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Profiling for cheap??


  • Subject: Profiling for cheap??
  • From: Kurt Seefeldt <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 08:06:38 -0500

Hi,

I'd like to have more confidence in my workflow so I can start to photograph more freely. I've been looking at quite a bit of info out there on calibrating and profiling of equipment. I'm a bit confused as to what I actually need to invest in to start the process. Here is where I am:
1) I need to calibrate and profile my monitor (Apple 17" LCD on Mac OS X.2.8). This one I know must be done. I found a Spyder PhotoCAL for $150 and was thinking about that, until I heard a not-so-good personal report on it.
2) I want to profile my Scanner (Epson Photo 2450) for reflective and transparency work. I need to get a target for each of those tasks. Can I use Photoshop 7 to create the profile? I found an article on this on the Digital Dog website (thanks Andrew) If I have to purchase software, which package should I be looking at?
3) I want to use the IT8 target from the scanner reflective profiling to profile my Canon 10D. I plan to shoot the target at the beginning of each shoot and generate a profile for that shoot, if it doesn't match other profiles under similar conditions. Here is where software would come in handy, but I would handle it similarly to the Scanner profiling, if that is possible.

Basically, can I get away with a software/hardware solution for my monitor and use Photoshop for the input devices? I can get output profiles from my print house for their equipment, which I think should cover me there. Am I on the right track? Would using Photoshop be so much of a pain that bucking up for the software be worth it in both the short and long runs? I'm really cheap, but don't want to be too cheap with this and consume hours and hours of valuable time farting around. Thanks for your help and experience!!

Kurt
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