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getting colors to match.

by Batangisip :: Rate this Message:

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PLEASE HELP!!!!!


HI,

I'm trying to get a print out (onto paper) that matches, in color an original
photo that i scanned . Would it make sense to scan the original photo (with a
photo scanner) and scan an attempted print out of the right color side by
side, open them on gimp, find the difference in hue, saturation, rgb etc., and
then use this difference between the two scanned images (say the difference
between the two scanned images, again, the phtot and the attempted correct
print out, is plus 7 green) to correct the original image ON GIMP (which I
printed out and it became the attempted correct version) by adding plus 7
green, so that when it's printed out..... it will be the same color as the
photo I scanned?

In other words, I know that scanning something then printing it out will not
yield the exact same color as the original....... but can i use a scanner for
comparison of color (i.e., the scanner will distort two images equally,
right?).

thanks,

tess.

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Re: getting colors to match.

by Gene Heskett-3 :: Rate this Message:

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On Saturday 31 October 2009, tess anne wrote:

>PLEASE HELP!!!!!
>
>
>HI,
>
>I'm trying to get a print out (onto paper) that matches, in color an
> original photo that i scanned . Would it make sense to scan the original
> photo (with a photo scanner) and scan an attempted print out of the right
> color side by side, open them on gimp, find the difference in hue,
> saturation, rgb etc., and then use this difference between the two scanned
> images (say the difference between the two scanned images, again, the
> phtot and the attempted correct print out, is plus 7 green) to correct the
> original image ON GIMP (which I printed out and it became the attempted
> correct version) by adding plus 7 green, so that when it's printed
> out..... it will be the same color as the photo I scanned?
>
>In other words, I know that scanning something then printing it out will
> not yield the exact same color as the original....... but can i use a
> scanner for comparison of color (i.e., the scanner will distort two images
> equally, right?).
>
>thanks,
>
>tess.
>
This should, within reason work although I don't understand why the +7 green.  
I have done that both in the darkroom and in gimp.  Gimp can probably to a
better job of doing the corrections if one can grasp the fundamentals of
gamma correction too.  Or at least that seems to be the major time waster for
me, since correct use of the gamma in the weakest color can compensate for
some, but not all, age fading.

I have not done a 'due diligence' search of the wiki (the do it your own self
old (75) fart male syndrome at work) to see if there is a good starter
tutorial on that subject.  There might be, if not, one needs written as its
one of those things that can make you look like a magician to kin with older
pix.

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Re: getting colors to match.

by Martin Nordholts-2 :: Rate this Message:

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On 10/31/2009 11:13 PM, tess anne wrote:
> I'm trying to get a print out (onto paper) that matches, in color an original
> photo that i scanned.

Have you looked into doing proper color management with color
profiles?

 / Martin

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getting colors to match.

by Batangisip :: Rate this Message:

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>On 10/31/2009 11:13 PM, tess anne wrote:
>> I'm trying to get a print out (onto paper) that matches, in color an
original
>> photo that i scanned.
>
>Have you looked into doing proper color management with color
>profiles?
>
> / Martin
>
>how do I do this... I am a beginner at gimp!
tessanne

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Re: getting colors to match.

by Martin Nordholts-2 :: Rate this Message:

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On 11/01/2009 08:52 AM, tessanne wrote:
>> Have you looked into doing proper color management with color
>> profiles?
>>
>> / Martin
>>
>> how do I do this... I am a beginner at gimp!
> tessanne

Color management is not program or device specific, to start
you need to learn about color management in general. Googling
on "color management" and reading the first few hits would
be a good start. Next could be to buy a book on the subject.

 / Martin

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