colour settings question

PB
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Paul Burdett
Oct 10, 2005
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Hi,

I have been using PS 7 for some time, and whilst I can navigate the program quite well (lots of reading/ tutorials etc) I decided to read up on colour settings.
The colour settings dialogue box currently shows the following: Settings: Web graphics default
RGB: sRGB IEC61966-21
I am pleased with the quality and colour that my prints have via my Epson Photo R310 printer…they match my monitor colours quite well. However, in a book that I just got from the library it says that better settings are : North American General Purpose Defaults and Adobe RGB (1998). I tried these settings and did a test print of a bee macro and compared it to a similar print using my original settings. The colours are a little darker and less vibrant with the RGB (1998) setting. As I prefer my original settings I’ll use them, but I’d appreciate some feedback on this issue. Many thanks,
Paul

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ArticlesandContent
Oct 10, 2005
Hi Paul the whole point of colour management is to have the final product look the same as your creations on screen. Its a marrying process to get your final printout the same as you see it on your monitor. I did a lot of colour managing for The Independent Newspapers in Canary Wharf and the problems were not the actual settings but the fact that all the designers were working on different screens in different light situations – near windows etc. A bit of a nightmare but every machine had different settings to get the final outcome similar.

Good luck
JohnT
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"Paul Burdett" wrote in message
Hi,

I have been using PS 7 for some time, and whilst I can navigate the program quite well (lots of reading/ tutorials etc) I decided to read up on colour settings.
The colour settings dialogue box currently shows the following: Settings: Web graphics default
RGB: sRGB IEC61966-21
I am pleased with the quality and colour that my prints have via my Epson Photo R310 printer…they match my monitor colours quite well. However, in a book that I just got from the library it says that better settings are : North American General Purpose Defaults and Adobe RGB (1998). I tried these settings and did a test print of a bee macro and compared it to a similar print using my original settings. The colours are a little darker and less vibrant with the RGB (1998) setting. As I prefer my original settings I’ll use them, but I’d appreciate some feedback on this issue. Many thanks,
Paul
PB
Paul Burdett
Oct 11, 2005
Thanks John…I’ll keep reading/experimenting!
Paul

"ArticlesandContent" wrote in message
Hi Paul the whole point of colour management is to have the final product look the same as your creations on screen. Its a marrying process to get your final printout the same as you see it on your monitor. I did a lot of colour managing for The Independent Newspapers in Canary Wharf and the problems were not the actual settings but the fact that all the designers were working on different screens in different light situations – near windows etc. A bit of a nightmare but every machine had different settings to get the final outcome similar.

Good luck
JohnT
www.ArticlesandContent.com
www.MySmartScripts.com
www.skinvBulletin.com

"Paul Burdett" wrote in message
Hi,

I have been using PS 7 for some time, and whilst I can navigate the program quite well (lots of reading/ tutorials etc) I decided to read up on colour settings.
The colour settings dialogue box currently shows the following: Settings: Web graphics default
RGB: sRGB IEC61966-21
I am pleased with the quality and colour that my prints have via my Epson Photo R310 printer…they match my monitor colours quite well. However, in a book that I just got from the library it says that better settings are : North American General Purpose Defaults and Adobe RGB (1998). I tried these settings and did a test print of a bee macro and compared it to a similar print using my original settings. The colours are a little darker and less vibrant with the RGB (1998) setting. As I prefer my original settings I’ll use them, but I’d appreciate some feedback on this issue.
Many thanks,
Paul

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