The Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines

http://www.updig.org/guidelines/index.php

These 12 guidelines — provided as a Quick Guide plus an in-depth Complete
Guide — aim to clarify the issues affecting accurate reproduction and
management of digital image files. Although they largely reflect a
photographer's perspective, anyone working with digital images should find
them useful.

Table of Contents

A. Quick Guide
The executive summary

1. Color Management
Using and embedding ICC color profiles

2. Monitor Calibration
Hardware calibration and profiling; monitor soft-proofing

3. Color Spaces
Camera settings; image editing; offset printing; CMYK conversions;
photo lab prints

4. File Formats
Camera RAW; DNG; formats for the web; formats for print

5. Naming Files
Cross platform compatibility; avoiding duplicate file names

6. Resolution
How to describe; optimizing for the screen; for inkjet prints; for
continuous-tone printing; for offset printing

7. Sharpening
Capture sharpening; process sharpening; sharpening tools; dealing with
noise; output sharpening

8. Metadata
IPTC Creator and Copyright; keywords; the importance of metadata

9. File Delivery
Media; methods; file info; ReadMe files

10. Guide Prints and Proofs
Print and proof viewing

11. Archiving
Who; what; where

12. Workflow
Matching to needs; what it should do; choosing the right tools