Digital BW, The Print

Tim, In PS you must check and set up the view that your screen is showing.
On the View tab, go to proof set up and tell us what it is telling you. Tom
mentioned the printer controls but it is important to first determine what
PS is showing you. When I first started using PS at a studio I made a
horrible assumption; that the person showing me what he wanted done KNEW how
to set up PS. Well the prints never looked like what I had on screen. It
turned out that some where in setting stuff up, he set the default view to
the Yellow Plate of CMYK. 

 

The Proof view is the first best place to start; without it being correct a
calibrated monitor means very little.  Then go down stream in your workflow
to assigned profile. 2.2 , 1.8, Dot Gain? Then output devices. Good luck

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim
Timmermans
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 2:47 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] It's soooo frustrating

 

I spend loads of time in PS making the image look just the way I want
but when I print it, it's up to 30% lighter than what I see on screen.
So I adjust the screen image to be 30% darker and it looks lousy on
the screen but it's "closer" to what I wanted on the print. Still I
feel I'm losing something doing it this way. I also have no idea what
people are seeing on their monitors when I email them a sample image.
(no complaints to date but it concerns me.)

At the moment I just don't have the funds for an expensive calibration
software. Anyone have experience with the cheaper Spyder
version.."Spyder 2" I think it's called. Are there any other options
out there?

Any response would be most welcome as I have a show coming up next
month and I'm at wits ends.

Thanks,

Tim

 



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