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Re: [Digital BW] Re: "color" management without instruments

2005-09-29 by Ben Rosengart

On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 08:02:26PM -0500, Intrinsic Pictures wrote:
> IMO, calibrating the monitor makes life much easier.  You can always 
> try Adobe Gamma, included free with Photoshop. It's a "eyeball" type 
> monitor calibration, but in my experience can get you pretty close 
> without the added expense of a puck system.

I wonder how it stacks up to the Apple "Display Calibrator Assistant",
which is included with the operating system.  That's what I've used so
far.

My full-ink prints are not too far off between screen and print
(closer would be better), but BO prints are pure guesswork.

-- 
 Ben Rosengart                                          ben@...
       "Young people should be seen and not heard, because they're
        good-looking but not too bright.  We're pretty bright now,
        but we're ugly." -- Grace Slick on the '60s youth movement

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