I don't recall if I obtained the suggestion from this group or another, but I am trying out a utility called 'Powerstrip' from Entech http://www.entechtaiwan.com/ps.htm for monitor color calibration.

Paul writes, Proofing, are you also, at least theoretically, going to make your vignettes less smooth because at some point you'll be on a steeper part of the slope? If this is true, how is it overcom

John Ovitz writes, on p.s.6, I said "What da h... !" It opened it at 72. I found I have to embed a profile(from5.5) for it to open at 300 in p.s.6. When did color management have anything to do with r

To Andrew or Chris. When I open an untagged tiff in p.s.5.5 it opens at 300. When it opened on p.s.6, I said "What da h... !" It opened it at 72. I found I have to embed a profile(from5.5) for it to o

Hello, I have had some questions bugging me for a while - and now that I have found this excellent list I am hoping to become more knowledgeable. To take advantage of different rendering intents durin

Stephen writes, we use the "ICC" section of APS5.5 CMYK setup to convert from RGB to CMYK. This also simplifies things for the designers.>> Profiles built with Photoshop's built-in settings don't supp

What are the differences in how PS5 and PS6 handles an untagged image? I thought they both used the working RGB space to display the image. Also, say I open an image from a non-ICC scanner, convert it

Thank you Bob, Chris & Dan (and any future posts). We only upgraded to 5.5 from 4 about five months ago, and the insanities of day to day work do not let me test everything as well as I would like bef

On Saturday I talked with the owner of the photo lab I use. I asked if the new Noritsu 2711 was using ICC profiles. the answer was, "What is a ICC profile." I asked if they were using Kodak ColorFlow.

Thanks SO much to Terry and Chirs for taking time to answer my post! I know that most of these are things that cannot be resolved in this group or via email, but I do appreciate the tips... I am a bel

In the ColorSync control panel, click on the Profiles tab. The first pop-up has two options: Default Profiles for Documents Profiles for Standard Devices You need to select Profiles for Standard Devic

Hi all, This may sound like a dumb question, but this is my first day using Photoshop 6.0 (having upgraded from PS 5.02) and I am still busy going throught the manual. I am just curious as to where th

Hi All, My Name is Ping, I am new to this group, and I really need some expert advice. I am a Scanner Operator running a Heidelberg Topaz II scanner using LinoColor 6.0. I work in a medium size shop,

Thanking all of you,for your input. This is what was going on with those tiff files. They were born from a Kodak professional dcs315 digital camera (I know it's outdated and it's a low end professiona

My older Mitsubishi Diamond Pro monitor seems as if I can't get it calibrated anymore. The problem is that there is a magenta/red cast in the shadows and little bit of artifacting in the shadows. The

Please note: 1) Chris Murphy is quite correct: consistency is the foundation for print manufacturing process control. This is one of the reasons people have adopted CTP as it eliminates variation intr

Hi to all, As a new member I'll be interested and at times no doubt entertained by all opinions and comments pertaining to color theory, color correction, scanning, ICC profiles, color management, wor

I am trying to find a link between the view of scientists (the physics of light and the biology and psychology of human perception of color) and the expertise your members have in color matching. More

Hi Group, What is the differnece between findin the d-man/d-min on a negative and setting the white and black point on curves? Are we seeing any parallax problems with the new digital cameras? Do the

We are book publishers based in North America and we do some of our colour book printing in Hong Kong. When we are printing here in North America, we use Matchprints in order to colour proof our work