Colour Profiles, come and get it!

Noir · 2nd September 2003

A little outdated, but here goes...
http://www.popphoto.com/article.asp?...&page_number=1

harlowmac · 13th September 2003

excellent for those printing on Fuji Frontier machine..go get it..very accurate.

But first...calibrate your monitor like this first.

1. Adjust contrast to the highest

2. Brightness about half (varies, good if you are on the mac-use monitor calibration tool. It will help you adjust correctly. On the PC I think you can use Adobe Gamma.)

3. Always use Color Temperature D65 (sofware or hardware), industrial standard for print work. IT has a slightly yellowish tint, its normal.

4. Gamma settings at 2.2 ( the higher the number the less details you see but doesnt mean you should set it lower-lower will washout the images.) PC monitors are naturally set at 2.2, mac monitors are 1.8.

For mac users, you can use Monitor setting to help you achieve these steps by using the calibration tool.

To use the icc profile, copy it to the correct folder on your computer. This location varies with operating system:

Mac OS 9.x: Systems Folder/ColorSync Profiles
Mac OS X: Users/CurrentUser/Library/ColorSync
Windows 98/ME: \Windows\System\Color
Windows XP: \Windows\system32\spool\drivers\color
Windows NT/2000: \Winnt\system32\spool\drivers\color

5. Within photoshop, under color settings on Photoshop 6 and above. Set your RGB settings to the particular ICC you want to use. In this case, its the fuji

6. Set desaturation/brightness level for monitor under ICC by 10-20%

This will ensure..80-90% color correction. hope this helps.

Your monitor will always look brighter than your print. This is common, but at least you can get close to your color saturation.

* If the admin thinks this is useful, please put it as sticky.

togu · 15th September 2003

Originally Posted by Noir

A little outdated, but here goes...
http://www.popphoto.com/article.asp?...&page_number=1

Pretty interesting site.

Harlowmac, good tips! Instead of putting it as sticky, how about adding in some pictures and make it an article instead? Something like this,

http://www.clubsnap.org/display.php?...er/borders.htm

It will definitely help others to understand better.

harlowmac · 16th September 2003

Originally Posted by togu

Pretty interesting site.

Harlowmac, good tips! Instead of putting it as sticky, how about adding in some pictures and make it an article instead? Something like this,

http://www.clubsnap.org/display.php?...er/borders.htm

It will definitely help others to understand better.

hmm ok I don't mind but who will host it?

togu · 17th September 2003

Originally Posted by harlowmac

hmm ok I don't mind but who will host it?

You can send the article to me.

Gabriel · 21st September 2003

Hi..cannot leh....
I tried pasting it as described but got a message that saya profile cannot be modified. I
m on Mac os X 10.2.6
Anyone successfull yet? thanx...

ahbeng · 21st September 2003

Originally Posted by togu

Pretty interesting site.

Harlowmac, good tips! Instead of putting it as sticky, how about adding in some pictures and make it an article instead? Something like this,

http://www.clubsnap.org/display.php?...er/borders.htm

It will definitely help others to understand better.

please do so Harlowmac, it will benifit the rest of us.

2nd September 2003	#1
Noir Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 321	Colour Profiles, come and get it! A little outdated, but here goes... http://www.popphoto.com/article.asp?...&page_number=1

13th September 2003	#2
harlowmac New Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 31	excellent for those printing on Fuji Frontier machine..go get it..very accurate. But first...calibrate your monitor like this first. 1. Adjust contrast to the highest 2. Brightness about half (varies, good if you are on the mac-use monitor calibration tool. It will help you adjust correctly. On the PC I think you can use Adobe Gamma.) 3. Always use Color Temperature D65 (sofware or hardware), industrial standard for print work. IT has a slightly yellowish tint, its normal. 4. Gamma settings at 2.2 ( the higher the number the less details you see but doesnt mean you should set it lower-lower will washout the images.) PC monitors are naturally set at 2.2, mac monitors are 1.8. For mac users, you can use Monitor setting to help you achieve these steps by using the calibration tool. To use the icc profile, copy it to the correct folder on your computer. This location varies with operating system: Mac OS 9.x: Systems Folder/ColorSync Profiles Mac OS X: Users/CurrentUser/Library/ColorSync Windows 98/ME: \Windows\System\Color Windows XP: \Windows\system32\spool\drivers\color Windows NT/2000: \Winnt\system32\spool\drivers\color 5. Within photoshop, under color settings on Photoshop 6 and above. Set your RGB settings to the particular ICC you want to use. In this case, its the fuji 6. Set desaturation/brightness level for monitor under ICC by 10-20% This will ensure..80-90% color correction. hope this helps. Your monitor will always look brighter than your print. This is common, but at least you can get close to your color saturation. * If the admin thinks this is useful, please put it as sticky. Last edited by harlowmac; 19th December 2003 at 05:37 PM.

21st September 2003	#6
Gabriel Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: EPS Posts: 693	Hi..cannot leh.... I tried pasting it as described but got a message that saya profile cannot be modified. I m on Mac os X 10.2.6 Anyone successfull yet? thanx...