Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:29 am Post subject: photoshop and Imac screen, calibrating
Hello,
I just started learning photoshop, I do color correction and so far my prints are much darker than what I see on screen, I am using an Imac. So, from what i read so far, i have to calibrate the screen, I tried a color profile in preferences, I am looking for a proffesional result, should I buy one of those calibrators hardware? or stay with the imac color options? whats the best way to calibrate?
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:17 pm Post subject:
My prints always came out darker and I used to compensate by making them look lighter on the screen. Since I bought a monitor calibrator, I don't do this any more, the prints come out with quite a good match.
When I print at home, though, they do come out a little darker sometimes, but I think it's because I don't always get the printer profile exactly right for the paper. You need to use the printer profile which matches your printer and the specific paper. (You'd think I could find a perfect matching profile for a common Canon printer and a common Canon paper, but there you have it! Ilford paper have profiles for my printer which I downloaded and I got nice prints on that).
So, in my personal experience, the monitor calibration did help me get better prints.
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:53 pm Post subject:
hi,
your case there 3 factors for calibrations..
1. the monitor... now there programs that will calibrate the monitor... but there a wide range of prices..... i hear a lot about spyder2 ..... your going to have to look at quite a few reviews to find the best for you....
i am cheap ..smiling and something like this has worked well for me....
http://www.photofriday.com/calibrate.php
3. paper- paper makes a big difference on the quality... a lot of time using paper from the company that makes the printer is the best route...
and along with that a specific printer profile ..
in all case... you do need two profiles... one for the printer and one for the monitor ..
Thank you , I have order the spyder pro 3, I saw good reviews, but now I see that I have the glossy screen, I have read that spyder 2 pro was good for glossy screens. But I dont see this comments on Spyder 3, I guess if 2 was good for glossy, 3 should be fine too, Am i right or there is a difference?
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