Re: Light box screen match
Re: Light box screen match
- Subject: Re: Light box screen match
- From: "Fleisher, Ken" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:54:18 -0400
- Thread-topic: Light box screen match
Lou,
Thank you for your note. The workflow that you have described is exactly
what I currently do and I also am able to achieve a very good match under
these conditions. My problem that I'm trying to explain is that when the
light box is set to visually match the monitor in luminance, then the
transparency on the light box has an appearance that is now much dimmer than
the "standard" viewing condition for transparencies. The result is that the
image is being matched to what I am calling an "incorrect" appearance.
Because the color-managed workflow is working very well, this appearance is
then propagated down the imaging chain, resulting in final results that are
too dark. In other words, my prints look just like a transparency that is
viewed on a light box that is too dark.
You say that you achieve a good visual match to the trans, but are you happy
with the images? Don't they seem too dark?
Ken
On 6/18/07 3:35 PM, "Lou Meluso" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Ken:
> I read your post with interest. I think what many be at issue he is the
> proper value to set the light box. I set mine value, visually, to match the
> white value for my LCD display plus a hair more to compensate for the film
> base density (use a cleared ct for best accuracy) and when the CT is placed
> (in a mask) on the viewer (gti) I get a good match that I can then tweak my
> file image to match the CT nicely. I know this may not be ISO accurate but it
> seems to work and I don¹t want to monkey around with the screen brightness.
> The room ambient is pretty dim too.
> Lou
>
> Louis Meluso
> Manager, Imaging Services
> The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
> 4525 Oak Street
> Kansas City, MO 64111
> 816-751-1233
> email@hidden
>
>
>
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Ken Fleisher
Photographer
Imaging & Visual Services
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
Phone: (202) 712-7471
email@hidden
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