Hi Adrian, good question re:Color Calibration's Usefulness To Me? It's easy to overlook the variable knowledge bases and interests of the list members in one's quest for assistance with a more narrow question. The "purpose" of my efforts at color matching is to:
A: I want my 'pictures' to appear consistently the same when I open then, no matter how far apart they're opened over time :-) B: I want the images I send to a home printer to bear a close resemblence to what I see on my monitor before hitting print :-) C: I want to take advantage of the 'profiles' available from a Photo Lab I use to primarily print my photographs. :-) I know enough about color theory and science to throw big words and odd little phrases into an explanation of HOW the equipment does it's Color Voodoo Stuff to make Monitors, CPU's, Printers, TV's, Projectors, and such all play Nice Nice together, but it would only impress someone who wouldn't know I don't know enough to explain how it works!!!!! :-) I'll venture enough to say that an electronic detector is used to measure the 'colors' your equipment is either displaying or printing and uses software and such to smooth out the often disastrous trip our images suffer going from screen to print or from computer to tv or whatever! If anyone wants to explain it better - God In Heaven - Please Do :-) I think I know enough to trust my decision to use a color calibrator and I feel comfortable reaching for the 'pricier' option of the Color Munki Photo choice of equipment, but I firmly believe the greatest sign of intelligence is acknowledging what one does not know, seeking to acquire that knowledge, and being receptive to the acquisition of knowledge one is lacking. Thanks Richard On Jun 11, 10:02 pm, "Wallace Adrian D'Alessio" <fluxstrin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 4:22 PM, > > aussieshepsrock<ilovaussiesh...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Thanks All, > > I must say that a Color Calibrator (ColorSpyder or ColorMunki type > > unit) is absolutely at the top of my shopping list. I can state with > > unequivacobal authority that no matter how wonderful the 'software' > > calibration is built into our preferred OS, the fact our calibrations > > are done with 'Human Eyes' makes them completely unrepeatable. There > > is no getting around the variability of the 'sensors' never mind the > > ongoing variables of our 'brain's' flexible color perception and the > > changing nature of the illumination of the room the monitor is used - > > either the bulbs age and change or the varying 'solar' illumination of > > a window impinges on the situation. > > > I DEFINITELY use the Software Calibration in OSX - on a quite routine > > basis! But it's always with the acceptance of it's limitations. It's a > > usable process, is a workable assistant in chasing color gremlins, but > > it falls short in critical ways. > > ___________________________________________ > > Out of curiosity on my own part would you care to share your purpose > in color matching. > > i.e. What task are you trying to accomplish? Color matching from print > to web? From Video to print? This may be useful as an illustration to > those on the list who are unfamiliar with this process and it's uses. > > Thanks, > > Adrian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
