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Hmmm, hold on, checking... nope. Although my mind is pretty color calibrated,
it doesn't know specific RGB numbers. So guess that little trick won't work
for me. ;-)
Oh, well. Thanks for expounding.
Use Adobe Gamma to get your screen close, then with it still open, open a picture in photoshop and fine tune the screen until the image in photoshop looks correct.
This may or may not agree with Adobe Gamma's interpretation.
Don't worry, the picture is more important.
Then use your printer driver to bring your printer results into line with your screen.
Don't try to make a direct comparison, just make the print look correct as well.
This is perfectly adequate for most closed loop uses.
If you need to calibrate to an outside printer (your local photolab, for example), take an unmanipulated as possible file to the lab and have a straight print made.
Go home and correct your system to take care of any colour density issues with the print by either adjusting your screen calibration, or applying colour corrections to the file.
Make sure, if you are working on the file that you make notes of what you are doing.
Repeat the process until you get a good straight print.
You now have a profile that you can apply to images that will go to that outside lab.
This is acceptable for most closed loop systems that has to be profiled for one or two outside sources.
It's really only when you start playing with the big boys that you really need to get anal about system calibration.
If all you want to do is make pretty pictures to hang on the wall, simple calibration is all that is required.
Do make sure that you are working in the same colour space as your printer.
William Robb
