On Jun 15, 2004, at 6:57 PM, Tom Baker wrote:
> 2.2, but it doesn't make any difference.
>
> Tom Baker
>
> Johnny Eades <jeades1@...> wrote:
> Back again folks,
>
> I know you are getting tired of me asking the same question, but I
> haven't gotten any answers to it yet. WHAT IS YOUR MONITOR
> CALIBRATED OR SET TO--GG 1.8 OR GG 2.2?
>
> Still your friend in Photography,
>
> Johnny Eades
>
> PS I'll keep asking till someone answers my simple question.
>
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
> wrote:
>> But John I think perhaps you are missing the point. Pick a gamma
> setting,
>> say 2.2. Calibrate your profile with this gamma setting. Select
> a PS
>> workspace, say Gray Gamme 2.2 and away you go. The issue only
> appears when
>> you want to soft proof. In a colour environment you would set up
> a soft
>> proof via View/Proof Setup and use the colour profile of the
> printer/media
>> combination you are using. Since B&W printing mostly uses a Same
> as Source
>> method of printing rather than the selection of the printer/media
> ICC
>> profile and colorsyncing the workflow, accurate soft proofing has
> alluded
>> B&W printing for some time. It was Tyler Boley I believe who
> devised a
>> proofing system using a custom dot gain to preview the image. Carl
>> Schofield came upon an ICC based approach that I highlighted to
> you earlier.
>> With an accurate method of soft proofing such as the system used
> by Carl the
>> selection of gamma is irrelevant.
>>
>>
>> From: "Johnny Eades"
>>
>> I received several replies to the question as to what many of you
>> are using your monitor set to---GG 1.8 or GG 2.2; and I may need to
>> clarify my question as first asked. What do many of you have your
>> monitor gamma set to?
>>
>> I understand all the replies that referred to the color management
>> issues and effect of Gamma on display characteristics. I don't have
>> a problem with Gamma myself, I was just asking what many of you
> have
>> your monitor set to. I realize the glossy paper has a higher D-max
>> and is therefore going to print the lower tones darker than Matte
>> paper is ,and I make adjustments to the proof to get the
>> satisfactory resulting print on glossy. If the shadows are to low,
> I
>> raise them to gain printable details relative to the visualized
>> image.Proofing is simply previewing how the finished print should
>> look. My criteria is enough body in the shadows to support the
>> impression there is something visible there.
>>
>> Your friend in Photography,
>>
>> Johnny Eades
>>
>>
>>
>>
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