On 01/08/2010 00:20, lynn wrote:
On Saturday 31 July 2010 14:03:09 Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* lynn<lynn@steve-ss.com> [07-31-10 07:22]:
I want to print out a photo as I see it on screen. When I do, it's always lighter or darker. What should I be reading about?
11.3 with CUPS HP F2280
You will have to "colour" match your devices, monitor, scanner, printer, so they all interpret colors and intensities the same.
argyllcms is available for linux and quite good
I have installed: wahoo:~> rpm -qa |grep -i cms lcms-1.18a-16.3.x86_64 liblcms1-32bit-1.18a-16.3.x86_64 liblcms1-1.18a-16.3.x86_64 argyllcms-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64 python-lcms-1.18a-16.3.x86_64 argyllcms-doc-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64
And when you finally finish this, you will find that when the light level in the room containing your monitor changes, the printed output will look different as will the printed output when you view it under florescent or tungsten (or ...) light and so on.
Our brain interpretations of what our eyes sense is amazing and quite versatile.
gud luk,
Thanks. Looks time (and paper!) consuming but it's worth it if I can get it right. I take your point about tungsten, flash etc.
Any other shortcut info about using this gratefully received.
L x
Look, I just caught this quite by accident a moment before I was about to delete the message. I haven't been following this thread - as I stated I just opened this message by accident. Quite apart from what Patrick wrote, you just have to keep in mind that a *real* photograph which you view in printed form - as in a solid, framed, print - you are viewing as the colours appear to you by REFLECTED light. The colours you see on your screen are colours which are NOT reflected but colours which are lighted from BEHIND by your monitor. Once you get these 2 reconciled then you are well on the way to getting the prints that you want :-) . BC PS Everyone sees colours differently to what the next person sees them as. As you get older, the lenses in your eyes get yellowed and so affect the colours you see. People who have their lenses replaced because of cataract problems for example will see the world absolutely crystal clear and blue-ish in colour. The colours you see are very much subjective. -- If nothing happens, nothing can go wrong. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org