Color Problems with layered(flattened) images
I've pretty musch resolved my color problem (the oranges were too yellow - now they are perfect!) by using profiles. Occassionally I still have problem with oranges/reds being not being red/orange enough and blues coming out too purple. This only occurs on images that have been created (vs. digital photos).
I worked on an image by (#0037) Alan Crosswaite today with no embedded color profile. Using Photoshop CS, I usually convert images (most are srgb) to Adobe RGB and print with no problem. This particular image had been digitally created with layers. After trying to adjust with absolutely no luck, I went back to the original file, left it at the original color profile (none) and it printed perfectly! Duh!
THE LESSON HERE IS IF THERE IS NO EMBEDDED COLOR PROFILE ON A DIGITALLY CREATED IMAGE, DON'T CONVERT IT!
Same thing on one of Verna Bice's images - it was a digitally altered photo of a woman. Her portraits always print out with a greenish tint to the skin because of too much black. I just adjusted the tone of the entire image to the reddish side.
It never ceases to amaze me how an image or a photo can look on screen and how different it looks printed.
I love canvas prints - the texture of the canvas hides many imperfections in a digital image, and allows me to enlarge a small digital photo file or a scanned photograph more than printing on RC photo paper allows.
I worked on an image by (#0037) Alan Crosswaite today with no embedded color profile. Using Photoshop CS, I usually convert images (most are srgb) to Adobe RGB and print with no problem. This particular image had been digitally created with layers. After trying to adjust with absolutely no luck, I went back to the original file, left it at the original color profile (none) and it printed perfectly! Duh!
THE LESSON HERE IS IF THERE IS NO EMBEDDED COLOR PROFILE ON A DIGITALLY CREATED IMAGE, DON'T CONVERT IT!
Same thing on one of Verna Bice's images - it was a digitally altered photo of a woman. Her portraits always print out with a greenish tint to the skin because of too much black. I just adjusted the tone of the entire image to the reddish side.
It never ceases to amaze me how an image or a photo can look on screen and how different it looks printed.
I love canvas prints - the texture of the canvas hides many imperfections in a digital image, and allows me to enlarge a small digital photo file or a scanned photograph more than printing on RC photo paper allows.
posted by Diana at 11:04 PM
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