checking for color profile for print

[365andBrand]

hi how do i know if my jpegs (From before the class are in the correct color profile?  and when ordering prints for calibration work do i need a specific size print? 

[Damien Symonds]

https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

[365andBrand]

glad i asked... my old jpeg files are apparently all over the place!  

[365andBrand]

is this ok...it says srgb at the bottom laft but RGB at the top right 

[Damien Symonds]

https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/11/colour-modes-vs-colour-spaces.html

[365andBrand]

omgoodness, you *are* a wizard...

[365andBrand]

these settings make my screen look similar to the printed photo

 

[Damien Symonds]

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You MUST NOT ADJUST THE FILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The file must stay exactly the same, and you adjust the SCREEN.

[365andBrand]

ok...will go back...

 

[365andBrand]

i went to system preferences, but i dont know where screen prfernces are. If i click color it give me color profile names?

[365andBrand]

Im not sure what you want me to adjust, the brightness? or the colors?

 

[Damien Symonds]

You're on a stupid Mac, so you can't adjust the colours.  You need to take the Brightness slider down until the screen's brightness matches the prints.

[365andBrand]

this is frustrating...ok,,if it is just the brightness, the pictures look closest to my screen on the second or third brightness level. but then my photos are still warmer, and a bit pinker than my screen

 

[Damien Symonds]

Just now, 365andBrand said:

this is frustrating...ok,,if it is just the brightness, the pictures look closest to my screen on the second or third brightness level.

If in doubt, always go lower.  So choose the second level.

Just now, 365andBrand said:

but then my photos are still warmer, and a bit pinker than my screen

As I said, because you have a stupid Mac, there's nothing you can do about that until you get your calibrator.

[365andBrand]

so now what? do i keep it here while i edit? until i can get it calibrated? There is also an option to "Calibrate" the screen here in the settings. 

[Damien Symonds]

1 minute ago, 365andBrand said:

so now what? do i keep it here while i edit?

Yep!  Keep the posts coming!

1 minute ago, 365andBrand said:

until i can get it calibrated?

Have you ordered your calibrator yet?

1 minute ago, 365andBrand said:

There is also an option to "Calibrate" the screen here in the settings. 

Please don't make me use the words "stupid Mac" three times in one thread.  No, don't use that.

[365andBrand]

ok i wont bother to try that "Calibrate" then!

System preferences also gives me options of color profiles to pick from and ther are some that say SRGB? ...So by keep the posts coming, do you mean i can now go back to trying to find my white balance on old craw files, or do i need to reshoot photos again?  Also...

i now think i must also be just shooting too dark to begin with . 

[Damien Symonds]

36 minutes ago, 365andBrand said:

Keep this on its default setting.  It might be called "Color LCD" or something like that?

37 minutes ago, 365andBrand said:

So by keep the posts coming, do you mean i can now go back to trying to find my white balance on old craw files, or do i need to reshoot photos again?

Let's keep going with old ones for now.