 | Colour Management... |
| Colour Management... |
Colour Management... | ||
| How do you fit it into your workflow? | ||
| Tannis McCartney (tannismc) Post Count: Joined: | Msg: #1 Added: 2005-09-14 01:33:59 | |
| Just wondering how much time etc. you spend on colour management on a 'day-to-day' basis. I find the whole process of calibrating everything a bit overwhelming at times--I'd love to spend more time working on images I shot when I was still using film, but I struggle to find the patience to get my scanner/monitor/printer all calibrated first. Fortunately, things seem to be going from my digital camera to the computer and then the printer without any major hitches (at least nothing I haven't been able to sort out yet). I've asked the guys at my local camera store what they recommend, but they seem to think the whole colour management thing is best ignored by amateurs (might be why they've ignored my suggestion for developing a workshop on it--they do free workshops every Saturday on various aspects of photography). I'm keen to hear what everyone else thinks about this... | ||
| Bob Wallace (BobTrips) Post Count: Joined: | Msg: #2 Added: 2005-09-29 23:12:29 | |
| Well, as there is just about nothing happening on this site my guess is that you aren't going to get much help. ;o) I'd say that you've done what one should do when working with a limited budget. If you can get to the point where what you see on your monitor roughly matches what comes from your printer then you're set. As long as you stick with that one type of paper. The next step up would be to get a monitor calibration device such as the Spyder and to use profiles for your printer and the different papers that you might choose to use. But at this point you are well past my level of expertise. I'm just not a printer. You might want to spend some time reading the various posts on www.luminous-landscape.com - the printing forum. Several very skilled people participate there. | ||
| Craig Ferguson (cfimages) Post Count: Joined: | Msg: #3 Added: 2005-10-06 11:51:26 | |
| On a day to day basis, you don't really need to spend much time on color management, unless you're operating a studio where it is absolutely critical. At a very minimum, you'll want to calibrate with Adobe Gamma. If you don't have Photoshop, then you probably won't have Adobe gamma, but there are a few free "eye only" calibration tools available on the net. Probably the best is found on Norman Koren's site in the color managament section. click here There's some very good info of color management on this site. Ideally, you'll want to calibrate with a hardware device. Colorvision (Spyder2), Gretag Macbeth( Eye One) and Monaco (Optico) all make decent, affordable hardware calibration devices. With these, you can set a calibration reminder for a certain time period. A pro would require a one week reminder at most, but as an amateur, one month reminders are good enough, providing you have a decent monitor. CRTs calibrate better and easier than LCDs, and if you have an LCD, make sure it will show a full 16.7million colors (8 bit). Most of the cheaper LCDs (less than US$500) only show 16.2million, which is 6 bit - less than what a modern digital camera/scanner is capable of capturing. The best place for you to go on the net to read more is Andrew Rodney's site, www.digitaldog.net . Andrew is an alpha tester for Adobe Photoshop, and a color management expert. | ||
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