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05/17/2005 02:15:21 AM · #1 |
Sorry if this has already been discussed, but the Search bar is down
What Photoshop color profile configurations do you guys use?
I'm guessing they vary among printers and monitors, but which is best for online viewing?
thanks,
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05/17/2005 02:19:21 AM · #2 |
for online viewing i usually have the file in the Adobe RGB color profile (either by assign profile or convert to profile) then do save for web or save as, and then uncheck the color profile.
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05/17/2005 02:21:43 AM · #3 |
| For web viewing, sRGB is the best, but for prints, Adobe RGB is best. |
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05/17/2005 04:12:48 AM · #4 |
Its all relative to what you are doing and means nothing if your monitor is not callibrated right. If you want to get serious enough that you are playin around with profiles, I would invest in a monitor calibrator. If not I would stick to sRGB. The difference between adobe rgb and sRgb is minimal (little less color compression on adobe rgb) and there is less room for error if you stick with one profile, or if you feel confident enough srgb and adobe rgb. Stay far away from other profiles because alot of them deal with video and print production like cmyk uncoated and ntsc or pal.
One way I do a cheap calibration to help improve capabilities without spending $150 or more for a calibrator is to leave your printer on the stock profile and then use the link below to get a general calibration in srgb with your monitors color set to 6500K (read your instructions because it varies on how to due this from monitor to monitor). Make sure you turn off all overhead lights when calibrating and when editing. Then get a daylight corrected bulb (5600K) to put in a desk lamp that faces away from the monitor to check your prints. Not a bad idea to make a foamcore visor for your monitor to eliminate stray light from your lamp. Then do test prints and adjust your color curves for your monitor (usually in your video card's settings) until your monitor matches your prints. Make sure this is your monitor and not in photoshop. The whole reason to calibrate is to take out the guesswork so you dont have to print alot, and if you do this in photoshop you defeat the whole purpose. Problem with this calibration is your monitor changes the longer you leave it on and everytime you turn it off. So I calibrate like once a week or before I'm gonna do alot of editing at one time. This is the benefit of a calibrator because it doesnt waste ink or paper, but if you do test strips (remember those good old days in the darkroom) you wont waste that much ink and you can place multiple test strips on a sheet of paper.
This method seems to work pretty good for me, I get great test prints from my hp psc750,only professionals can tell the difference from my pro prints and my test prints (due to quality of prints, not color). Color matches really well and my camera shop says they do little to no color correction and with my test prints they get a great reference to what I want it to look like. I cant wait to get my Epson R800 so I can bypass my camera shop (treat me like crap, but only local place that does good work).
Now this is just my cheap broke college student way to get good results and is no replacement to a good monitor, calibrator and spectometer (for printer).
//www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html
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