mgcd Posted August 25, 2006 Share #21 Posted August 25, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Brent, It must be a PC/Mac thing again. If it prints the way you see it, I'd not worry too much. Most folk and vitually all business are on PC. It is not obvious on my callibrated monitor. Pity there is not a universal display profile, but only a small fraction of the www is looking at a Mac, roughly 2%, depending upon whom you ask. Since most creatives are on Macs... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lambroving Posted August 25, 2006 Share #22 Posted August 25, 2006 Conrad, True, the ad agencies were using Apple 20 years ago. Must have gotten them for free. I've been stuck on Macs twice, big new jobs with huge displays, and they nearly gave me fits. At least I can operate a PC anywhere and my work has me visiting some 20 XP/ Explorer-only financial and manufaturer sites daily just to get my work done. Don't get me wrong. I can't stand Microsoft and use those programs only when absolutely necessary. Look at the e-mail I send you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted August 25, 2006 Share #23 Posted August 25, 2006 Brent, It must be a PC/Mac thing again. If it prints the way you see it, I'd not worry too much. Most folk and vitually all business are on PC. It is not obvious on my callibrated monitor. Pity there is not a universal display profile, but only a small fraction of the www is looking at a Mac, roughly 2%, depending upon whom you ask. My PC at the office gives me fits every day of my life... The black areas are obvious on both the Macs I use at home, I'm afraid and on this nasty Dell laptop on my office desk. William, if you still believe that only 2% of the people using the web are using Macs, then I think that you are poorly informed. It would be enlightening to see Andreas's webstats. When my ISP server is back on line later today, I will have a look at the stats for andybarton.com and see who's visiting and using what. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbesz Posted August 25, 2006 Share #24 Posted August 25, 2006 It's probably not so much the Macs as the screens. Probably, the Mac screens are better by default. I continued to have photo image quality doubts until I finally upgraded to a quality screen (close to the cost of a lens no less!). It's the quality of the whites and particularly the blacks that are wanting. Then more money on monthly calibration devices. :-) I imagine this could possibly be a problem with many PC owners here. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted August 25, 2006 Share #25 Posted August 25, 2006 It is very visible on all my screens (all PCs and all calibrated) and IMHO ruins a great catch. Looks to me like a paint brush tool was used set to 100% black. To remove dust I recommend using the spot healer tool and a digitizer (like a Wacom board), indispensible to retouch work. - Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarman Posted August 25, 2006 Share #26 Posted August 25, 2006 I scan glossy prints sometimes and maybe it's the GLASS of the scanner causing this effect. If I scan colour negs from medium format and lay them directly onto the glass I sometimes get Newton's Rings, as I have only a holder for 35mm and for the M/F I have to use a home-made cardboard mask. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted August 25, 2006 Share #27 Posted August 25, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Looking at the file in PS, the brushed areas are indeed 100% black where as the surrounding areas are 91-93%. Strange you can't see this on your screen Brent. - Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted August 25, 2006 Share #28 Posted August 25, 2006 My (quick) guess is that the print that was scanned is glossy and that the dark(er) areas are a combination of reflectance from the surface being not held perfectly flat and/or adhesion contact between the print surface and scanner glass. But a nicely arranged promo shot, and I don't mind the lights in the image. They give a feeling of 'set' which I suspect is the intent. Cheers, Erl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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