Managing one JPG's color for both web and print
Leland
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Hey Everyone!
When I post files with perfect colors for printing anywhere on smugmug (or anywhere else on the web) there is that color-shift that happens (mainly reds over-saturated). So far I've been running all my files intended for web through an action to correct this, but if those were printed the reds will be undersaturated. I want people to see great skin-tone online -AND- see the exact same skin-tone on the print.
Surely there is a way to not sacrifice one for the other, what is the work around on this, I have absolutely no clue what other photographers are doing.
All my work is in sRGB. In photoshop I have 'Monitor RGB' selected under 'View,' 'Proof Setup.' That reflects how the print will look, but to see how it looks on the web I turn on 'Proof Colors' (under 'View').
I use Explorer because that's what the overwhelming majority of my audience uses (not Firefox or Safari).
Thank You all for any suggestions you can offer!
When I post files with perfect colors for printing anywhere on smugmug (or anywhere else on the web) there is that color-shift that happens (mainly reds over-saturated). So far I've been running all my files intended for web through an action to correct this, but if those were printed the reds will be undersaturated. I want people to see great skin-tone online -AND- see the exact same skin-tone on the print.
Surely there is a way to not sacrifice one for the other, what is the work around on this, I have absolutely no clue what other photographers are doing.
All my work is in sRGB. In photoshop I have 'Monitor RGB' selected under 'View,' 'Proof Setup.' That reflects how the print will look, but to see how it looks on the web I turn on 'Proof Colors' (under 'View').
I use Explorer because that's what the overwhelming majority of my audience uses (not Firefox or Safari).
Thank You all for any suggestions you can offer!
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I don't think so. To see how the print will look, you need to soft-proof using a specific printer profile. When you soft-proof using "Monitor RGB," that shows you how your monitor will render the colors.
In any case, you need to calibrate your monitor.
RadiantPics
On your display in a non color managed fashion. Not on any others system however. That’s impossible. Photoshop would have to have that display/graphic system and profile hooked up to your system.
Photoshop and all ICC aware applications can show you what the numbers should look like for everyone using a calibrated and profiled display with those numbers. Or it can show you what those numbers look like on your system in a non ICC aware application. But not elsewhere.
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