2008/11/27 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, Hi! > On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 15:01 +0100, Leonardo Canducci wrote: >> In attempt to get better color fidelity when watching, editing and >> printing (not myself) photos from my slr camera, I downloaded from >> manufacturer support site an .icm file for my monitor and I loaded it >> as "monitor profile" in preferences|color management. 'Mode of >> operation' is set to 'color managed display' and 'rgb profile' is set >> to 'none'. >> I'm quite concerned because now jpegs from my camera look brighter and >> less colored (in a wolrd: worse) than before. Since I'm going to edit >> a lot of them, and the result is going to be different whether I'm >> loading or not icm monitor profile, what is the right way to go for >> better color accuracy? Should I load icm profile or not? > > The display of colors on a monitor depends a lot on the settings > (brightness, contrast, color temperature) of your monitor and also on > ambient lighting. Thus it does not make much sense to use a monitor > profile from the manufacturer. If you are serious about this, you need > to calibrate your monitor in your viewing conditions. You need a > colorimeter to do this.
I don't plan to buy a device for monitor calibration. They're not cheap nor supported on linux, and they look like overkill for my purpose: getting acceptable color consistency across different pcs, web galleries and lab prints. I just thought that loading the specific icm profile for my lcd monitor (obtained from the manufacturer) was better than nothing. Of course I also changed lcd osd settings - with almost no ambient light - according to some test charts and images found on the internet. Since pictures looked really different before and after loading the icm profile I don't get what's better for my workflow. Anyway I don't get why it shouldn't make sense using this profile. Shouldn't I get an better result with that? Thanks! PS sorry for the double post sven, I didn't cc the ml -- Leonardo Canducci _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
