Thank you, Lama. Yes, I've used Adobe Gamma and several other similar
tools, but all this amounts to no more than bustle--it boils down to by
guess and by gum. Now that might be close enough for web display
purposes--let's face it, what you _think_ others see on their monitors is
probably not all that close to what they _actually_ see on their monitors,
so no matter how "accurate" one display is the rest probably won't be. I
know this to be true from experience on various photo websites over the
past few years. People out there are seeing in many cases entirely
different images. There simply is no set standard, and if there were a
standard most users wouldn't bother adhering to it.
That's for web purposes.
For printing purposes all I've read agrees that the only way to accurately
calibrate your monitor vis-a-vis what you'll finally get from a printer is
to use a spyder. Based on my limited tests here with my new Epson I'd have
to say this is all-too true. The tint from the B&W test image I printed on
semi-gloss was considerably off from what I _thought_ I had achieved based
on my monitor image. That being the case, I can only imagine how far off
skin tones might be in, say, a portraiture shot in color. For that kind of
work close just doesn't make it. I want it to be e-x-a-c-t.
My question was, specifically: what software is required to make various
color profiles to be used by PS and/or the Epson print software? Does the
spyder software itself do this? Is is necessary to pick up one of those
other independent programs? If so, does anyone on this list have experience
with these standalones?
Tris
Tris,
The way I'm reading this, you already have Photoshop. Until you get a
spyder, you might as well calibrate your monitor using "Adobe
Gamma".
I don't know which version of PS include "Adobe Gamma" and which don't but
it came with Photoshop Elements v1. It took about 8
minutes to go through the wizard and it made a huge difference to being
able to print. The thing about it, "Adobe Gamma" is kinda
hidden. As I recall, it's not reachable directly from a PC's "Start"
menu. The good news is it's easy to get at anyway!
If you have a PC, go to "Control Panel". You may be surprised to see
"Adobe Gamma" has been sitting there every since you installed
PS. I was.
Lama
> Is it necessary to buy independent profile-building software
> (e.g., Monaco, ProfileMaker) in order to create the color profiles used
> with Photoshop? (I'd thought this was done internally with PS, but the
> Epson manual implies otherwise.)
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