Re: CMS blues
Re: CMS blues
- Subject: Re: CMS blues
- From: Glenn Kowalski <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 09:30:08 -0500
Problem is he used a white point of D65 and I don't
know why. I am not comfortable with changing all the monitors without first
hearing that what I believe I've learned is correct.
I was using D50 for quite a while and still have some clients using
it. I don't think there's anything wrong with it really, but like
others here I began experimenting with D65 and found I liked it
better. Besides the D50 "yellow" issue which never really bothered
me, D65 seems to give better shadow depth, while D50 has more of a
washed out look. Since the applications that use color management
take your monitor calibration profile into account, it doesn't matter
in the end. One thing that pushed me over to D65 is the ability for
older monitors to "make the grade." If the monitor is old enough to
lose much of it's luminance, then it may not be able to be calibrated
with D50. And a monitor pushed to it's luminence limits will burn out
quicker as well.
3) I have a gamut for inkjet proofing and a different one for press. Will I
need to convert my images twice then, once for the proofer and once for the
press? If so, should I be doing the color space conversion in the print
dialog from quark where I can use different rendering intents and profiles
rather than in PhotoShop?
You shouldn't have to do any color space conversion to go to the
press, just make sure you use the working space of that press. For
the inkjet, you do have to perform a conversion. For Quark, you have
a few choices. If you deal only with TIFFs, you can get away with
using Quark's color management alone. If you use imported EPS or
other format files, then you need to go to Praxisoft's Web site : )
and order CompassProXT or ICC Autoflow. You'll also get better spot
colors with these products. Of course, you didn't mention what your
proofer is or what RIP it uses. If it allows you to use ICC profiles,
you may be able to get away with not using the Praxisoft products. In
any case you need to have good profiles of your press and proofer and
a good understanding of how to configure it all.
--
Glenn Kowalski
Macintosh Systems Consultant
Studio 405
www.studio405.com