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01/22/2009 05:01:11 PM · #101 |
Well, I took some basic advice like calibrating my monitor and holy crap is it different from what I was seeing. Used a nifty program Monitor Calibration Wizard and its free. Always like that! |
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01/22/2009 06:15:52 PM · #102 |
holy crap !
like cleaning the peanut butter ( which you shouldn't eat right now ) off your eye glasses - eh ;)
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01/22/2009 06:56:16 PM · #103 |
i'd like to try that program, but it is a *.exe program... can I use it on a mac? |
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01/22/2009 07:02:23 PM · #104 |
What Shannon mentioned about selecting "monitor RGB" BEFORE you start editing, is the way to go. I even did a tutorial on this HERE.
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01/22/2009 07:14:07 PM · #105 |
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01/22/2009 10:17:08 PM · #106 |
and how do you handle color when you want to print the image, and output for web as well ?
there is a typo in the first sentence of the blog.
Originally posted by kosmikkreeper: What Shannon mentioned about selecting "monitor RGB" BEFORE you start editing, is the way to go. I even did a tutorial on this HERE.
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01/22/2009 10:42:11 PM · #107 |
Originally posted by soup: and how do you handle color when you want to print the image, and output for web as well? |
Depends upon your output method. If you're sending out to a lab for "traditional" photo prints, they generally expect sRGB, too, so the same settings you use for web display are fine (it's an RGB process that prints with laser light onto photosensitive paper). Many of the better inkjet photo printers can handle various profiles (and you can find or create your own profile for those), so printing to a desktop printer isn't really a problem. If you're printing to a commercial press, business cards, magazine, etc., you'd ideally edit in AdobeRGB and convert to CMYK as the last step (just don't expect the colors to be as vibrant). If you need both sRGB and CMYK, you'd edit in AdobeRGB and convert separate files for each. |
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01/22/2009 10:44:52 PM · #108 |
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01/22/2009 10:59:29 PM · #109 |
If your monitor is correctly calibrated you don't need to turn on proofing.
However, if you do turn on proofing, you should use "Windows RGB" which emulates a typical Windows monitor (without color management, or, the same as sRGB).
Proofing with "Monitor RGB" simulates how your personal "calibrated" monitor will display the file without color management and will only be accurate if your monitor is correctly calibrated to sRGB.
Also, when you calibrate your Mac make sure you are using 2.2 gamma and not the default 1.8 gamma. The web is 2.2 gamma, a much darker place than a Mac world.
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