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p.1 #1 · Green colourcast?

Hey all, does this image have a green cast?

It looks fine on my (uncalibrated) monitor, as do all my other photos

but when I came to print it, it came out with a green cast...

This image is copyrighted by the owner

I have just changed the ink for a third party (couldnt afford canon this time) and this is the first time I've had this issue...

I'm wondering if its the printer/ink or the monitor

P.S. I know it should be in the people forum being a headshot an all but I figured you guys will have colour (yes there's a u in colour

) calibrated monitors.

P.P.S. I know the photo is amazing - how could you take a bad photo of her

Thanks everyone

Nov 18, 2009 at 11:36 PM

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p.1 #2 · Green colourcast?

yes, it looks too green for me... and something about the lighting is making her pupils too dilated..

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Nov 18, 2009 at 11:45 PM

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p.1 #3 · Green colourcast?

Yes.

Nov 18, 2009 at 11:53 PM

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p.1 #4 · Green colourcast?

Darn, I was hoping it was just the ink

Thanks for your help

Are there any cheap ways to calibrate a monitor? I can't really afford £90 for a spyder

Nov 18, 2009 at 11:53 PM

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p.1 #5 · Green colourcast?

freetime101 wrote:
Are there any cheap ways to calibrate a monitor? I can't really afford £90 for a spyder

Accurately, no. If you can match the monitor somewhat closely with manual adjustments to a few prints though, it would probably be good enough.

Nov 19, 2009 at 12:56 AM

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p.1 #6 · Green colourcast?

Well I've tried playing with the colour settings and its just not happening - I think I made it worse...

I've managed to get the above image to look the same as the print, but now the entire monitor has a green tint

So I guess I'm asking Santa for a monitor calibration tool - which is best? Obviously I'm on a budget but I don't want to fall for false economy...
The Spyder2 and Pantone Huey are around £60 or the Spyder3 is £70, these seem to be the cheapest from a reputable brand? Are they any good? Is there a better alternative?

Thanks again

Nov 19, 2009 at 06:17 PM

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p.1 #7 · Green colourcast?

JanetG wrote:
yes, it looks too green for me... and something about the lighting is making her pupils too dilated..

Thanks for the help regarding the tint, I intented to have her pupils wide to captivate the viewer - would it look better with smaller pupils?

Nov 19, 2009 at 06:18 PM

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p.1 #8 · Green colourcast?

pupils i like better that way but eyes looking each somewhere else. ?

Nov 19, 2009 at 06:45 PM

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p.1 #9 · Green colourcast?

If you are looking at this image on a non colour managed browser the tagged aRGB profile will make the image look a lot more green, on a colour managed workspace like PS you should see the colour is not as green as it looks.

Nov 19, 2009 at 06:51 PM

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p.1 #10 · Green colourcast?

William Wilson wrote:
If you are looking at this image on a non colour managed browser the tagged aRGB profile will make the image look a lot more green, on a colour managed workspace like PS you should see the colour is not as green as it looks.

Thanks, I was looking at this thread in firefox (windows if that matters) I'll try again in photoshop

Nov 19, 2009 at 08:38 PM

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p.1 #11 · Green colourcast?

Picture looks fine on my monitor. My guess is that you are double profiling when printing. My guess is you have photoshop doing the color profile as well as the printer. Check your settings and make sure you only have one or the other set to do it.

Nov 19, 2009 at 09:08 PM

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p.1 #12 · Green colourcast?

The above photo looks fine on this uncalibrated laptop. I'm using IE6

Nov 19, 2009 at 10:11 PM

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p.1 #13 · Green colourcast?

Firefox and while I see I see a little bit of green in the skin it's only because I'm actually looking for it, I'd say it was within the bounds of acceptable and she's certainly not the incredible hulk (on this monitor, and my prints/albums always look the same to my eye as on screen)

Nov 19, 2009 at 10:14 PM

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p.1 #14 · Green colourcast?

Firefox 3, looks fine to me. Are you trying to print from aRGB?

Nov 19, 2009 at 10:20 PM

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p.1 #15 · Green colourcast?

I've changed the colourspace to "Lab Color" (from RGB) and set photoshop to manage the colour - not the printer.

The print is alot closer to the screen now, its still a little yellow but we're almost there.

I'm a bit of a noob with colourspaces - what should I be working in? I was under the impression that it didnt matter so long as everything (e.g. printer, software, screen) was using the same colourspace...

Santa may not have to shell out for a Spyder (or Huey) - Thanks everyone

Nov 19, 2009 at 11:47 PM

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