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Re: [colorvision_group] Tip for a newbie (prints darker)

2009-02-12 by Giorgio

Tobie,
I'm a little bit confused.....
Pls read your previous messages here under.
Once you say "increase shadow details  and brightness", then  "increase 
L*value".
I'm reprofiling Epson Premium glossy paper (prints were darker, do you 
remember?) which of two?
Sorry.... :-(

tks
Giorgio

Cdtobie wrote::
>
> Also, I would agree that the blacks are better with BPC unchecked, 
> which is why we recommend it. If you have all your variables (ambient 
> light, proofing light, monitor luminance) at optimally matched 
> settings, and you still find your prints to be darker than you would 
> like them, you may need to make a slider adjustment to your printer 
> profile to tune this. I would start by opening shadow detail about +5, 
> and adding +5 to the brightness as well. 
>
> Buona notte,
> C. D. Tobie
> Global Product Technology Mngr.
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> Datacolor.com
> CDTobie@Data color.com <mailto:CDTobie@...>
>
> On Feb 9, 2009, at 10:27 PM, Giorgio <gior.cap@... 
> <mailto:gior.cap@...>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Cdtobie ha scritto:
>>>
>>> Softproofing for most gloss media will drop the image brightness on
>>> screen, since the media is not very white. To adjust the brightness of
>>> gloss whites, increase the L* value in the Ref White control.
>>> Similarly, to darken blacks on matte media, lower the L* value in Ref
>>> Black.
>>>
>>>
>>> .
>>>
>>
> =
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>
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