yeah I know but only the ones with the Apple badge on the front are designed for a 1.8 gamma - I only know this because of the Mac experts on Prodig. check the archives their and you'll find apple's explanation - I think! These folk don't work in a closed loop system but send work on their system to others to work on as well so colour management for them is essential. Anyway - I am but an egg Julian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Time to dive in > Julian, Most if not all Mac Monitors are or were made by Sony. Hence "Trinitron". > > Jerry > > Julian Thomas wrote: > > > > Well again from the Mac colour experts - only monitors with a mac badge on > > the front. If anyone wants info on colour spaces and profiling the Prodig > > list is an amazing resource. http://www.prodig.org > > This gamma thing re different platforms was gone into in some depth > > > > Julian > > > > J > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> > > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:39 PM > > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Time to dive in > > > > > I think its Trinitron, or is that what you meant by mac badged? Anyhoo, > > > 1.8 works fine for me. > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > Julian Thomas wrote: > > > > > > > > Erm don't mean to contradict but from the Mac colour gurus on the Prodig > > > > list 1.8 gamma for the mac ONLY if the monitor is a Mac-badged monitor > > > > > > > > Julian > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> > > > > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:19 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Time to dive in > > > > > > > > > Use 1.8 gamma on a Mac, and 2.2 on a PC. But if you are going with the > > > > > MIS VM inks, you need to convert to a RGB file before printing, and > > Use > > > > > one of Paul Roark's curves. You can then get anything from a cold tone > > > > > to a warm tone. > > > > > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > > > I've decided to try MIS VM in an 1160. My G4 set in the 1160 and > > 3rd > > > > > > party dyes in the 1290 just don't cut it for black and white. > > > > > > > > > > > > What I'm uncertain about is the greyscale working space to use. My > > > > > > PS colour preferences are set to US prepress defaults (dot gain > > > > > > 20%). However, I remember reading somewhere about using grey gamma > > > > > > 2.2. Why would that be so? > > > > > > > > > > > > K2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls > > and > > > > other resources as they are often being updated. 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Re: [Digital BW] Time to dive in
2002-08-30 by Julian Thomas