Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote: > Give that you wished to set up your Digital life from scratch, what > is the bare minimum you need? > In my simplistic way, I suspect I need a "photoshop" programme, (and > before it now a RAW converter) which knows my "imput" device be it > Olympus E 500 or DMR, and a sync device for my "monitor" and a final > "profile" to what ever output: lab or ink jet printer. Your RAW converter is where camera-specific profiles are used. When you save the .TIFF file the RAW converter makes, be sure to embed your working color space in the file. A good color space is AdobeRGB a.k.a. AdobeRGB (1998). Your "photoshop" program needs to use the same working color space, and also needs to use the monitor profile made either by the monitor calibrating device or by Adobe Gamma (the eyeball method). For your own printer, the printer profile is nessesary when you are deviating from the pre-set profiles embedded in the manufacturer's printer driver. Some labs ask that you leave the file in your working color space and embed the color space in the file, or they might want you to convert the file to the profile for the specific paper/ink/printer combination you want. These profiles are generally supplied by the lab. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .