Re: Help!
Re: Help!
- Subject: Re: Help!
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 23:34:36 EST
In a message dated 11/6/00 6:35:18 AM, email@hidden writes:
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Hi, I am a photographer and I went Digital last February.
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My System comprises of:
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Epson Flatbed Scanner
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Minolta Dimage Elite Film Scanner
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Mac G4 450 Now running Photoshop 6.
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Lacie 19" Blue
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Epson Stylus Photo 1200
This should all work quite well together...
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About 2 weeks ago, I upgraded to Photoshop 6. At the same time I
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started to use Permajet Long life inks and paper for which no ICC
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Profile is available. Speaking to the boffins at Permajet, I was told
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to reduce Magenta x 10 and increase Saturation x 7.
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Since then, everything has gone awry.
Well, the right solution would be to get a profiling package, and profile the
ink and paper yourself..
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I calibrated the monitor myself in the monitor settings followed by
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Adobe Gamma.
Using AdobeGamma to calibrate a monitor is something of a compromise, and now
that a high quality colorimeter and top notch software for monitor
calibration is available from ColorVision for under $200 (less if you combine
it with printer calibration software as recommended above) then it is
affordable by most anyone serious about their images
The settings on the Dimage Elite are:-
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Colour Matching ON
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Output Colour Space AdobeRGB
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ICC Profile:- My calibrated monitor profile
You seem to be missing a profile for the scanner itself...
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After here, I am stuck. The colour settings in Photoshop 6 are in a
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bit of a mess to say the least! Can any of you, please, help me with
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this.
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When I print, the results have an extremely strong Magenta bias
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I think it has to do with the colour settings in Photoshop as I have
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messed around so much I do not know what is right or wrong.
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Before changing over to PS 6 and the Permajet inks/papers everything
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seemed to run quite smoothly.
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I would greatly appreicate your assistance in this matter.
PS6 has far fewer settings you can mess up that version 5 did. Once you have
your monnitor properly profiled, any RGb image you view on screen should be
quite accurate. At that point, its largely the printer profile that is to
blame if output doesn't match. It really is quite difficult to output to
custom inks and papers without custom printer profiles, and monitor
calibration is a must in all cases. Checkout the bundle containing
ProfilerRGB and PhotoCal with the Monitor Spyder at www.colorcal.com; this
should be all it takes to fix your problems.
C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
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