Test Images

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The following are links to some useful test images.


'Delta E' synthetic test image, Bruce Lindbloom

http://www.brucelindbloom.com/ (Opens in new browser window.)

thumbnail of Bruce Lindbloom's RGB test image

This is a great image that was rendered synthetically using a ray tracing program Bruce Lindbloom wrote himself. It is a good illustration of the dangers of linear gamma image storage as well as a clear & clean image for testing profiles while still retaining the appearance of a real-world scene. Testing profiles using only colored patches is not terribly effective as the eye cannot judge colors in such an absolute form. Continuous tone images containing memory colors (flesh tones, plants, sky, some foods) are better as the eye picks up variations much more effectively.

Directions: Follow the link above and click on "Misc" and then RGB Reference Images".

There are several different download options available.


This Fuji test image contains a wide range of colors and subjects include outdoor, people, studio product and neutrals.

Your web browser will want to display these images directly so control-click (Mac) or right-click (Win) the links below and then save them to your disk.

http://www.chromix.com/downloadarea/testimages/frontier_color57sb.jpg Fuji Test Image (525x375 pix) 182KB

http://www.chromix.com/downloadarea/testimages/frontier_color57s.jpg
Fuji Test Image (2100x1500 pix) 944KB

[Frontier_color57s.jpg test image (large)]


Northern Light

Keith Cooper has collected a great assortment of test images including black & white and color - for printers and monitors:

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/test_images.html


Don Hutcheson of Hutcheson Consulting has created a number of excellent test files to determine shortcomings in ICC profiles and imaging devices.

http://www.hutchcolor.com/Images_and_targets.html


The new Getty Test image is the replacement of the older Photodisc image.

It has a wide range of colors and subjects and is in the tiffRGB color space (Getty Images standard space). It is available in TIFF and JPEG formats.

Your web browser may want to display these images directly so control-click (Mac) or right-click (Mac/Win) the links below and then save them to your disk.

Getty Images Test Image(JPEG)11 MB:

http://legacycreative.gettyimages.com/en-us/marketing/services/Getty_Images_Test_Image.jpg

Getty Images Test Image(TIFF)26.5 MB:

http://legacycreative.gettyimages.com/en-us/marketing/services/Getty_Images_Test_Image.tif

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