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Re: Color Management Confusion

2016-12-08 by brian_downunda@...

---In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, <roy@...> wrote :

>If the print isn't what you think it should be you should be going back and editing the file until the print is right.

No arguments there and I didn't meant to suggest otherwise. If you want a print, then that is on paper. You have to persist until you get the print you want. The screen is not a print, but that said ...

> You are never going to get a print (especially matte)that looks identical to a bright screen -- you always need to develop a visual feel for the corresponding differences.

With a screen like an Eizo which you can calibrate for print, i.e. by setting at D50 and dialing down brightness and contrast , you can get surprisingly close.


---In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, <nigglefish@...> wrote :

>To print my photos I could (but won't) convert them to use a lab-linear ICC profile (adjusting the pixel values) and then print with No Color Management again. ... Or, I could select Application Managed color management and select the created ICC profile. My photo files could be tagged with any profile after that.

Personally I think it's important to understand the impact on the print of converting vs not converting, which is what I attempted to do in that blog post. I get the impression that Roy thinks that not converting is a non-standard and unnecessarily complex workflow, but I think it's likely to lead you to a different style of print, esp on matte, and the question is, what style do you want?

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