Digital BW, The Print

> What I'm wondering is what settings I should have in the ColorSync system 
> preferences panel, where I'm supposed to set the gamma (Monitors system 
> panel or Photoshop, or both?), which profile to choose in the Displays system 
> prefs and whether I should choose adjust/calibrate the display after choosing 
> a standard display profile like Adobe RGB (assuming that's the correct one).

Welcome to OS X! I'm in Jaguar now so I think Apple improved ColorSync from 
10.1.5.

To set System Monitor Profiles - Go to the Displays in the System Preferences. Go 
to the Color tab and click on the Calibrate button make your own monitor profile. 
You should be using 2.2 Gama. Start of with the default monitor space - should 
be named something like Apple Powerbook Profile....then Calibrate. 

Adobe RGB is not a monitor space - it's an image space - so don't choose it for a 
monitor.

Use Abobe RGB for your color space in Photoshop and in your scanner software if 
need be. 

Also go to:

http://www.computer-darkroom.com/home.htm

This website has a wealth of info. Go to the Feature Articles pulldown menu and 
you will see articles related to Color Management, Photoshop 7, OS X and Printing 
to an Epson printer.

John V.




> Other problems/questions: I use a Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 with Vuescan... 
> which color space should I be scanning in (I'm mostly scanning B&W negs, by 
> the way)? Should everything be set to the same color space?
> 
> What about printing... the ColorSync system panel has output color space 
> options, the Epson printer driver has color space options, Photoshop has 
> color space options... I'm thoroughly flummoxed.
> 
> Any help from fellow OS X users would be most gratefully received.
> 
> Peter