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Digital Workflow & Color Management Flashcards

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  1. Which white point is standard for sRGB and most web display work?

    Answer: D65

    sRGB is defined with a D65 (6500K) white point, which matches typical daylight viewing conditions for consumer monitors.

  2. In ICC color management, what is a 'device link' profile used for?

    Answer: Converting directly between two device spaces without going through PCS

    A device link profile provides a one-step, direct conversion between two device color spaces (e.g., CMYK to CMYK) without a Profile Connection Space intermediate, preserving black channels.

  3. What is the primary risk of performing extensive retouching in 8-bit mode?

    Answer: Banding and posterization from insufficient tonal levels

    With only 256 levels per channel, aggressive curves or tonal adjustments in 8-bit can create visible banding (posterization) where smooth gradients should appear.

  4. A CMYK profile with a Total Ink Limit of 300% means:

    Answer: The combined C+M+Y+K values cannot exceed 300%

    Total Ink Limit (TIL) specifies the maximum combined percentage of all four inks, preventing excessive ink laydown that causes paper damage or slow drying.

  5. Which Photoshop color setting synchronizes color management policies across all Adobe Creative Cloud applications?

    Answer: Edit > Color Settings with a CSF file via Bridge

    Saving and synchronizing a .csf (Color Settings File) through Bridge ensures all CC applications use identical color management policies and working spaces.

  6. What is the role of the Profile Connection Space (PCS) in ICC color management?

    Answer: It serves as a common intermediate color space for converting between any two device profiles

    The PCS (CIE XYZ or CIELAB) is the device-independent intermediate space through which all ICC conversions pass, enabling any source-to-destination profile pairing.

  7. When calibrating a monitor, the goal of setting a target gamma of 2.2 is to:

    Answer: Create a perceptually uniform tonal scale on the display

    A gamma of 2.2 encodes luminance nonlinearly in a way that matches human visual perception, distributing more tonal steps in shadows where the eye is most sensitive.