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Are the colors "correct"??? - 04-29-2008, 11:38 AM


I have two monitors and I'm not happy with trusting either...not a good place to be. How do the colors look to you? This girl was the hardest to pose, and with the pale skin and dark hair?? She's adoreable, but it sure was challenging!!!
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04-29-2008, 11:46 AM


The colors looks okay on my uncalibrated monitor, but you should probably invest in a monitor calibrator since you're in business now. Write it off at the end of the year.

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Well I have one...therein lies the problem...a laptop that doesn't appear that it can be calibrated...and a monitor my husband bought me as my Christmas present, and I haven't been able to get it calibrated...the blue seems to not "move", another project on the to do list...that lists grows like nothing I've ever seen!!!

So I take it ok...is not good...I'll bump them up some..

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05-02-2008, 11:53 AM


shoot w a color card if that concerned then adjust in ps.
mood color is often better than natural.

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05-02-2008, 12:35 PM


If your having problems with color adjustments you may need to look that the room your monitor is in. Too dark or too bright is a problem, the type of lights could add problems, and if you have a really intense color on your walls it may add problems too. I have dark red walls in my office at home and it makes it near impossible to get a good calibration during the day if I let sunlight reflect the red back onto the monitor.

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05-02-2008, 01:28 PM


Blueish skin tone. There are quite a few tutorials out there on using the numbers in the info palette to measure skin tones based on CMYK values even in RGB mode. Check www.digitalgrin.com.
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