Match and ProfileMaker Pro will be superseded by i1Profiler later in 2010. We have some notes and press info in the X-rite information section of the Northlight blog. For purchases after April 1st 2010 here will be free upgrades, along with other offers when the software is available.

Sept. 2008 X-Rite and the current i1 range

It now consists of two options. The functionality is the same as we have reviewed, but exactly what you get varies. As a result of this rationalisation, the i1Photo, i1Photo SG, i1Proof and i1XT have all been discontinued, and the i1 range now consists of:

With the i1XTreme you can calibrate and profile:

*Requires Digital ColorChecker SG Chart - available separately.

Datacolor (aka ColorVision)

Pantone

Others

Other areas of our site that may be of interest...

Digital Black and White photography and printing. Based on a magazine interview with Keith. Some of his thoughts, techniques and tips for those interested in a digital approach to black and white. We've many Photography Articles and Photographic equipment and software reviews on the site aimed at helping you get the best out of your own photography.

There is a gallery of landscape photography and fine art prints.

The What's New page showcases new site features.

Visiting Leicester or wondering where it is? We have views from the Leicester traffic cameras.