Hey fellow digital manipulators!
I recently got a hardware calibrator (spyder) and I'm still coming to grips with the whole color managed workflow thing and could do with some help. My camera is a D40x, shooting pure raw.
Originally, prior to owning the calibrator, I export sRGB encoded jpegs from Lightroom that when viewed in a browser or irfanview etc looks exactly like what lightroom shows. All is good.
This was when I was told my images are actually slightly underexposed. DUH. Checking on other monitors indicated that yes, they are.
Hence, the spyder. Makes sense to spend a little cash - I do not want to be spending a ton of time editing images incorrectly.
Ok so with the spyder, I finally get the (seemingly) correct exposure of my pics. But the colors displayed on Lightroom (or Bibble in Monitor Proof mode) are way more saturated than the exported JPEGs when viewed in irfanview or web browser. However, if I view in Picture Window Pro, which is a color managed app, the vibrant colors appear there.
So begs the question - am I expected to just live with the fact that anyone else who is not viewing pictures on my laptop simply got to live with the lack of colors? Or would a proper, good LCD panel make a big difference between the colors in lightroom/bibble vs jpegs viewed in a non color managed app?
I've already explored so many options - lightroom, dxo, bibble, capture 1, lightzone, those that seem to be color managed show pics with much saturation, with the jpeg export issue, but those that do not seem to be color managed (dxo does not seem to be) - the jpeg exports match what I see in the software. Sigh. This is when I really miss shooting slides. Oh my lovely velvia 100
Thanks for any advice! Kinda bummed after spending so much time trying to re-concile my lightroom/bibble images with the exported web jpegs.
Alvin
PS: Bibble is amazing. I'm pretty sure I will purchase bibble once my color questions and issues are sorted. LR is fantastic interface wise - and I can tune my images faster - but I do get lots of unwanted halos and artifacts. Plus it's bloody, stupid expensive.
I recently got a hardware calibrator (spyder) and I'm still coming to grips with the whole color managed workflow thing and could do with some help. My camera is a D40x, shooting pure raw.
Originally, prior to owning the calibrator, I export sRGB encoded jpegs from Lightroom that when viewed in a browser or irfanview etc looks exactly like what lightroom shows. All is good.
This was when I was told my images are actually slightly underexposed. DUH. Checking on other monitors indicated that yes, they are.
Hence, the spyder. Makes sense to spend a little cash - I do not want to be spending a ton of time editing images incorrectly.
Ok so with the spyder, I finally get the (seemingly) correct exposure of my pics. But the colors displayed on Lightroom (or Bibble in Monitor Proof mode) are way more saturated than the exported JPEGs when viewed in irfanview or web browser. However, if I view in Picture Window Pro, which is a color managed app, the vibrant colors appear there.
So begs the question - am I expected to just live with the fact that anyone else who is not viewing pictures on my laptop simply got to live with the lack of colors? Or would a proper, good LCD panel make a big difference between the colors in lightroom/bibble vs jpegs viewed in a non color managed app?
I've already explored so many options - lightroom, dxo, bibble, capture 1, lightzone, those that seem to be color managed show pics with much saturation, with the jpeg export issue, but those that do not seem to be color managed (dxo does not seem to be) - the jpeg exports match what I see in the software. Sigh. This is when I really miss shooting slides. Oh my lovely velvia 100
Thanks for any advice! Kinda bummed after spending so much time trying to re-concile my lightroom/bibble images with the exported web jpegs.
Alvin
PS: Bibble is amazing. I'm pretty sure I will purchase bibble once my color questions and issues are sorted. LR is fantastic interface wise - and I can tune my images faster - but I do get lots of unwanted halos and artifacts. Plus it's bloody, stupid expensive.
