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04/20/2006 11:12:52 AM · #1 |
I recently attended a seminar with a local pro who sang the praises of the Macbeth ColorChecker as if he were on their staff. He recommended it for proper metering during exposures but especially for quick post processing color adjustments. I agree with the usefullness of such a tool, but $74????? Couldn't I just print my own??
Here's a link for those not familiar with it: Macbeth ColorChecker
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04/20/2006 11:33:40 AM · #2 |
| I'm not familiar with the Macbeth Color Checker, but I did just purchase a Pantone Huey, and it is awesome! I've been calibrating monitors all over the place. And it is reasonably priced at around $66 + shipping. I purchased it from thenerds.net and it was delivered the day after I ordered it! |
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04/20/2006 11:58:35 AM · #3 |
| I use a black, white, grey and off white card from the back of my Photoshop CS2 for Digital Photographers book and it works nicely for setting all of the aformentioned points. The author of the book says that the Macbeth chart is helpful... I guess it all depends on how obsessive you want to be over color control. |
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04/20/2006 12:02:56 PM · #4 |
But.... does it get the damned spots out, out? |
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04/20/2006 12:23:22 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by meanwile:
But.... does it get the damned spots out, out? |
Hahahaaa! :)
The website gives the RGB values of every color - I think I'll try a homemade version before I fork over $74!!
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04/20/2006 12:28:48 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by meanwile:
But.... does it get the damned spots out, out? |
LOL - my thoughts, too! :)
But seriously... Cindi, I'm not familiar with it, but perhaps it's so expensive for the same reason Pantone color products are so expensive - because they are designed to be a very precise color. Pantone products even "expire" after a while - they are only guaranteed to be good for a certain period of time and after that, the color may shift. I took a drawing class a couple of years ago, and the instructor had a small set of Pantone colors. I almost fell on the floor when she said how much they cost! But after she explained more about how you'd use them, it started to make sense.
Having said that, though, I really don't know if the Macbeth product or the Pantone products are overpriced. Probably. And you probably have to be obsessed with color quite a bit to find them worthwhile. If you do end up buying the Macbeth Color Checker, I'd be curious to find out how it works/doesn't work for you. I'm one of those folks who appreciates color, but isn't quite that obsessed. But if I understood how a $74 color checker can help, I just might end up buying one some day. :)
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04/20/2006 05:57:17 PM · #7 |
I've used the Kodak calibration target on a couple of jobs where I needed more colour precision than normal. Same principle, but a different set of colours.
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04/20/2006 06:04:00 PM · #8 |
Having the color values are great and you could print up your own and use it, but it would basically be a profile for your printer. Remember the printer does not always print what you see on the monitor. But I am sure that it can get you close enough, if you are not too anal.
I did one to try out an action that read the areas and then set up a profile to use for different constant lighting sources. Worked OK, but again not exact and a few colors seemed just a bit off on the monitor.
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04/20/2006 06:06:19 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by meanwile:
But.... does it get the damned spots out, out? |
Heck, I'm always too late to the pun-ch.
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