Why does my photo look fine on the screen, but the colors are all wrong when I print it? The moment you ask that question (even to yourself), you have crossed over into the Twilight Zone known as colorspace management.
In a nutshell, the colors your camera sees may be more or less than what your computer can see/process which may be more or less than what your printer can print. Simple, right?
Without going into a full blown discussion of this topic, I will go so far as to say that once you have come to this bump in the road, it’s time to go shopping for a colorimeter ( colormunki photo ).
A colorimeter is a device that measures the color output of your display (and in some cases, printers) and produces a color profile that is then installed in your computer’s operating system (Windows and Mac both support this) where colorspace-aware applications (like Photoshop) can then accurately map the colors from one device to the next making sure that what you see is truly what you get.
Another good post. I like the way you make technical things easy to understand by using real world examples. I could never explain what a colorimeter does, and now I can point clients to your post. I agree that the Colormunki Photo is the best colorimeter out there and is a good value for the money; good choice.
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