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- epigraph
hey I have always calibrated my MBP with the spyder 2 express, and I don't think it is doing a good job.
When I print to my deskjet the colors are WAY OFF if I adjust a photo to look good on screen.
However when I scan to photoshop and print directly without any modification, the print is fairly close to the scanned image, but looks like crap on screen.I just updated my site, and am worried that the images might look terrible on another computer.
Can someone take a look and just let me know if there are any major gamma or color problems? www.jamesguild.com
- sikma0
the images on your site look fine.
just because you can linearize your monitor with a spider doesn't mean your printer output is going to look the same.
- epigraph0
yeah I know that, but like I said if I scan an image with the default settings it looks bad on screen, but if I print it out it mathes the original image pretty well....
- epigraph0
I hate all this color management shit
- SASMAN0
All looks nice here.
Monitors and printers aren't the same even when callibrated you're comparing apples with oranges.
Do you run a RIP? Is the printer callibrated too?
anyway your work looks good
- sikma0
sorry i mis read your post
have you tried changing your calibration setting?
- 7point340
you sneaky bastard!
creative way of getting people to look at your site ;p
- akrokdesign0
epigraph = sneaky bastard! heh
- epigraph0
I guess I should spring for something that profiles my printer too. I am trying to print out pages for my book and I decided to try it on my HP deskjet. (no rip) The place I get my digital printing done is iffy with color, so I thought I could tweak things eaiser at home.
- epigraph0
hehe...no really...I swear!
- sikma0
matching a monitor to a home inkjet is a royal pain in the ass
- epigraph0
I guess as a photographer you run into this alot. What type of inkjet works best with photoshop and osx. In your opinion.
- akrokdesign0
- niceakrokdesign
- tanx....I just did it...have it real big on my resume tooepigraph
- epigraph0
It's funny, but I feel naked, exposed; with that up there like that for all to see hehe
- sikma0
from my experience it doesn't matter what printer you use. matching monitors to desk top ink jets is very difficult
- stupidresponse0
they look a bit dark to me, and my gamma is 2.1. default windows gamma is much darker than a mac, you should check them out on an out-of-the-box PC that hasn't been calibrated