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Re: [colorvision_group] Re: Which Spyder?
2007-06-29 by CDTobie@aol.com
In a message dated 6/29/07 1:45:22 AM, billyboburt@... writes:
Thanks for the help! I don't think I need the Pro but I don't know if
I'd like the Express since it only has the automatic mode. I like to
have a bit more control than that... Also, don't get me wrong on the
printing. What I meant was, I don't print at home, I do like to take
the photos on a storage card and have them printed at a kiosk. That's
a big part of why I want a color calibration tool, so that I can see
exactly how they "should" come out when printed after editing. Will
the Spyder 2 Suite be sufficient for printing that way?
If the lab or other outsource printing option is color managed (meaning it reads the ICC profile tagged to your images, and converts to an accurate profile for its output) then yes, just calibrating your monitor and tagging your files (or having them in the expected space for the lab) wil do the trick. If its not color managed, then there isn't really anything you can do but grumble, and possibly find another source of prints. For the 99 percent of users that also have at least one color printer of their own, profiling that is also part of the equation for full color control.
C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@colorvision.com
www.colorvision.com
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