Re: 2.4 color problem

I absolutely concur with Jon's advise.  A key element in the chain is 
an accurate monitor profile which can be produced by a number of 
reasonably priced calibrators, e.g., GretagMacbeth eye-one match.

--- In [email protected], "Jon A. Cruz" <jon@...> wrote:
>
> 
> On Dec 4, 2007, at 7:21 PM, Jon A. Cruz wrote:
> 
> > So to sum it up, GIMP 2.4 just started showing you that what you
> > thought would happen probably wasn't happening for other people.
> > Turning color management off is just hiding from the problem. 
Getting
> > your setup configured well will fix it.
> >
> > I think getting your monitor tuned and picking a web target 
profile
> > might be a good fix.
> 
> The release notes has a page on Color Management that gives a good  
> overview.
> 
> http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.4-cm.html
> 
> 
> The workflow diagram on the left is titled "pre GIMP 2.4", and 
shows  
> what I think is your type of problem. The first computer at the 
top  
> shows what I think is the image coming in. Then the middle picture  
> shows the image being edited to look nice.
> 
> Now comes the important part
> 
> On the left side, you'll see the monitor with the globe (which I  
> believe represents some user out there viewing your image on some  
> website) shows the image much lighter. And worse, the sample print  
> output shows the image darker and dirty looking. Ugly.
> 
> However, on the right side you see the results of a color managed  
> workflow. In that case people browsing over the web see the image  
> just the way you want it, not lighter or washed out. And the 
printout  
> looks very much like what you see on screen.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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>




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