Thank you so much! This gave us some great starts to trouble shoot. Haven't completely solved the problem but have a much better idea why it's happening and some ideas of what to do.
>If you are taking the photographs of your artwork then it is probably >a hardware issue. > >First, what is the format the camera uses? RAW or possibly jpeg. Going >from RAW into Gimp involves a conversion with all sorts of tweaks >where colours can be adjusted. Jpeg from a camera on the other hand is >most likely RGB colour profile and not all colours are included. Look >up color space > >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_space > >A fix can be as simple as "auto white balance" in Gimp, but usually >more is needed. You should take care about the lighting conditions >when the photographs are taken. A bit of reading here: > >http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/white-balance.htm > >Then the computer display. For best results the monitor should be >calibrated. Monitors straight out-of-the-box will have their >brightness set too high. There are simple ways to get sensible >setting. see: > > http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/monitor-calibration.htm > >However, all your potential customers will also have their monitors >un-adjusted so they will get a wrong impression of your work whatever >you do. Why not include a disclaimer on your web page. > >rich: www.gimp-forum.net -- NewGirl (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
