Difference in output color

mysterick · 08-20-2009, 07:11 AM

I am trying to teach an old dog (me) some new tricks: film:digital. I like very much the relatively environmentally friendly footprint of the digital process and the the immediacy of the technology. But I am wondering if I have bitten off more than I can chew with a digital system. For example, last night I printed a contact sheet of some jpeg images from LR that had been slightly adjusted in LR2; they were very muddy, dark. I closed LR and opened them in Picasa3 (which I use a lot for image tweeking for newspaper) and printed them as a contact sheet and they printed beautifully. In both cases I selected ICM/no color management. I was using an Epson stylus R220. I want to upgrade to a larger format Epson, but I am overwhelmed at the moment by the technology and I am frustrated with my almost flat learning curve. Lightroom is my quest at the moment as well well as better understanding the K-7 computer.

I don't know if I just needed to vent, or if this is a plea for encouragement.

*Wheatfield* · 08-20-2009, 07:34 AM

I've heard a number of complaints, especially from Mac users, from K-7 users who just can't seem to get good colour off of Lightroom without fairly major tweakage. You will probably need to set up a calibration file using Adobe's DNG Profile Editor (I don't know if it works with PEF files, I don't shoot them).
As an aside, I don't really think digital is more environmentally friendly than film, but this isn't part of the discussion at hand.

mysterick · 08-20-2009, 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by Wheatfield

[...].You will probably need to set up a calibration file using Adobe's DNG Profile Editor[...].

Thanks.

Do you think that using jpeg format is part of the problem? I just bought a Syder3 to calibrate my Dell laptop (& printer?), but haven't even opened the box yet. Would this be the method to set up an Adobe DNG Profile, or would I find that as a download on the Adobe website?

*bobrapp* · 08-21-2009, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by mysterick

Thanks.

Do you think that using jpeg format is part of the problem? I just bought a Syder3 to calibrate my Dell laptop (& printer?), but haven't even opened the box yet. Would this be the method to set up an Adobe DNG Profile, or would I find that as a download on the Adobe website?

DNG Profiles - Adobe Labs