Negative and slide scanning

ldmelsa said:
No need for it to be confusing. sRGB all the way. :)
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Aha, I see now why Bwana is seeing funny things with your pics. You're using the default Windows sRGB profile, which is not calibrated to your monitor.
 
BigAl-sa said:
Aha, I see now why Bwana is seeing funny things with your pics. You're using the default Windows sRGB profile, which is not calibrated to your monitor.
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I better get someone to my place to help me out. Maybe a new monitor is not a bad idea either.
 
ldmelsa said:
BigAl, help me please. How do I fix it?
Thanks
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Sorry for slow response, been off air for a while (iburst's unbearably slow connection speeds after 10:00). I think #1 is to try and find someone in your area with a colorimeter (such as a Spyder) and calibrate your monitor. You can then use that profile for PS as well. PS does have some software (which used to get loaded by default) with which you can try to calibrate your monitor (I seem to recall it was called Adobe Gamma) - you can try this, but it is perceptual (it relies on how you interpret colour intensities), so can sometimes be misleading. I will try and dig up some reading matter for you, but most of that is under my Windows stuff and I haven't imported my bookmarks into my Linux browser yet.
 
BigAl-sa said:
Sorry for slow response, been off air for a while (iburst's unbearably slow connection speeds after 10:00). I think #1 is to try and find someone in your area with a colorimeter (such as a Spyder) and calibrate your monitor. You can then use that profile for PS as well. PS does have some software (which used to get loaded by default) with which you can try to calibrate your monitor (I seem to recall it was called Adobe Gamma) - you can try this, but it is perceptual (it relies on how you interpret colour intensities), so can sometimes be misleading. I will try and dig up some reading matter for you, but most of that is under my Windows stuff and I haven't imported my bookmarks into my Linux browser yet.
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It works okayish (much like Apple's monitor calibration software Colorsync) but it's no substitute.

With a decent LCD and a controlled environment you'll probably only need to re calibrate once in a while - with a laptop the environment is harder to keep constant so having your own colorimeter (rather than borrowing one) is a bonus.

If you have a CRT on the other hand you'll want to re-calibrate weekly.
 
BigAl-sa said:
Sorry for slow response, been off air for a while (iburst's unbearably slow connection speeds after 10:00). I think #1 is to try and find someone in your area with a colorimeter (such as a Spyder) and calibrate your monitor. You can then use that profile for PS as well. PS does have some software (which used to get loaded by default) with which you can try to calibrate your monitor (I seem to recall it was called Adobe Gamma) - you can try this, but it is perceptual (it relies on how you interpret colour intensities), so can sometimes be misleading. I will try and dig up some reading matter for you, but most of that is under my Windows stuff and I haven't imported my bookmarks into my Linux browser yet.
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Thanks. So you use the profile, in PS, that Spyder created?
 
ldmelsa said:
Thanks. So you use the profile, in PS, that Spyder created?
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Not directly, when you select monitor, the current monitor profile is used. When you save with ICC profile, your ICC profile is saved *relative to your chosen colour space* (as far as I understand it) - very useful for people to see what you see in a colour managed browser (or a colour managed image viewer).

Some reading:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=321382
http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/monitor_calibration.htm
http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html
http://spyder.datacolor.com/learn_color2.php
http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=70645
http://www.impulseadventure.com/photo/save-as-save-for-web.html

If anyone has more concrete info on this please do correct what I've said.
 
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