Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, How is calibration in itself going to help here? In fact, my monitor is calibrated in the sense that I am able to print and more or less match what I see on the screen (which does not have a green cast). How do I convert the profile into sRGB, and how do I embed the profile in the JPEG (I use PS 6)? Thanks, Nathan Johnny Deadman wrote: > This is why everyone who works with digital pictures should calibrate > their monitors and profile-convert into sRGB when posting to the web > (AND embed a profile in the jpeg). Even if there is no guarantee that > someone using a non-calibrated monitor will see the image as intended, > people who actually care about pictures will see it properly. And you > should then be able to avoid gross color casts like this. > > On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 07:18 AM, n.wajsman@chello.nl wrote: > > > Thanks for looking. This is the frustration with the colors I referred > > to. When I was adjusting levels in PS on my desktop PC, it looked > > fine. Then when I looked at it on my notebook, I did see the green > > cast you mention, and the overall image was darker. I thought of going > > back to the desktop and readjusting the image, but then what's the > > point--whatever I do, I have no guarantee that people viewing it on > > their monitors will see what I see on mine. With B&W the problem is > > obviously less severe, which is one reason why I post B&W much more > > than color. > -- > John Brownlow > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > http://www.unintended-consequences.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl Mobile: +31 630 868 671 Photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html