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09/11/2013 09:30:35 PM · #1 |
Can someone help me please. I am using WHCC for my prints. I have a fully calibrated, excellent model monitor and the image when reviewed next to the subject is bang on. The issue comes when I get my prints returned. They ALL have a wicked red cast to them. Especially in any mid-tones and shadows.
Their answer was to calibrate my monitor to match their prints - which makes my work on the pc look pretty messed up.
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09/11/2013 09:46:09 PM · #2 |
See if they have profiles for their printers. You can read about using them in this article from Dry Creek Photo.
I know several DPCers use WHCC -- I imagine they'll be able to offer more specific advice. |
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09/11/2013 09:55:53 PM · #3 |
nevermind
Message edited by author 2013-09-12 21:41:53. |
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09/12/2013 07:49:49 PM · #4 |
Hi GeneralE - I took your advice and downloaded the two ICC files that are relevant to most of my work. They don't supply ones for the canvas or float.
When looking a the soft proofs for these I could definitely see the differences. My bigger concern then is this - why up until the last year or so have my images which are in AdobeRGB so off when compared to my originals. I don't have hours to go through each and everyone to colour spot correct.
I've had them colour correct images to their lab specs and even these come back wildly out of colour when compared to my images.
I did some trial having my subject standing right beside the screen when opened in PS. The colours are spot on. Any other suggestions?
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09/12/2013 08:21:05 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by funpix:
I did some trial having my subject standing right beside the screen when opened in PS. The colours are spot on. Any other suggestions? |
Were you viewing the subject in the same lighting conditions as when you took the photo? If you match your file to the subject while the subject is under colored light (fluorescent or incandescent) it will be off.
Anything you are looking at for the purpose of proofing or comparing should be done under neutral (daylight-balanced) lighting, sometimes referred-to as having a color temperature of 5000°K (or someitmes 5500°K). Traditionally, photo proofing/editing is done in a room painted entirely in 18% gray** with 5000°K lighting to avoid adding any color-cast to the photos/proofs.
**This is the rationale behind our plain-looking voting pages. |
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09/13/2013 07:49:57 PM · #6 |
| Hi GeneralE - yes the subjects I used were photographed beside the monitor so it was quite easy to see the comparison. |
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09/13/2013 08:03:31 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by funpix:
Hi GeneralE - yes the subjects I used were photographed beside the monitor so it was quite easy to see the comparison. |
Excellent -- that eliminates a major consideration. I hope using the profiles helps -- either way try to report the results.
I actually don't use profiles myself, but I also try to avoid shots which require critical color-matching -- I'm one of about 10% of males with a common red-green color-blindness defect, and no spare $600 for corrective lenses. When I took classes on scanning (before there were digital cameras as we know them) I was taught to rely on the numbers in Photoshop's Info window, and not on the monitor at all; in a pinch I've even edited color pictures on a black and white monitor ... |
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