I got a colour chart from the print shop I used to publish a calendar. It supposed to help set the monitor to mimick as best it can CMYK. Have any of you done this, is it worth the effort?
2007-12-19 08:59:37 · 4 answers · asked by Dawg 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
If I'm also printing from an inkjet do I have to then switch back?
2007-12-19 09:05:21 · update #1
Ace - I agree entirely...
Most of what I send to this particular shop is in RGB but for the calendars they have very specific requirements, a pdf file in CMYK with bleeds and page orientation etc..anyway they charged extra for the conversion which wasn't much and I ended up just letting them do it....but it (their chart) got me wondering about the monitor as I had long since noticed my prints were not the same as the screen.
2007-12-19 11:31:28 · update #2
Every three weeks for the last three years. I print my own images. Yes, its worth the effort if you want good colour.
Not many people bother, they take their work to pro labs. I use pro labs as well for very large images and find my own prints are better every time. They may say they calibrate but from some of the results - I doubt that they do.
Get Spyder 2 Pro or an equivalent. Follow the instructions.
Link : http://www.saversoftware.co.uk/details-4386.htm
2007-12-19 09:14:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
anyway, ignore the print shop. Calibrate your monitor using the provided utilities on your computer. Then you can soft proof in photoshop on CMYK.
All you need to do is keep your monitor correctly calibrated. Printers these days all have what are knows as RIPs or Raster image processors. They take the image (whatever color profile) and do their best to get you matching colors.
So: unless you are printing on an old-school dye sub printer. you should be ok as long as you calibrate your monitor to normal.
What I think happened was there was a person at this print shop who knows very little. They think that you need to calibrate your MONITOR to CMYK. That isn't possible and is even less needed. So long as your monitor actually matches the image data, you should be fine.
If you want to be really sure, you could convert all the files to CMYK on photoshop. then, if you do a soft monitor proof they should look awful but if you do a CMYK proof they should look good.
I hope this isn't too confusing.
2007-12-19 09:35:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I havent in a while, but there was a time that what I saw on one monitor, wasnt the same as what was on another monitor, and not the same as what was coming from the printer.
Each monitor reads a file and displays it, using whatever contrast, color, and light settings you have it set to. When you P-shop something, you save it to what that monitor is set to.
Another monitor, possibly one that is calibrated, will display it differently than yours.
A printer will print out something different, as far contrast and levels go.
Its worth the effort if you provide photos with anyone, like clients, models, and even anyone online.
2007-12-19 09:26:28 · answer #3 · answered by photoguy_ryan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-12-20 05:21:52 · answer #4 · answered by Chauni 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋