Post processing, printer profiles, calibration
I don't fully understand the concept for post-processing with specific photo lab printer profiles and monitor calibration. Info is quite piece-meal to me. Can someone add some advice to help me understand this need?
- If I calibrate my monitor with a colorimeter, then my monitor would be displaying accurate colors, at its best ability, to my eyes in my post-process environment. This minimizes variance from the monitor displaying true real colors to my eyes. Sounds simple to understand.
- Do I still need to I load a selected photo lab printer profile in LightRoom or PS before I process? I guess this minimizes variance between how my monitor displaying true real colors to my eyes and how the lab's printer going to print the true colors?
- How about if I process my photos using my calibrated monitor for my website? We are still not sure if my site is going to look as good as it is to other people's uncalibrated monitor. Does this make it a moot point to calibrate my screen if I don't print my work?
- If I calibrate my monitor with a colorimeter, then my monitor would be displaying accurate colors, at its best ability, to my eyes in my post-process environment. This minimizes variance from the monitor displaying true real colors to my eyes. Sounds simple to understand.
- Do I still need to I load a selected photo lab printer profile in LightRoom or PS before I process? I guess this minimizes variance between how my monitor displaying true real colors to my eyes and how the lab's printer going to print the true colors?
- How about if I process my photos using my calibrated monitor for my website? We are still not sure if my site is going to look as good as it is to other people's uncalibrated monitor. Does this make it a moot point to calibrate my screen if I don't print my work?