Posted by Larry Fischer on January 20, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Can anyone direct me to a website which discuses digital color managament from camera, to monitor (various programs), to print.
It would seem my austere efforts to calibrate don't change much. It would appear that even different programs have drivers which change a photos color.
Tried Google and I was not able to find much my my search parameters.
Perhaps this has even been covered before on this site. If so, please direct me.
I'm using Nikon D300, Capture One, NX2 for processing. My moniitor is a HPw1907 19".
Color Driver = NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Windows XP Home
Posted by David Bostedo on January 20, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Larry - The main thing it sounds like you aren't doing is profiling your monitor and using calibration software. This ensures that the monitor is in a state that gives consistent, correct, color. This is typically done with a calibration package involving a colorimeter or spectrophotometer - like an Eye One, Spyder, Color Munki, Huey, etc. tied to software that sets monitor or video card options.
After that is accomplished, then the applications can do what they want. Most Windows applications are not color managed, so you're correct in that they can do strange things to colors. Capture One and NX2 are color managed, and you shouldn't really see any difference in colors between them, assuming everything is configured correctly. (Even if your monitor isn't calibrated, it will have some color profile that both Capture One and NX2 should be using - making them look the same.)
As far as sources, there are lots - a few I know :
Posted by John Mumaw on January 20, 2009 at 3:05 PM
I like the first two recommended by David.
Bear in mind that you'll never get a perfectly exact match between what you see on your screen (transmissive image) vs. what you see in print (reflective medium).
Posted by David Bostedo on January 20, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Oh yeah...I have the "From Camera to Print" that Randall mentioned. It's great, but not free...
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5 repliesIt would seem my austere efforts to calibrate don't change much. It would appear that even different programs have drivers which change a photos color.
Tried Google and I was not able to find much my my search parameters.
Perhaps this has even been covered before on this site. If so, please direct me.
I'm using Nikon D300, Capture One, NX2 for processing. My moniitor is a HPw1907 19".
Color Driver = NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Windows XP Home
After that is accomplished, then the applications can do what they want. Most Windows applications are not color managed, so you're correct in that they can do strange things to colors. Capture One and NX2 are color managed, and you shouldn't really see any difference in colors between them, assuming everything is configured correctly. (Even if your monitor isn't calibrated, it will have some color profile that both Capture One and NX2 should be using - making them look the same.)
As far as sources, there are lots - a few I know :
-- Dry Creek Photo - Good introduction
-- Cambridge in Colour - Great tutorials
-- Chromix Color Wiki - Growing resource
-- Chromix's Forums - Lots of Q&A
-- Real World Color Management Book - I've never read this, but seen it recommended a lot
http://www.msjphotography.com/index.php/category/video-tutorial/color-management/
Bear in mind that you'll never get a perfectly exact match between what you see on your screen (transmissive image) vs. what you see in print (reflective medium).