[DEMUG] De-Photoshopping

[Michele Stapleton]

Anything you do is subject to color accuracy concerns. The best  
analogy is that big bank of TVs you see at the Best Buy/Walmart/ 
Target/etc. Even tho all those TVs are getting the same feed, each  
set interprets the feed slightly differently, so you'll see a variety  
of colors. Then, when buyers take thos sets home, chances are they  
will fiddle iwth the contorls and futher muddle the colors of the  
feed.  That's pretty much how all our monitors work.

That's why professional photographers, graphic designers, printers,  
etc. "color manage" their workflow using "color calibration software"  
and "profiles." That's to insure what I see on my monitor as I prep a  
slide for Imagers matches what Imagers sees on their color managed  
monitor when they open my file. When I follow color managed workflow,  
what I get back from Imagers is very good.

If you are prepping a file for print, slide production, display on  
the web, etc., if you aren't using a "color managed" workflow you run  
the risk that what you see on your monitor is actually not accurate.

You can invest in equipment to "calibrate" your monitor. It's not  
awfully too expensive. See http://www.xrite.com  If you don't want to  
invest that kind of money, you should at least do the calibration at  
System Preferences > Displays > Color > Calibrate. It's not as  
accurate as using software to calibrate your monitor, but it beat  
doing nothing at all.

A fairly good tutorial on color management can be found at http:// 
www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/profiles.htm

Adobe Photoshop (the full fledge $649 copy) comes with a good color  
management tutorial at Help > Photoshop Help > Contents > Color  
Management

If you need to see someone else do it to understand how it's done,  
order this CD: http://www.software-cinema.com/ 
disc_product_details.php?disc_id=88





On Jan 20, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Dick Atlee wrote:

> Are these subject to color accuracy concerns?  Given that everyone's
> monitor might be slightly differently calibrated, it would seem that
> even if there is an absolutely "true" color, and the slide maker might
> have that, is there any way you can be sure that your calibration
> matches that?

Michele

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BRUNSWICK, MAINE
http://www.MicheleStapleton.com
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