Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some of you may recall the color disaster and the ensuing discussion a few weeks ago after I posted a picture of my daughter on a rollercoaster which looked fine on my PC but awful on most other people's. Following the advice I received, I have bought the Optical Spyder calibration device from Pantone and have now calibrated my monitor with it. The resulting ICM profile is now the default profile on my monitor. So far so good. The only difference I can see is that the screen looks a bit more pink than before. Now to my questions: 1) I know that Windows gamma is supposed to be 2.2 but I use Colormatch RGB as my working space in Photoshop, and so following the advice in the Spyder manual I selected gamma=1.8 and color temperature=5000K when doing the calibration. Is this going to create an issue when I post my images? 2) There is no obvious place in Photoshop where I can let the program know that the monitor color space is now the one I just created. But I assume that since I let Optical set the new space as the default, all is well. Am I right? 3) Finally, in Vuescan I have let the program know that the monitor color space is now the one I just created. With the above, am I right in assuming that now, if an image looks good to me, it will look good to everyone else (or at least most people), composition and content aside? Or is there more to this color thing than I realize? Thanks in advance for your indulgence. If this does not work out, I will definitely give up on posting color images and stick to B&W... Nathan - -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl Mobile: +31 630 868 671 Photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html