R: Re: [colorvision_group] Tip for a newbie (prints darker)
2009-02-10 by Giorgio
thanks for your quick and kind answer. In the next few days I'll try applying your hints and I let you know here. Meanwhile thanks again and have a nice day Giorgio >----Messaggio originale---- >Da: CDTobie@... >Data: 10-feb-2009 4.44 >A: "colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com"<colorvision_group@yahoogroups. com> >Ogg: Re: [colorvision_group] Tip for a newbie (prints darker) > >No, 100cd/m2 should be fine, no need to lower it further. But whether >it matches what you shot will depend on ambient lighting; in a darker >room it would match at a lower luminance. Similarly, a brighter >proofing light may make it match at 100; these things are relative. > >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@... > >On Feb 9, 2009, at 10:27 PM, Giorgio <gior.cap@...> wrote: > >> My dear, >> you say that white tile and printing process are good and this >> is .... good :-) >> The luminance of the (LCD) monitor is setted to 100 cd/sqm (squares >> meters): do you think that a lower level should be better? I.e. 80? >> The point is that what I see (on the screen) is just the brightness >> level I shooted : recalibrating my monitor, using the competition's >> product :-), with a lower level of luminance I certainly will match >> print with screen but this one should not reflect the scene I >> shooted, don't you agree? Or am I wrong? >> >> About the refWhite control, do you mean that I redo profile process >> then, before generating it, I should set L* value to an higher >> level? Could you tell me your opinion on the working range of this >> adjust? i.e. starting from 3 figures? or more? >> >> Again, you say that BPC unchecked doesnt' make darker blacks: yes >> this is true (obviously!), I achieve a little more brightness... >> but the blacks are better with BPC unchecked! >> >> I'm very happy with this spectro, I only need to work out that >> little big trouble :-) >> >> tks, >> Giorgio >> >> >> >> >> >> Cdtobie ha scritto: >>> >>> Several comments that may be of assistance: >>> >>> Your white tile reading is good. (Tuo l'inglese e molto bene, anchi) >>> Your printer profiling process also looks right. >>> >>> If you are seeing brighter images on screen than in print, you >>> probably need to set a lower display luminance when calibrating your >>> monitor. Not my job to tell you how to do that; since you are using >>> the competition's product... ; ) >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> If you like the effect of BPC, feel free to use it. However, it can't >>> make your blacks any darker, and on those occasions where it makes >>> blacks lighter, people tend to get upset. >>> >>> You may be "going wrong" from some of the above, or other settings >>> which can require "dialing in"; or it could be your expectations of
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>>> exact and automatic matching. >>> >>> Ciao, >>> C. D. Tobie >>> Global Product Technology Mngr. >>> Digital Imaging & Home Theater >>> Datacolor.com >>> CDTobie@... >>> >>> O >>> >>> . >>> >> >> >> >> >