| Have you ever been disappointed with the
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| quality of the prints you received from
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| | accurate colour calibration settings.
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| your local photo laboratory? Or wondered
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| why you can spend hours tweaking your
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| | For a free alternative to Adobe Gamma
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| digital images and still get them back
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| | you should take a look at this program.
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| with strange colour tones or too much
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| light? Welcome to the often frustrating
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| | Hardware calibration:
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| world of colour calibration!
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| | The best possible calibration results
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| Problems with colour calibration occur
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| | are achieved by using physical
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| because every computer screen has a
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| | calibration devices. By placing the
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| different way of showing a particular
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| | device against your monitor, it can
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| colour. Even primary colours can be shown
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| | adjust your colour profile to a
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| very differently if you view them on a
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| | recognized standard. Although expensive,
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| different monitor or computer. To see
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| | the Spyder 2 ( is used by many
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| this in action, try looking at the same
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| | professional design and printing
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| image on both your own computer and that
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| | companies.
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| of a friend or colleague.
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| | Colour Profiles
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| The frustrating thing is that the
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| problem gets worse over time - as your
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| | To achieve as perfect as possible a
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| computer screen ages it becomes less
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| | match between the image you see on your
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| precise in the way it displays colours.
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| | screen and the one you get back from a
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| What this means is that while an image
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| | printing lab you should ask for a copy of
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| may look great on your screen, it will
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| | the colour profiles used to calibrate
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| look different and be printed differently
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| | their printing machines. This is a small
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| at the printers. Some printing labs will
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| | file that will tell your computer exactly
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| try to adjust your photos for you -
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| | how to display each colour for the
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| unfortunately this can often make them
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| | greatest accuracy. Large photographic
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| look even worse.
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| | laboratories may be unwilling to provide
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| | you with this information, but many
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| Calibrating your computer and a printing
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| | smaller agencies will be very amenable.
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| facility can be difficult - but in this
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| article we outline some simple ways to
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| | A final word
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| achieve greater consistency.
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| | Taking photographs is an important part
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| Basic calibration:
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| | of capturing and preserving the important
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| | milestones and events of our lives. Many
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| There are a number of free online
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| | people will often spent hours in front of
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| options you can use to achieve better
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| | a computer editing their images before
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| calibration of your monitor.
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| | sending them off to be printed. Making
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| | sure your computer monitor is properly
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| Easy RGB has a simple step-by-step guide
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| | calibrated is one way you can make sure
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| that will assist you to adjust a number
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| | that your passion and effort is rewarded
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| of settings.
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| | with stunning photographs.Dylan Tovey
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| | works at the Australian canvas printing
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| Software calibration:
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| | company He gets to see the good, the
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| | bad, and the ugly when framing and
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| The Adobe Photoshop image editing suite
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| | printing customer photographs. His own
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| automatically installs a program called
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| | keen love of photography has turned him
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| Adobe Gamma into your control panel
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| | into an evangelical spokesperson for good
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| (START-SETTINGS-CONTROL PANEL). Using
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| | photographic habits.
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| this type of colour-calibration wizard
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