Re: Digital workflow - need some help please

> Paul Flackett writes ...
>
>So, seems I need to calibrate. Is there any good freeware that I
>can use?

I'm pretty sure that the Adobe Gamma calibration software comes with
Elements 2 ... go to the Help files and type 'monitor calibration' or
similar and it will explain how to access it. This will do an OK job,
not as good as using a $200-ish colorimeter or puck like the Spyder or
Eye-One since you have to eye-ball a couple of key measurements instead
of having the puck actually measure them, but it should fix most of
your problems.

For grins, check to see what you're using now for the default monitor
profile ... if you have Windows XP or similar right-click on the open
desktop and then left-click Properties - Settings - Advanced - Color
Management and see what's listed in the color profiles box list at the
bottom.

>your last adjustment has rendered it very close to
>what I'm seeing in my Photoshop (Elements) original

Good, we're getting close ...

>So does this mean it's just a simple matter of my not having
>calibrated my monitor?

More precisely, it's probably because Elements and RSE are using the
default monitor profile, which could be almost anything if you haven't
run something like Adobe Gamma to calibrate and characterize the
monitor. So you are editing the image using these two programs but the
results will be poor when viewed by someone else with the same programs
using a properly calibrated monitor or by you yourself when viewed in a
program that ignores the monitor profile, like your web browser.

> I'm having difficulty grasping that I can view an original
> image and it's web equivalent side by side on the same monitor and
>the difference I'm seeing is due to monitor calibration!

This can happen if your system is using a bad profile for your monitor
because the profile changes the RGB values of the image so it looks
"right" on the screen, except here the profile is wrong so it's
changing the colors to look wrong when viewed in a program without a
profile, like your web browser. The profile is used by RSE and
Elements so you probably edited the image based on what you saw with
them and that's the problem. This article explains how the RGB values
get translated for different devices when you use the color-managed
workflow, in this case the translation (the monitor icc profile) was
wrong ... http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/13605.html

>presumably a very rough and ready calibration could be provided by my
>getting the two images to look roughly the same?

Try the Adobe Gamma calibration way first, in the long run you'll be
better off :)

>Thanks again.

No problem. Let us know if the calibration fixes it. You can email me
direct if you want to take this off-line ... I'll remove the fox and
waxwing edits later today since it's your work.

Bill

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