Go to www.creativepro.com and do a search for "Out of Gamut:" or
"Bruce Fraser", you will find a series of articles on Photoshop and
calibration.
Photoshop ships with a software monitor calibrator which is better
than nothing, but you can't beat a hardware colorimeter. Especially
when you are trying to get two displays to look the same.
Bill
>Embedding profiles in your images is a topic in and of itself - I would you
>suggest you first read Dan Margulis's Professional Photoshop book first (I
>don't know if the book is out for 6 yet or not).
>
>As for the difference in images between the two monitors, the first thing to
>do is to calibrate both monitors. You can set the black point using the
>information at
>
>If I am not mistaken, Adobe has within it a calibration mechanism from there
>on.
>
>
>| Ok, Ive been on this list for some time now, and understand most
>| of the technical stuff (Im a computing lecturer so that side of
>| things is easy). However, Ive just got Photoshop 6, and a
>| Dualhead Matrox Card - with two monitors - one old 20 inch
>| heavy use, and one new 17 inch shiny new!
>|
>| Ive just realised to my great pleasure that dual monitor
>| setups are fantastic - but Ive also realised that the tweaking
>| that Ive been doing to scans on my old screen mean nothing.
>| To my horror they transform themselves to a whole new
>| image on the new screen. Ugh - drag an image from one to
>| the other and BOOM - it changes dramatically. When you see it
>| head to head you realise that it makes a real difference.
>|
>| Now heres my question - what do I need to do to keep the best
>| archival quality image data in terms of profile embedding?
>| Any preferences out there or is it safe to go with the Adobe
>| ones ... hints tips et al welcomed.
>|
>| bert
