I am suspecting the softproof of working not 100% right. If i softproof against sRGB, the picture darktable shows differs from what a color managed viewer shows if i export the same picture. I am not a color management expert, but i would expect some colors to change if i softproof against sRGB, instead the shady parts of the image are pushed into the dark. The effect is very similar to what happens if i tell darktable in colorout to use sRGB instead of my screen color profile.
Regards, Markus Am 19.06.2013 20:58, schrieb Matt Feifarek: > On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Julian J. M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I've sent some pictures to print (3 different online shops), and they >> resulted quite darker than what I see on screen. A lot of dark zones detail >> is lost. All 3 with very similar results. >> > > I've had the same experience; I have the ICC for the printer / paper > combination from the service I use. I have a calibrated monitor. I do > soft-proof, I export with a good profile (ProPhoto)... > > ... AND, the prints all come out too dark. > > I've been guessing that the prints are "correct" but that the simple fact > of luminance-based color versus pigment-based color is the culprit. Maybe > under extremely bright and direct sunlight, the prints will look "right". > > It's a bummer; you try and do everything right and scientifically, and in > the end, you're still just trying "well, make it 5% brighter and see how it > looks". > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > Darktable-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
