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Hi all,
I’ve done a lot of searching on google and found some great tutorials on color management and how to use printer profiles. Unfortunately all the materials I found stated that to print I should do (in photoshop) print with preview and then select in the printer profile dropdown the profile for my printer. I don’t have a printer, but I use an online printing service and I downloaded from their website the color profile.
I tried the following: I’ve converted my image from Adobe RGB to the color profile downloaded from the web (Image > Mode > Convert To Profile) using the Adobe (ACE) engine and the Perceptual intent. At this point my image has brightened a bit and I used curves to darken a bit. Then I saved the image in jpg with embedded the color profile and I sent it to the printing service. The resulting print has come back today and is darker than the ones I see on my monitor.
Can someone explain how to proceed in my situation? Should I convert to Profile and leave the image as is after the conversion?
Thanks in advance,
Daniel.
PS: my monitor is calibrated with a Spyder and Adobe Gamma is not loaded at startup.
I’ve done a lot of searching on google and found some great tutorials on color management and how to use printer profiles. Unfortunately all the materials I found stated that to print I should do (in photoshop) print with preview and then select in the printer profile dropdown the profile for my printer. I don’t have a printer, but I use an online printing service and I downloaded from their website the color profile.
I tried the following: I’ve converted my image from Adobe RGB to the color profile downloaded from the web (Image > Mode > Convert To Profile) using the Adobe (ACE) engine and the Perceptual intent. At this point my image has brightened a bit and I used curves to darken a bit. Then I saved the image in jpg with embedded the color profile and I sent it to the printing service. The resulting print has come back today and is darker than the ones I see on my monitor.
Can someone explain how to proceed in my situation? Should I convert to Profile and leave the image as is after the conversion?
Thanks in advance,
Daniel.
PS: my monitor is calibrated with a Spyder and Adobe Gamma is not loaded at startup.
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