Well, it's good to know we have an informed Apple resource on the list :-). While you're here, I have a question. I'm printing with colorsynch and getting very good results, printing to an Epson 2200. When I first selected Colorsynch Worklflow in my PhotoShop color settings panel, it automatically set the color space to generic rgb. This seems to be working out fine, and all my clients are happy with the files I send them in that colorspace. (I'm sure they all convert them. Some use CMYK.) Later someone told me that if I change the color space in ColorSynch Preferences, PhotoShop will use that space in ColoSynch. Am I losing some of the gamut by using generic rgb? I decided to try something else yesterday, so I I checked my preference list in ColorSynch, and I don't have a lot of conventional color space choices listed. I have some that Epson supplied. So I tried "Epson Wide Gamut." The results were less saturated, and not very nice, so I restored my previous settings. Can I load other color space choices into the ColorSynch utility? Should I try something other than my reliable generic rgb?
Paul
On Mar 4, 2005, at 10:34 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Some monitors can be calibrated quite accurately with the Mac display software. I don't know what kind of monitor Tim is using, but the Apple Cinema Display, for example, can be dialed in very nicely with the system software. If your printer output is accurate and your monitor matches your printer output, that's all that's really necessary for most purposes. To make sure the results match the real world, a color chart can be shot. The monitor image can be compared to the chart, as can the printed image. I shoot classic cars for magazines, and the editors are very fussy about getting the color correct. My software calibrated monitor gets the job done.
hehe ... I am well aware of that, Paul. I used to work for Apple, and have used Apple equipment exclusively for my photography since 1984. I was one of the testers on Mac OS X's software calibration utilities. ;-)
Proper calibration sometimes does take a hardware colorimeter, though. I have profiled the Cinema Display 20" as well as my iMac 20" (same exact screen) and see a difference in the consistency of print output. It's sometimes remarkable how small an difference in the profile can make a very large change in the print quality.
Godfrey
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