Thank you so much! This gave us some great starts to trouble shoot. Haven't
completely solved the problem but have a much better idea why it's happening and
some ideas of what to do.
>If you are taking the photographs of your artwork then it is probably
>a hardware issue.
>
>First, what is the format the camera uses? RAW or possibly jpeg. Going
>from RAW into Gimp involves a conversion with all sorts of tweaks
>where colours can be adjusted. Jpeg from a camera on the other hand is
>most likely RGB colour profile and not all colours are included. Look
>up color space
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_space
>
>A fix can be as simple as "auto white balance" in Gimp, but usually
>more is needed. You should take care about the lighting conditions
>when the photographs are taken. A bit of reading here:
>
>http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/white-balance.htm
>
>Then the computer display. For best results the monitor should be
>calibrated. Monitors straight out-of-the-box will have their
>brightness set too high. There are simple ways to get sensible
>setting. see:
>
> http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/monitor-calibration.htm
>
>However, all your potential customers will also have their monitors
>un-adjusted so they will get a wrong impression of your work whatever
>you do. Why not include a disclaimer on your web page.
>
>rich: www.gimp-forum.net
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