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Re: [colorvision_group] Coler in the home
2006-03-23 by CDTobie@aol.com
In a message dated 3/22/06 11:47:48 AM, jpgentry@... writes:
For those of use who are selling prints to people to hang on their wall
(not gallaries with good light), should we calibrate our monitors and
set up our workflow for inside lighting color (K.) If we should be
calibrating our monitors to standard inside lighting what is the
temperature and other recommendations.
Household lighting runs the gamut from yellower-than-tungsten incandescent bulbs, to really-bad-incandescent energy saver bulbs, to brilliantly blue north light from windows and skylights. No way to pre-guess that, unless you have a specific site in mind, and print PreciseLight sample images to check under that particular lighting. The idea with 5000k proofing lights is not just that they are a medium color temperature, its that they are full spectrum lighting, showing all colors with good clarity and evenhandedness. You may well want a cheap incandescent bulb and a north window as well, to see what degree of variation your prints will show, but those are not reasonable light sources to work under.
C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision, Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com