Comments on: Cheap Color Management Trick

By: Jeff Patterson

Jeff Patterson — Fri, 02 May 2008 03:11:14 +0000

Thanks Scott,

That is a great idea. This past year I have been trying to learn as much as I can about color management and have been struggling with the near double cost of color corrected prints from the lab. I bought a Spyder2 pro and calibrated my monitor, but have been on the fence about using my own color correction because my calibration worked, but always seemed borderline to me.

I have an overhead light and never thought that would be an issue. After reading your post I had a Joe McNally moment and it clicked. Tomorrow I am off to Target to buy a dim light and stand and place behind my monitor so I can turn off the overhead room light and recalibrate. (Much more fun than watching another episode of Battlestar. :)

Peace

BTW, the whole TWIP gang really rocks. You are my favorite site!

By: Fleming

Fleming — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:11:34 +0000

I purchased the Eye-One Color Calibration puck for my monitor, it works great. Screen to Print is much more accurate now. It has a really cool ambient light sensor on it that will tell you if your room light is too warm or cool, and if it’s too dim or bright. Definitely look for a 5000K bulb.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:13:24 +0000

Thanks for the tip

By: Levent

Levent — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:07:03 +0000

Great tip scott!

I’ve been having a lot of color management problems lately and I’ve been looking into spending some bucks on hardware (I’m especially interested in the new “ColorMunki”).

I would love to hear more about color calibration tools on a future TWIP podcast

Levent

By: David

David — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:50:07 +0000

Great tip Scott…..But I think the guys using Eizo monitors calibrated with Spyder2 Pros should still watch the light they edit in. I read once that you should even go as far as watching the colour you paint you walls…..But that seems a little much if you are not a pro making your living off your color corrections.

By: Brenton Cumberpatch

Brenton Cumberpatch — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:24:52 +0000

I also like to use ‘daylight’ temperature bulbs. These are commonly in the 5000k range and are often called ‘Bright White’. I find these tend to remove that warm feel you get from a standard bulb & on the plus side most of them are energy efficient so you’ll end up saving a little bit on your power bill;)

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:38:45 +0000

Joe I like to display images to clients on glossy screens but I like to edit on matte. Just my preference.