Pat

[Gadget]

Dear Tomkin 

I have suggested that you send a sample file to me so that I can examine it on my widescreen monitor to see if it's your monitor or your software 

I think we had this problem before with some restorers having different colour profiles. I don't think it was resolved.

My super-dooper monitor gives pretty accurate colours (checked against Pels' monitor profile ) but my laptop is high on the blues and low on the reds. I've also noticed that some people's images that look blue on the laptop are actually a lurid shade of purple when viewed on highest quality settings of my main monitor.

I'm not sure how we can all callibrate to all get the same colour though* 


Gadget

* something for George to tell us 

[Barbara Mary]

hello Boys/Girls?
I appreciate your efforts but I seem to have lost half my hair, is it possible for you to give me a transplant, please   Pat

[Gadget]

Hi Pat

I only joined as Tomkin's colourist but I've added some hair to his version 


Gadget - hairstylist and colourant to Tomkin 

PS - I think I'll go and do my own version now 

[tomkin]

  The first pic is what we see.

  Is the second pic what you want?

[Barbara Mary]

Yes please, if you can

[miagre1]

Hello,

Monitor calibration.

This is good: -

http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html

Maybe better for LCD screens: -

http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/

Adobe Gamma might not do the job.

There are free calibration wizards: -

http://www.hex2bit.com/products/product_mcw.asp

http://quickgamma.de/indexen.html


Always make a restore point of course if using a software product.

Other items... Check your monitor connections for bent pins and looseness. Also the seating of a graphics card in the motherboard. Reload graphics card drivers.

George

[tomkin]

  I've also put a pony tail on but you will have to take my word for it.


    Tomkin

[tomkin]

 Thanks a lot George.

   One of my "oldies" for your collection,

 http://www.photoscientia.co.uk/Gamma.htm

    I've located the problem. It's actually in my Adobe Elements software.

        The warning message I get seems to be nonsensical

         Tomkin

[Gadget]

Could I just get on to one of my hobby horses while we're talking technical 

Pat/Barbara Mary ~

If you see the enlargement of your head that Tomkin put up you will see a very strong checkered pattern. This is a sign of high jpg compression and makes it difficult for a good restore. To get around it,we have to use filters or use a lot of hand smoothing. It is also wearing on the eyes 

It's possible to avoid this by making sure that you save it as a 'high quality-best' image when you have scanned it.

Prue has put information about this here:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,198165.msg2340721.html#msg2340721



Regards

Gadget