So, I've gotten a ColorVision Spyder 2PRO Studio (http://www.adorama.com/ICVGPU128.html?searchinfo=spyder 2&item_no=6), and calibrated my monitor at work.
Problem:
The monitor was already quite close to where it should be (I have a pretty good eye for these things, as i'm a photographer)
Prints I have gotten done come out with the blues becoming purples, the yellows oversaturated... etc.
We use Image4 (http://www.image4.com) for our posters and other materials(they're local).
It hasn't mattered whether I send them RGB files or converted them myself to CMYK (I do know about profiles and such..) same result...
I've also submitted an advertisement to a completely different company, and the proof (and the magazine) come back with similar problems... looks good onscreen, but blues turn purple.
I try to avoid colors that won't print correctly in the CMYK gamut. Doesn't seem to help.
Suggestions? Currently I've made an action that changes the color balance in photoshop to approximate what the prints will look like, and I've had the idea of inverting that action, then getting some test prints...
This is such a pain in the ass.
Problem:
The monitor was already quite close to where it should be (I have a pretty good eye for these things, as i'm a photographer)
Prints I have gotten done come out with the blues becoming purples, the yellows oversaturated... etc.
We use Image4 (http://www.image4.com) for our posters and other materials(they're local).
It hasn't mattered whether I send them RGB files or converted them myself to CMYK (I do know about profiles and such..) same result...
I've also submitted an advertisement to a completely different company, and the proof (and the magazine) come back with similar problems... looks good onscreen, but blues turn purple.
I try to avoid colors that won't print correctly in the CMYK gamut. Doesn't seem to help.
Suggestions? Currently I've made an action that changes the color balance in photoshop to approximate what the prints will look like, and I've had the idea of inverting that action, then getting some test prints...
This is such a pain in the ass.