Keep Great Color in Your Pictures Calibrating Your Monitor And Printer
January 29, 2008 · Filed Under Photography Tips · Comment
Ever had a shot that looks just great on the monitor with beautiful bright colors, but the printout just wasn’t as great? Or the opposite, a photo you overlooked on the screen looks brilliant in print. The trouble may just be your monitor. To fix this problem, you need to calibrate it. This will make sure the colors you see on your screen are the same as those that come out in print. And if you’re printing your own pictures, you should calibrate your printer as well.
Here’s a site to help to with calibrating your monitor (printers generally have a function that does it itself, you just have to find it):
http://www.jasc.com/support/kb/articles/monitor.asp