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TortFeasor
Feb 3, 2004
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Hi,
I’m retouching old (ancient?) family photos. I’d really like to set up some Profiles for the monitor-printer-paper. I’ve tried to do this, but it’s obvious I’m doing it wrong. I can’t seem to find the appropriate "help" in PS 7.0.
Is someone able to assist me?

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Doug Nelson
Feb 3, 2004
"TortFeasor" wrote in
news:bvnb44$m8s$:

Hi,
I’m retouching old (ancient?) family photos. I’d really like to set up some Profiles for the monitor-printer-paper. I’ve tried to do this, but it’s obvious I’m doing it wrong. I can’t seem to find the appropriate "help" in PS 7.0. Is someone able to assist me?

Short version:
Use Adobe Gamma (or another calibration package) to calibrate your monitor. That will take care of your monitor profile.
Use Adobe RGB for your working colorspace.
Printer profiles are handled via the printer driver, so the manufacturer should have a profile for you to use.

Long version:
Pick up a calibration system like Monaco EZcolor. It will walk you through calibrating your scanner, monitor and printer. But you should still probably stick with AdobeRGB as your colorspace in Photoshop unless you’re outputing to CMYK.

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rafe.bustin
Feb 4, 2004
On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 07:22:28 -0000, Doug Nelson
wrote:

"TortFeasor" wrote in
news:bvnb44$m8s$:

Hi,
I’m retouching old (ancient?) family photos. I’d really like to set up some Profiles for the monitor-printer-paper. I’ve tried to do this, but it’s obvious I’m doing it wrong. I can’t seem to find the appropriate "help" in PS 7.0. Is someone able to assist me?

Short version:
Use Adobe Gamma (or another calibration package) to calibrate your monitor. That will take care of your monitor profile.
Use Adobe RGB for your working colorspace.
Printer profiles are handled via the printer driver, so the manufacturer should have a profile for you to use.

Long version:
Pick up a calibration system like Monaco EZcolor. It will walk you through calibrating your scanner, monitor and printer. But you should still probably stick with AdobeRGB as your colorspace in Photoshop unless you’re outputing to CMYK.

Even shorter version. Stick with sRGB workspace
and forget about profiling. Do use Adobe gamma
though (to set up your monitor) particularly since it’s free.

If you use Adobe RGB for your workspace, you
are setting yourself up for rude surprises if your
printer or monitor calibration aren’t exactly right.

sRGB exists precisely for the benefit of those who
want to go with generic hardware and not be
bothered with things like profiles.

rafe b.
http://www.terrapinphoto.com

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