> Did you try using the qtmonitorprofile tool from the lprof package to > create a monitor profile? My PDF exports with CMS were really different > from my monitor with the plain Adobe profiles until I used the > qtmonitorprofile tool to adjust my contrast. It sounds like your > initial comment was the closest match except for some contrast > adjustements.
Hi again, Here is what I did. I used qtmonitorprofile and followed the instructions, now my monitor is on 100% contrast and 0% brightness (BenQ FP767-12 LCD). Looked weird at first, but got used to it. All gamma programs show clear gamma in all grayscales though (CMS ones, kgamma, etc). When I open a picture with the CMS qtmeasurement tool, yes it looks flat, and when I proof it with the monitor profile, yes it looks gorgeous. So, I installed this profile (as well as Adobe's standard profiles) in Scribus, enabled CMS and set up the monitor profile. 2 things happen: - If I enable gamut checking, literally every single color turns to gray (as in out of gamut), except maybe a single shade of cyan. (this is in pictures, text, and Scribus' own color palette). - Without gamut checking, but on-screen print checking, pictures are washed out, but somehow text entered with Scribus is not. (i.e. I can not import any decent color in any picture, but red text in Scribus is red). When I export to PDF, set for Printer, the result looks great in acroread - but according to identify it is an RGB PDF, not CMYK. I am not sure if the printer people want that. (all RGB PDF's look great in acroread btw so I could have just as well exported for Screen without any CMS?). Do I need to adjust the pictures before use? Given a standard high-res picture from a digital camera, slightly edited in the Gimp, to use in an ad which is to be supplied in PDF format in CMYK (with no further details specified), which steps did I miss? Many thanks for any advice, and thanks for a great program! Dennis
