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