Re: There is no place for individual taste in screen appearance.
Re: There is no place for individual taste in screen appearance.
- Subject: Re: There is no place for individual taste in screen appearance.
- From: Andrew Rodney <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:57:58 -0600
On Jun 6, 2014, at 1:50 PM, John Robinson <email@hidden> wrote:
> Maybe calibration isn't as important as it used to be. I don't buy printed books any longer, nor read printed magazines, or newspapers, so I don't expect anyone else to as well. I buy ebooks, mobi, online news, online catalogues at Amazon and Walmart.
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> And realize that most customers of these view on unmatched color iPads, Kindles, PCs, and Macs.
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> So if on my screen it looks good enough with detail in shadows and whites aren't blown out, then I have no control on how anyone views what I provide. Or maybe I'm wrong.
What do you base the edits you make to images on the display towards? How do you know they are 'correct'? IF the only output device you use is a single display, AND it looks good, you're all set. As long as the device doesn't alter it's behavior over time (and displays can and will depending on the technology), you're also fine. But most people want to edit numbers and send those numbers to an output device. They want the output to match what they saw on the display, hence the need for color management and in that context, display calibration.
True, you have no control over what other's see. But if what you initially see from RGB or CMYK numbers is a big fat lie, what they see of those numbers is equally a lie and looks wrong. If you want other's to see what you see, they too need to implement color management. Color management is really number management considering what computers understand and handle.
Andrew Rodney
http://www.digitaldog.net/
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