My prints seem darker as well, Bob. It's something I must sort out.
The warmth of the display will have a lot to do with the white point
setting. I have set D65 and it seems cool enough for me.
Chris
On 27 May 2007, at 13:54, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Tried Chris C's suggestion to tone down Apple Cinema Display to 80
> percent. It's a bit of Kentucky windage to do that, as Apple doesn't
> give you the numbers, but I think I'm very close. Then went with
> Chris B's suggestion to use Apple's built-in calibration. The first
> thing I noticed was that when calibrated according to Apple, the
> screen is much warmer than when calibrated to Huey specifications.
> This is not a subtle shift, but rather very dramatic. I wonder if my
> eyes are playing tricks on me because I can't imagine the two would
> be that far off from one another.
>
> A test print doesn't look like either of them, but more closely
> resembles the Huey than the Apple. At least with Color Management
> being handled by Photoshop rather than the printer. The print seems
> darker, but that's something I'm going to have to get used to because
> the monitor is "backlit" and the print is pure reflection.
==============================================
List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================
|