In a message dated 12/25/2006 4:15:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, swp91011@... writes:
I haven't tried a print yet as I just read all the targets and created
the profiles last night with PrintFix Pro.
However, on the face of it, if one monitor shows white as yellowish
and one does not and I adjust the image so it looks good on one it
would have to have different colors than if I had adjusted it on the
other to look equally as white.
They can't BOTH be right.
To improve your visual matching between your monitor and your
print:
- The monitor has to be calibrated. Use the Spyder (or other 3rd
party
equivalent) and calibrate your display to D65, gamma 2.2
- You need to turn on softproofing in PFP 2.0 to display the
image on
your calibrated monitor with the printer profile taken into
account; or;
you need to open the image in Photoshop (with it's working space
set to
Adobe RGB), go to the View:Proof Setup:Custom menu, select your
printer profile
and rendering intent, and turn on paper black simulation (this is
the equivalent
of what PFP 2.0's softproof shows).
- You need to view your print under a proper light source. Proper
light
sources are NOT any of the following: incandescent table lamps;
incandescent
overhead lights; flourescent lighting (office or otherwise);
bright sunlight.
We would recommend that you get one of the widely available
"daylight spectrum"
lamps, which come configured as floor-standing lamps or
desktop-style lamps,
and view your prints that way. You can also get an Ott-light,
which is an
even more specialized version of the same kind of bulb, but for
most people,
the more generic lamps are fine.
When you've calibrated your monitor to D65, the color of white
has a specific
color temperature, and visually, this should be very close to the
color
temperature of your paper white when you've printed through the
PFP 2.0 profile
and you're viewing it under the controlled light source as
described above.
Best regards,
--
David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
ColorVision
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
ColorVision