Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken, First, let me say that my monitor is not scientifically calibrated. However, when I process an image for uploading to the LUG gallery, I normally leave it a little on the dark side, because I have found that they tend to lighten up a bit when they appear in the gallery. I resize to 800-1000 pixels per long side, save as 8-bit jpg level 12, and upload as sRGB. YMMV Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 6:35 PM Subject: [Leica] question on gallery reproduction >I notice that when I upload a b&w image to the gallery, it seems to be >lighter and not as contrasty as the original. I think my monitor is OK. >It is calibrated with Coloreyes Pro and a Spyder3 regularly, and besides I >am seeing the PS original and the gallery image on the same monitor. This >seems to be the case whether I convert to sRGB or upload as a PS gamma 2.2 >grayscale. I am thinking I may need to make a proofing curve similar to >what you do when making a print, or, am I missing a step somewhere? When >I upload to my website, the images seem to match. All I do is convert to >sRGB and 8-bit and save as a jpg level 9. Help appreciated! > > Ken Carney > Oklahoma City, Oklahoma > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >