Digital BW, The Print

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> on 8/30/2002 12:10 PM, DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com at
> DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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> > Message: 9
> > Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 11:20:21 -0500
> > From: Jerry Olson <jerryolson@...>
> > Subject: Re: Time to dive in
> >
> > I have a Mitsubishi with a trinitron tube, and I have always used 1.8
> > gamma. If I used 2.2 I'd have to reprofile everything, no?
> >
> > What would be the advantage to using 2.2?
> >
> > Jerry
> 
> I keep my monitor set to 2.2 for two reasons:
> 
> 1. when editing video, it displays an image closer to tv gamma.
> 2. when viewing on the web, I assume most images are done at 2.2 gamma.
> 
> Of course it's kind of a moot point for photography and printing as
> photoshop automatically converts from the working space to the monitor space
> on the fly, making images in 1.8 working spaces look the same as images in
> 2.2 spaces on both 1.8 and 2.2 monitors.
> 
> The main difference is the way in which the curves controls (and others) in
> photoshop effect an image.  The same curve will effect a 1.8 workspace image
> in a different way than a 2.2 workspace image.
> 
> I learned this lesson converting working spaces with adjustment layers not
> yet rendered and the  conversion changed the look of the image on screen.  I
> now flatten before conversions.
> 
> So Jerry, if you changed your monitor to 2.2 you wouldn't need to reprofile
> anything at all, except your monitor. The monitor profile is not in the loop
> for printing from photoshop, just the working space (source profile) and the
> printer space (destination profile).
> 
> -Bruce
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