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Employ colour management in a digital imaging workplace
Employ colour management in a digital imaging workplace
Unit of competency
National Code
CUVPHI514A
CUVPHI514A
State Code
D1216
D1216
TGA Status
Replaced
Replaced
DTWD Status
Replaced
Replaced
State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
21/08/2008
Field of Education
100303 - Photography
Original Release Date
21/08/2008
Nominal Hours
50
Description
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to manage colour in a digital imaging workplace.No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1 Research history and apply theory of colour in a digital imaging context.
- 1.1 Identify colour theories/theory as it applies to the digital imaging context using appropriate sources of information and standards.1.2 Evaluate currency/credibility of information gathered and ensure research scope is sufficiently broad. 1.3 Examine how colour is created, defined and managed in contemporary digital imaging devices.
- 1.4 Investigate the areas of capture, display, output and archive spaces in contemporary digital imaging devices where colour management is critical to the production of a quality product.1.5 Maintain accurate and comprehensive details of sources of information and standards.
2 Identify appropriate colour management systems and strategies and apply to a workplace.
- 2.1 Identify and select appropriate colour management systems and strategies for specific digital imaging devices.2.2 Evaluate suitability of selected colour management systems and strategies in terms of relevance and cost efficiency.2.3 Adopt and adapt selected colour management systems and strategies to digital workplace.
3 Review and update colour management strategies.
- 3.1 Review performance and assess impact of adapted colour management systems and strategies.3.2 Develop systems to update and respond to future colour management systems and strategies as they arise from emerging technologies and workplace practices.
RANGE STATEMENT
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Colour theories/theory may include:
colour charts, including:
colour look-up tables (CLUTs)
Indexed Colour
Pantone Matching System
Web Safe Colour
colour/light measurement:
Angstrom
candela
colour frequency
colour rendering index (CRI)
colour temperature
Kelvin
Lumens
Lux
Mired
nanometres
wavelength
colour spaces, including:
Adobe RGB(1998)
Atkinson
Bruce RGB
CMYK spaces
ColorMatch RGB
Epson RGB(2001)
Fraser and EktaSpace
greyscale/grayscale spaces
HiFi colour spaces (e.g. Hexachrome)
LAB
ProPhoto RGB
sRGB
Wide Gamut RGB
xvRGB
xvYCC
YCbCr
colour synthesis (additive and subtractive colour)
colour systems and models, including:
CCIC - Chamber of Commerce Colour Chart
CIE - Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (Lab, Luv, XYZ)
Herring's Opponent processes model
HSL
HSV
Munsell colour atlas
NCS - Natural Colour System
Ostwald surface-colour system
PCCS - Practical Colour Coordinate System
subjective vs. objective
Young-Helmholtz's tri-pigments model
colour theorists, including:
Isaac Newton - Opticks
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Theory of Colours
Michel-Eugène Chevreul - The Law of Simultaneous Colour Contrast
Hermann Günther Grassmann - Grassmann's Law
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz - Handbook of Physiological Optics
Ewald Hering - color opponency or opponent process theory
Ogden Rood - Modern Chromatics
Albert Munsell - Munsell Book of Color
Wilhelm Ostwald - Color Atlas
Wassily Kandinsky, Johannes Itten, Faber Birren, Josef Albers
Chenguang Lu - Decoding Model: A Symmetrical Zone Model of Color Vision
human vision
nature of light (e.g. electromagnetic spectrum, natural light phenomena).
Digital imaging context may include:
any digital imaging workplace where colour management is required, including:
designer's studio
digital media studio
film and television studio
photography studio
photoimaging lab or bureau
pre-press bureau.
Sources of information may include:
discussions with industry practitioners
electronic/print media (news, reviews, articles)
events (industry functions, conferences, trade fairs, expositions)
government bodies and associated publications
industry association digital standards
internet
libraries/archives (text, film, video, sound, graphic)
national/international journals (e.g. artist, computing and design journals)
personal observations and experience
retail/wholesale suppliers of products and services
technical publications/reference books
training programs, seminars, conferences, competitions, awards, exhibitions, symposiums, workshops, master classes and other professional development opportunities.
Standards may include:
ISO 15076-1:2005 Image technology colour management - Architecture, profile format and data structure - Part 1: Based on ICC.1:2004-10 (Profile version 4.2.0.0) Image technology colour management - Architecture, profile format, and data structure
ISO 12646:2004 Graphic technology - Displays for colour proofing - Characteristics and viewing conditions
ISO 3664:2000 Viewing conditions - Graphic technology and photography
IEC 61966-9 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 9: Digital cameras
IEC 61966-8 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 8: Multimedia colour scanners
IEC 61966-7-1 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 7-1: Colour printers - Reflective prints - RGB inputs
IEC 61966-4 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 4: Equipment using liquid crystal display panels
IEC 61966-3 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 3: Equipment using cathode ray tubes
IEC 61966-2-1 and IEC 61966-2-1-am1 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 2-1: Colour management - Default RGB colour space - sRGB
IEC 61966-2-2 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 2-2: Colour management - Extended RGB colour space - scRGB
IEC 61966-2-4 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 2-4: Colour management - Extended-gamut YCC colour space for video applications - xvYCC
ISO 22028-1:2004 Photography and Graphic Technology - Extended colour encodings for digital image storage, manipulation and interchange - Part 1: Architecture and requirements (ISO TC42)
ISO 12234-4: Photography - Electronic still-picture imaging - Part 4: Exchangeable image file format (Exif 2.2) (ISO TC42)
IEC 61966-5 -Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 5: Equipment using plasma display panels.
Digital imaging devices may include:
cameras
computers (hardware and software)
output devices:
data projectors
desktop printers
film writers
graphic arts printers
imagesetters
lab or bureau printers
output to screen based display
scanners
self-contained capture backs (microscopes and telescopes)
video.
Quality product may include:
computer or game software
digital images
documents for output via:
CMYK printing presses
desktop printers
film writers
LED and CRT printers
wide format inkjet printers
interactive sequences
videos
websites.
Colour management systems or strategies may include:
calibration devices
colourimeters
devices for camera, screen, scan and output calibration
spectrophotometer
profiling
canned and custom profile
colour and resolution targets for scanning and/or digital camera capture
device-dependent and device-independent
embed/apply/discard/convert profile options
ICC Profiles
reference cards and printer colour reference swatch books
workplace environment:
air borne pollutants
ambient lighting
controlled viewing conditions
temperature and humidity
WYSIWYG and closed loop system:
colour management policies
colour picker
colour space gamut and gamut warnings
dynamic range
gamma
hue and saturation
rendering intents
soft proofing
white and grey balance and black point.
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Colour theories/theory may include:
colour charts, including:
colour look-up tables (CLUTs)
Indexed Colour
Pantone Matching System
Web Safe Colour
colour/light measurement:
Angstrom
candela
colour frequency
colour rendering index (CRI)
colour temperature
Kelvin
Lumens
Lux
Mired
nanometres
wavelength
colour spaces, including:
Adobe RGB(1998)
Atkinson
Bruce RGB
CMYK spaces
ColorMatch RGB
Epson RGB(2001)
Fraser and EktaSpace
greyscale/grayscale spaces
HiFi colour spaces (e.g. Hexachrome)
LAB
ProPhoto RGB
sRGB
Wide Gamut RGB
xvRGB
xvYCC
YCbCr
colour synthesis (additive and subtractive colour)
colour systems and models, including:
CCIC - Chamber of Commerce Colour Chart
CIE - Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (Lab, Luv, XYZ)
Herring's Opponent processes model
HSL
HSV
Munsell colour atlas
NCS - Natural Colour System
Ostwald surface-colour system
PCCS - Practical Colour Coordinate System
subjective vs. objective
Young-Helmholtz's tri-pigments model
colour theorists, including:
Isaac Newton - Opticks
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Theory of Colours
Michel-Eugène Chevreul - The Law of Simultaneous Colour Contrast
Hermann Günther Grassmann - Grassmann's Law
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz - Handbook of Physiological Optics
Ewald Hering - color opponency or opponent process theory
Ogden Rood - Modern Chromatics
Albert Munsell - Munsell Book of Color
Wilhelm Ostwald - Color Atlas
Wassily Kandinsky, Johannes Itten, Faber Birren, Josef Albers
Chenguang Lu - Decoding Model: A Symmetrical Zone Model of Color Vision
human vision
nature of light (e.g. electromagnetic spectrum, natural light phenomena).
Digital imaging context may include:
any digital imaging workplace where colour management is required, including:
designer's studio
digital media studio
film and television studio
photography studio
photoimaging lab or bureau
pre-press bureau.
Sources of information may include:
discussions with industry practitioners
electronic/print media (news, reviews, articles)
events (industry functions, conferences, trade fairs, expositions)
government bodies and associated publications
industry association digital standards
internet
libraries/archives (text, film, video, sound, graphic)
national/international journals (e.g. artist, computing and design journals)
personal observations and experience
retail/wholesale suppliers of products and services
technical publications/reference books
training programs, seminars, conferences, competitions, awards, exhibitions, symposiums, workshops, master classes and other professional development opportunities.
Standards may include:
ISO 15076-1:2005 Image technology colour management - Architecture, profile format and data structure - Part 1: Based on ICC.1:2004-10 (Profile version 4.2.0.0) Image technology colour management - Architecture, profile format, and data structure
ISO 12646:2004 Graphic technology - Displays for colour proofing - Characteristics and viewing conditions
ISO 3664:2000 Viewing conditions - Graphic technology and photography
IEC 61966-9 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 9: Digital cameras
IEC 61966-8 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 8: Multimedia colour scanners
IEC 61966-7-1 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 7-1: Colour printers - Reflective prints - RGB inputs
IEC 61966-4 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 4: Equipment using liquid crystal display panels
IEC 61966-3 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 3: Equipment using cathode ray tubes
IEC 61966-2-1 and IEC 61966-2-1-am1 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 2-1: Colour management - Default RGB colour space - sRGB
IEC 61966-2-2 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 2-2: Colour management - Extended RGB colour space - scRGB
IEC 61966-2-4 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 2-4: Colour management - Extended-gamut YCC colour space for video applications - xvYCC
ISO 22028-1:2004 Photography and Graphic Technology - Extended colour encodings for digital image storage, manipulation and interchange - Part 1: Architecture and requirements (ISO TC42)
ISO 12234-4: Photography - Electronic still-picture imaging - Part 4: Exchangeable image file format (Exif 2.2) (ISO TC42)
IEC 61966-5 -Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 5: Equipment using plasma display panels.
Digital imaging devices may include:
cameras
computers (hardware and software)
output devices:
data projectors
desktop printers
film writers
graphic arts printers
imagesetters
lab or bureau printers
output to screen based display
scanners
self-contained capture backs (microscopes and telescopes)
video.
Quality product may include:
computer or game software
digital images
documents for output via:
CMYK printing presses
desktop printers
film writers
LED and CRT printers
wide format inkjet printers
interactive sequences
videos
websites.
Colour management systems or strategies may include:
calibration devices
colourimeters
devices for camera, screen, scan and output calibration
spectrophotometer
profiling
canned and custom profile
colour and resolution targets for scanning and/or digital camera capture
device-dependent and device-independent
embed/apply/discard/convert profile options
ICC Profiles
reference cards and printer colour reference swatch books
workplace environment:
air borne pollutants
ambient lighting
controlled viewing conditions
temperature and humidity
WYSIWYG and closed loop system:
colour management policies
colour picker
colour space gamut and gamut warnings
dynamic range
gamma
hue and saturation
rendering intents
soft proofing
white and grey balance and black point.
EVIDENCE GUIDE
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
Evidence of the following is essential:
ability to research colour theory and digital colour management systems/strategies
ability to evaluate and adapt appropriate digital colour management systems/strategies
ability to maintain and review digital colour management systems/strategies.
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Assessment must ensure:
access to appropriate technology and sources of information to research colour theory and digital colour management systems/strategies
access to an environment where a range of digital imaging devices and colour management systems can be applied
access to appropriate learning and assessment support when required
the use of culturally appropriate processes, and techniques appropriate to the oracy, language and literacy capacity of the assessee and the work being performed.
Method of assessment
A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:
direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by candidate
direct observation of candidate's evaluation, adaptation and management of appropriate colour management practices and strategies
case studies to assess candidate's ability to evaluate workplaces and their use of digital colour management practices and strategies
problem solving activities to assess candidate's critical thinking skills.
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended.
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
Evidence of the following is essential:
ability to research colour theory and digital colour management systems/strategies
ability to evaluate and adapt appropriate digital colour management systems/strategies
ability to maintain and review digital colour management systems/strategies.
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Assessment must ensure:
access to appropriate technology and sources of information to research colour theory and digital colour management systems/strategies
access to an environment where a range of digital imaging devices and colour management systems can be applied
access to appropriate learning and assessment support when required
the use of culturally appropriate processes, and techniques appropriate to the oracy, language and literacy capacity of the assessee and the work being performed.
Method of assessment
A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:
direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by candidate
direct observation of candidate's evaluation, adaptation and management of appropriate colour management practices and strategies
case studies to assess candidate's ability to evaluate workplaces and their use of digital colour management practices and strategies
problem solving activities to assess candidate's critical thinking skills.
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended.
Replaced By
| State Code | National Code | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| S7729 | CUVPHI529A | Employ colour management in a digital imaging workplace | Unit of competency |
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|---|---|---|---|
| D362 | CUS50309 | Diploma of Music Business | Qualification |
| D208 | CUV50407 | Diploma of Photoimaging | Qualification |