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07/22/2008 03:02:19 PM · #26 |
OK I'm getting a leetle nervous here...the photos I am working on are ones for a model's comp card so of course I want them to look damn good.
Ran the Huey set so my monitor (on my new compugter, not the older one) is now supposedly calibrated. But I had to use the built-in brightness/contrast settings to match the b/w figures in Huey.
Wouldn't Huey itself have a built-in calibrator for brightness and contrast? And I couldn't get the various figures to match up with each other, so I'm worried about screwing up the pix.
I could still PS them on the old computer, as the simple little bit of caibration I did on it has always worked nicely.
Suggestions anyone? Comments? Advice? Paper bag I can breathe into? |
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07/22/2008 03:07:06 PM · #27 |
I use spyder2Express and really am quite please with the results. When I first loaded it I thought it had a slight tint of yellow especially noticeable in black and white photographs and it was brighter then I expected. But when I get prints they look just like they do on my monitor, even when I do really strong edits to the color like Acid or cross process toning. All I wanted from the software was confidence that what I see is what will print and I have that so I am happy.
@Jac-It does automatically calibrate whites and blacks but I find this a positive, more control sounds nice, but to me it seems you would just be pushing yourself away from what it was calibrated for. Just my two cents. I am very happy with with Spyder2Express. |
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07/22/2008 03:57:07 PM · #28 |
ditto on being happy w/ the Spyder.
I got the Spyder3 Pro, for about 130 on Amazon a few months ago.
My prints tended to be underexposed occasionally had some greenish cast.
Now my prints match much more closely.
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07/22/2008 04:31:54 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by jdannels:
I use spyder2Express and really am quite please with the results. When I first loaded it I thought it had a slight tint of yellow especially noticeable in black and white photographs and it was brighter then I expected. But when I get prints they look just like they do on my monitor, even when I do really strong edits to the color like Acid or cross process toning. All I wanted from the software was confidence that what I see is what will print and I have that so I am happy.
@Jac-It does automatically calibrate whites and blacks but I find this a positive, more control sounds nice, but to me it seems you would just be pushing yourself away from what it was calibrated for. Just my two cents. I am very happy with with Spyder2Express. |
Thanks for the info jdannels. I guess the salesman wanted to sell me the more expensive one. lol I just may buy the Spyder Express yet.
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07/22/2008 04:49:44 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
OK I'm getting a leetle nervous here...the photos I am working on are ones for a model's comp card so of course I want them to look damn good.
Wouldn't Huey itself have a built-in calibrator for brightness and contrast? And I couldn't get the various figures to match up with each other, so I'm worried about screwing up the pix.
Suggestions anyone? Comments? Advice? Paper bag I can breathe into? |
You have to remember, calibrating your display is only half of the battle, if you want your prints to match your screen exactly then you will need to find out what printer your printing company uses and whether they have ICC profiles available for it. Then you would be best advised to set up a soft proof profile (CTRL-Y) in Photoshop so you know what you see on screen will be the same as what they prints (assuming they calibrate their printers often).. You could have a perfectly calibrated screen and send the same file off to two printers and the prints could come back different, in some cases drastically different.
I use Queensberry for my wedding albums and they offer full ICC profiles, soft proof profiles etc and assuming you have a well calibrated screen the albums come back EXACTLY the same as what I see on screen, that is the benefit of a full colour managed workflow.. But then again, with the albums sometimes weighing in at $700+ (cost price) I cant really afford to make any mistakes. I remember waiting for my first album to come back (first ne I colour managed myself) and was so nervous the colours would be out. Next colour managed project I am working on is my exhibition stand, which is costing me around $2000, so I have to make sure that my colours are spot on with their profiles - thankfully they also supply ICC profiles and soft-proof profiles so I am not too worried, in fact thats the reason I picked them since a lot of others didn't offer the service.
At the end of the day if you use a cheap printing company who kind of glaze over when you mention ICC and proof-profiles then dont be dissapointed when your prints come back with a tint over them or blacks that are not quite black, but kind of bluey-black.. |
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07/22/2008 07:10:14 PM · #31 |
| Does anyone have experience with the huey or the eye onesystems and how might they compare with the spyder? |
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