darn this stinking thing, 2nd attempt.
I'm a very cynical computer geek. They create more problems than they solve... idiots rely on them, if the computer says so it must be gospel.
I hadn't considered the multiple samples per page, which cuts down on the paper costs (though a small sample image will necessarially look different from it's larger sibling).
I don't think it's easy... I just wish it was easier... For me, I don't necessarially have the time to invest in a darkroom, digital or otherwise... Once I have an image I like, I'd like to print it with relative ease.
As a software developer, I know little comes easy. There's a price in time and money. As a user, I just want it to work.
Tom C. (Pipedreamer)
From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Color Management By Eye Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:09:55 -0600
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C" Subject: Re: Color Management By Eye
> The problem I have with this is the cost... $ & time... > > Especially if you're using some premium paper that came in a 20-pack for > $1.00 a sheet, or more... > > I'm a computer-geek in ways... having 24 years in IT (as they call it)... If > I can get the image right on the monitor, I want it to print right, plain > and simple (yeah, right) > > I'm not disparaging your methods, it just seems to me it should not be so > trial and error any more. > > Tom C. (idealist, wishing for a perfect world, Photoutopian)... Hey I > invented a new word!
Ya well, you and most of the rest of the world would like to think this shit is easy, or that some paint by numbers strategy will produce art. The test method I gave can be done on a single sheet of 8x10 paper by adjusting the image size to a portion of the page, say 2"x8" and moving the test down the paper. Test one goes at the top, test 2 is moved down 2 inches, test 3 is moved down 4 inches, etc.
It's not trial and error, its applying a strict methodology to determine a result. The problem with photography is that computer geeks have invaded it and ruined it for the rest of us.
William Robb
