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  #61  
Old May 18th 17, 12:15 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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On Wed, 17 May 2017 21:29:53 +0100, sid wrote:

nospam wrote:

In article , sid
wrote:

Consistent results are achieved by using the same equipment consistently,
calibrated or not.


nope. it's achieved by calibrating the equipment to a known standard.


As long as the eyeball calibration is repeated at the same frequency as any
hardware calibration would be then the results will be equally consistent
for the purposes required.


No. There is much more scatter. That's why color calibration software
and hardware exists: eye balls are not sufficiently accurate or
consistent.

Peer review will very quickly let you know if your doing something wrong.


which is what everyone in this newsgroup is telling you.


No, even you agreed that you can't tell a blind bit of difference.


Because you didn't give us anything to tell the difference from.
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Old May 18th 17, 12:19 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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On Wed, 17 May 2017 05:42:05 -0400, Neil
wrote:

On 5/16/2017 7:16 PM, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Tue, 16 May 2017 16:05:11 -0400, Tony Cooper
wrote:

On Tue, 16 May 2017 19:45:22 +0100, sid wrote:

nospam wrote:

In article ,
newshound wrote:


I think that there is a tool in W10 for calibrating the display by
eye... Anyways: If you are spending more than £500 on your camera AND
display then:

https://www.parkcameras.com/p/V15870...x-rite/colormu
nki-smile

Thanks for the suggestion, and the price doesn't seem unreasonable, but
I have been using cameras for long enough to know that most of the nice
"must have" gadgets won't actually make any real difference.

a properly calibrated display *does* make a difference. a very big
difference. in other words, such 'gadgets' are *well* worth the price.

Accurate monitor calibration is only really necessary for pro use where
colours have to match. For the general photographer as long as your pictures
look pretty much the same on a range of devices then you're pretty much good
to go. If you want to print easily to match what you see then creating a
profile for your paper and ink combination is the thing to do.

Well, not as I understand it. While it doesn't make much difference
to the average photographer if the green leaves aren't the same green
as the trees, what monitor calibration does is ensure that what you
see on the monitor is what you see on the print.

I know someone who sells beads on the internet. She uses an X-Rite
color checker to make sure the color in the photo is the color of the
bead, but doesn't have a calibrated monitor. The print will be
accurate even if the monitor and print differ in look.


The print will only be accurate if the color of the bead is within the
gamut of the ink and paper combination. Few printers can cover even
the sRGB gamut, let alone Adobe-RGB.

Since both the bead and a print are perceived via the reflective color
spectrum, it is far more likely that the colors can be acceptably
matched than when viewing in the RGB transmitted color spectrum. It
sounds to me like the bead-maker understands this pretty well.


I suspect the only color gamut with which the bead maker was concerned
was that of the selection of colors they had available to them.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens
  #63  
Old May 18th 17, 12:26 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Eric Stevens
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On Wed, 17 May 2017 12:00:26 +0100, sid wrote:

nospam (and any one else) cannot see color differences when they only
see the end result. They have to have a starting point in order to
determine a color *difference* in the end result.


You're only helping to prove my point here. What should one do, make sure
sure there is a colour chart included in all images so you can satisfy
yourself that the colours are accurate?


What one should do is use a color managed work flow with both the
author and the viewer using calibrated screens. That way the viewer
will see on their viewer the same colors as the author saw on their
viewer (subject only to measurement error).

As things stand, while your image is acceptable to me, I have no way
of knowing whether or not what I see is what you see or what you
intended me to see. If you are not using a color managed work flow it
is almost certain that what I see is different from what you see. The
differences could be significant.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens
  #64  
Old May 18th 17, 01:53 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
Neil[_9_]
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On 5/17/2017 7:19 PM, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Wed, 17 May 2017 05:42:05 -0400, Neil
wrote:

On 5/16/2017 7:16 PM, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Tue, 16 May 2017 16:05:11 -0400, Tony Cooper
wrote:

On Tue, 16 May 2017 19:45:22 +0100, sid wrote:

nospam wrote:

In article ,
newshound wrote:


I think that there is a tool in W10 for calibrating the display by
eye... Anyways: If you are spending more than £500 on your camera AND
display then:

https://www.parkcameras.com/p/V15870...x-rite/colormu
nki-smile

Thanks for the suggestion, and the price doesn't seem unreasonable, but
I have been using cameras for long enough to know that most of the nice
"must have" gadgets won't actually make any real difference.

a properly calibrated display *does* make a difference. a very big
difference. in other words, such 'gadgets' are *well* worth the price.

Accurate monitor calibration is only really necessary for pro use where
colours have to match. For the general photographer as long as your pictures
look pretty much the same on a range of devices then you're pretty much good
to go. If you want to print easily to match what you see then creating a
profile for your paper and ink combination is the thing to do.

Well, not as I understand it. While it doesn't make much difference
to the average photographer if the green leaves aren't the same green
as the trees, what monitor calibration does is ensure that what you
see on the monitor is what you see on the print.

I know someone who sells beads on the internet. She uses an X-Rite
color checker to make sure the color in the photo is the color of the
bead, but doesn't have a calibrated monitor. The print will be
accurate even if the monitor and print differ in look.

The print will only be accurate if the color of the bead is within the
gamut of the ink and paper combination. Few printers can cover even
the sRGB gamut, let alone Adobe-RGB.

Since both the bead and a print are perceived via the reflective color
spectrum, it is far more likely that the colors can be acceptably
matched than when viewing in the RGB transmitted color spectrum. It
sounds to me like the bead-maker understands this pretty well.


I suspect the only color gamut with which the bead maker was concerned
was that of the selection of colors they had available to them.

She was apparently concerned enough about the accuracy of her printed
material to verify the image output with her X-Rite color checker. As
one who has created tens of thousands of pages of printed color
material, her approach makes more sense to me than ignoring that aspect
and simply calibrating her monitor.

--
best regards,

Neil
  #65  
Old May 18th 17, 10:39 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
sid[_2_]
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Eric Stevens wrote:

On Wed, 17 May 2017 12:00:26 +0100, sid wrote:

nospam (and any one else) cannot see color differences when they only
see the end result. They have to have a starting point in order to
determine a color *difference* in the end result.


You're only helping to prove my point here. What should one do, make sure
sure there is a colour chart included in all images so you can satisfy
yourself that the colours are accurate?


What one should do is use a color managed work flow with both the
author and the viewer using calibrated screens. That way the viewer
will see on their viewer the same colors as the author saw on their
viewer (subject only to measurement error).


Well that is never going to happen. A whole heap of different devices are
used to view photos and most of them look fine straight out of the box,
perhaps a little bright and over saturated, but nevertheless completely
acceptable to the majority of users. Good luck getting them all to calibrate
their viewing devices so you know you photos are "just so."

As things stand, while your image is acceptable to me,


There's that point your making for me again.


I have no way
of knowing whether or not what I see is what you see or what you
intended me to see.


But nevertheless perfectly acceptable.

If you are not using a color managed work flow it
is almost certain that what I see is different from what you see. The
differences could be significant.


But 99 times out of a hundred completely insignificant.


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sid
  #66  
Old May 18th 17, 10:41 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
sid[_2_]
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nospam wrote:

In article , sid
wrote:

Yes, if all you do is show family and vacation images. If you want
others to appreciate your images, then calibration is a must.
Otherwise there will be color shifts, and the other viewers will
not see your images as you would like them to be seen.

Clearly not so, as demonstrated already by nospams inability to
determine any difference in images presented.

nospam (and any one else) cannot see color differences when they
only see the end result. They have to have a starting point in order
to determine a color *difference* in the end result.

You're only helping to prove my point here. What should one do, make
sure sure there is a colour chart included in all images so you can
satisfy yourself that the colours are accurate?

that's one possibility, but not a very good one.

a much easier one is calibrate your display.


But you can't tell the difference in my images which were processed on a
calibrated display and which weren't. So what was the point again?


that you don't understand *anything* about colour management.


You, on the other hand, don't seem to have a clue about when it's needed or
when it's not.

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sid
  #67  
Old May 18th 17, 10:48 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
sid[_2_]
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Eric Stevens wrote:

On Wed, 17 May 2017 21:29:53 +0100, sid wrote:

nospam wrote:

In article , sid
wrote:

Consistent results are achieved by using the same equipment
consistently, calibrated or not.

nope. it's achieved by calibrating the equipment to a known standard.


As long as the eyeball calibration is repeated at the same frequency as
any hardware calibration would be then the results will be equally
consistent for the purposes required.


No. There is much more scatter. That's why color calibration software
and hardware exists: eye balls are not sufficiently accurate or
consistent.


For professional work where colour actually matters, that's why there is the
software and hardware to do these things. Not because some amateur
photographer can be led to believe his work is going to be so much better
than the next mans because his monitor is calibrated.
All power to you if doing that makes you enjoy your hobby more, makes it
money well spent!


Peer review will very quickly let you know if your doing something
wrong.

which is what everyone in this newsgroup is telling you.


No, even you agreed that you can't tell a blind bit of difference.


Because you didn't give us anything to tell the difference from.


You're making my point for me yet again.

--
sid
  #68  
Old May 18th 17, 11:01 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
sid[_2_]
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nospam wrote:

In article , sid
wrote:

Consistent results are achieved by using the same equipment
consistently, calibrated or not.

nope. it's achieved by calibrating the equipment to a known standard.


As long as the eyeball calibration is repeated at the same frequency as
any hardware calibration would be then the results will be equally
consistent for the purposes required.


nonsense. an eyeball is notoriously *not* accurate.


It doesn't need to be if you're not doing colour critical professional work.

Peer review will very quickly let you know if your doing something
wrong.

which is what everyone in this newsgroup is telling you.


No, even you agreed that you can't tell a blind bit of difference.


i did not say that.


You said it was not possible to tell which photos had or had not been
processed on a colour calibrated monitor. To anyone with half a brain that
implies that there is no difference. If you meant something else perhaps you
should have said something else.

--
sid
  #69  
Old May 18th 17, 11:05 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
nospam
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In article , sid
wrote:


Consistent results are achieved by using the same equipment
consistently, calibrated or not.

nope. it's achieved by calibrating the equipment to a known standard.

As long as the eyeball calibration is repeated at the same frequency as
any hardware calibration would be then the results will be equally
consistent for the purposes required.


nonsense. an eyeball is notoriously *not* accurate.


It doesn't need to be if you're not doing colour critical professional work.


nonsense.

plenty of non-professionals want accurate high quality results. it
ain't just colour-critical work.

just because you aren't interested in quality doesn't mean the rest of
the world isn't.

Peer review will very quickly let you know if your doing something
wrong.

which is what everyone in this newsgroup is telling you.

No, even you agreed that you can't tell a blind bit of difference.


i did not say that.


You said it was not possible to tell which photos had or had not been
processed on a colour calibrated monitor. To anyone with half a brain that
implies that there is no difference. If you meant something else perhaps you
should have said something else.


no it doesn't imply that at all.
  #70  
Old May 19th 17, 12:40 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Eric Stevens
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On Thu, 18 May 2017 08:53:29 -0400, Neil
wrote:

On 5/17/2017 7:19 PM, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Wed, 17 May 2017 05:42:05 -0400, Neil
wrote:

On 5/16/2017 7:16 PM, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Tue, 16 May 2017 16:05:11 -0400, Tony Cooper
wrote:

On Tue, 16 May 2017 19:45:22 +0100, sid wrote:

nospam wrote:

In article ,
newshound wrote:


I think that there is a tool in W10 for calibrating the display by
eye... Anyways: If you are spending more than £500 on your camera AND
display then:

https://www.parkcameras.com/p/V15870...x-rite/colormu
nki-smile

Thanks for the suggestion, and the price doesn't seem unreasonable, but
I have been using cameras for long enough to know that most of the nice
"must have" gadgets won't actually make any real difference.

a properly calibrated display *does* make a difference. a very big
difference. in other words, such 'gadgets' are *well* worth the price.

Accurate monitor calibration is only really necessary for pro use where
colours have to match. For the general photographer as long as your pictures
look pretty much the same on a range of devices then you're pretty much good
to go. If you want to print easily to match what you see then creating a
profile for your paper and ink combination is the thing to do.

Well, not as I understand it. While it doesn't make much difference
to the average photographer if the green leaves aren't the same green
as the trees, what monitor calibration does is ensure that what you
see on the monitor is what you see on the print.

I know someone who sells beads on the internet. She uses an X-Rite
color checker to make sure the color in the photo is the color of the
bead, but doesn't have a calibrated monitor. The print will be
accurate even if the monitor and print differ in look.

The print will only be accurate if the color of the bead is within the
gamut of the ink and paper combination. Few printers can cover even
the sRGB gamut, let alone Adobe-RGB.

Since both the bead and a print are perceived via the reflective color
spectrum, it is far more likely that the colors can be acceptably
matched than when viewing in the RGB transmitted color spectrum. It
sounds to me like the bead-maker understands this pretty well.


I suspect the only color gamut with which the bead maker was concerned
was that of the selection of colors they had available to them.

She was apparently concerned enough about the accuracy of her printed
material to verify the image output with her X-Rite color checker. As
one who has created tens of thousands of pages of printed color
material, her approach makes more sense to me than ignoring that aspect
and simply calibrating her monitor.


What she was doing makes sense if she was primarily interested in the
printed output. What it looked like on the screen would be almost
irrelevant except that if the screen is calibrated it makes it easier
to get it right in the print.

Using a calibrated screen makes it easier to get it right in other
calibrated (or near calibrated) screens. If neither the source nor the
target screens are calibrated it's anyone's guess what colors the
target viewer will end up seeing. Of course, this may not matter.
--

Regards,

Eric Stevens
 




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