Datacolor User to User Support Group.

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.

-Jonathan

Jonathan, maybe this isn't an answer, but almost every place that a print
will hang will have SOME lighting differences.  The farther away from a
standard the environment is, the less likely that the customer should,
could, or would complain.  

We do a considerable amount of work for non-professionals, and the color
requirement is nothing technical, just pleasing and close to the original.
Professionals, as you know what a dead-on print to THEIR eye, which is also
something nearly impossible.

I guess what I'm saying is that you should calibrate your system for your
working environment.  Worrying about the gallery or end-user environment
will make you crazy and cost you more in time and $ than it's worth.

-kris

> -----Original Message-----
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> potomacbassfisher
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:47 AM
> To: colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [colorvision_group] Coler in the home
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> 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.
> 
> -Jonathan
>

100% of what I print wind up on walls of peoples homes (wall portraits 
and groups of photos as wall portraits)  all of people.  My computer 
room and mounting work area have phillips (natural sunshine) fluorescent 
bulbs on the ceiling.  5000K  CRI 92 (CRI could be better I know) but 
the work still looks good under it and the price is right. $7 bulb at 
home depot.   My monitor white point is 6500K at gamma 1.8.  I am very 
happy with this arrangement, as well as extremely (HAPPY) with my new 
(SPYDER 2 PRO) Figuring that any home display environment will be warmer 
kelvin wise, which is fine for my work. 

Randy Laskody

potomacbassfisher wrote:

>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.
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>-Jonathan
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