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Subject: [Leica] 3880 ICC Profiles
From: zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams)
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 00:43:11 -0500
References: <C9EF8FE4.477BB%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <D2DE9642-5A15-4D79-B079-15413BAF000B@usjet.net>

Looks to me like you just need to adjust the blacks and contrast,  
whether in PS , LR or Aperture. I did this "quick" fix in LR3

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/zoeica/Winter+Squash.JPG.html

Make sure your monitor is calibrated as well, that's the first thing  
you want to check.



Chris Williams
www.zoeicaimages.net
www.rebirthworkshops.com
504-231-6261




On May 11, 2011, at 12:19 AM, Robert Meier wrote:

> Chris,
>
> Here is the scan of the print I made tonight.  It looks better on  
> the screen than it does in person.   R.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Robert+Meier/Black+and+White/Winter+Squash.jpg.html
>
>
>
> On May 10, 2011, at 11:59 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>
>> Robert,
>>
>> What is weak about them? Are they too dark, too light? Flat and  
>> greyed out
>> looking? Make sure you use the right black in for the paper. Using  
>> the photo
>> black on a paper that prefers the matte black will give weal  
>> blacks, as will
>> using the matte black on a paper that needs the photo black...and  
>> make sure
>> you use the right profile, there should be two sets of profiles,  
>> one for the
>> different papers with Matte Blank ink (MK), and one for them with  
>> the Photo
>> Black (PK) ink.
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Chris Crawford
>> Fine Art Photography
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>> 260-486-2581
>>
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>> On 5/11/11 12:43 AM, "Robert Meier" <robertmeier at usjet.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Chris,
>>>
>>> I have gotten them installed in the right place and have used one of
>>> them tonight, the Epson Exhibition Fiber paper.  It is a beautiful
>>> paper, thick, with a beautiful finish that is very much like glossy
>>> fiber base paper air-dried.   I have made one B&W print which has
>>> perfectly neutral tonality, which I have never been able to achieve
>>> on an inkjet printer before.   The dark areas are weak, especially
>>> compared to the silver print from the same negative, which I think
>>> means that I have to do more work in PS.
>>>
>>> Thanks very much,
>>> Robert
>>>
>>> On May 6, 2011, at 11:30 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>>>
>>>> Did you install them in the right location on the computer?
>>>> MacintoshHD/library/colorsync/profiles/
>>>>
>>>> Close photoshop before you install the profiles in the location
>>>> above; they
>>>> won't show in PS if it is open when you install them unless you
>>>> close PS and
>>>> restart it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Chris Crawford
>>>> Fine Art Photography
>>>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>>>> 260-486-2581
>>>>
>>>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>>>>
>>>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My latest work!
>>>>
>>>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798
>>>> Become a fan on Facebook
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5/6/11 11:37 PM, "Robert Meier" <robertmeier at usjet.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've gotten an Epson 3880 and some Epson Hot Press Natural paper  
>>>>> and
>>>>> Epson Exhibition Fiber paper.   I have downloaded the profiles for
>>>>> both from the Epson website, but I can't get them to show up as a
>>>>> choice when I go to print. I am using Mac 10.4 and CS2.   What  
>>>>> do I
>>>>> need to do?   Thanks
>>>>>
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