Ooops, what happened ....
Almost a month since my last post! What happened? Where did the time go?
Well, I wish I could say that I have spent the time being truly creative and have something stunning to show you ... but .. . well - I've been building websites, there I said it. That's the deal, that's what I've been doing. And, sorry to say, not even interesting websites at that. Ho hum.
Also, I got severely distracted by World of Warcraft and its Burning Crusade. Blizzard really know how to make an absorbing game.
So, what have you lot been up to?
I want my visitors to notice something, there on the right is a link to Board Free - David Cornthwaite (and Elsa his skateboard) have successfully skated across Australia for charity, so if you have some spare coppers, give a little to this wonderful cause!
Lastly, because Neil (Gaiman, like you should ask!) asked us to - take a look HERE - OK, cool...
Anyway, chat again soon(er) and I'm hoping to have some cool stuff soon...
Silk/Spence
2 Comments:
Ha Ha - I meant to write sooner but then you sent me off to Niel Gaiman's blog and I got distracted...
Question for you, pertaining to the notoriously wonky world of getting good color rendition from digital files onto actual prints. I recently had a problem going from RBG to CMYK, from JPG to TIF.. thought I had controlled it, corrected it, locked it in... still came out looking shitty. So then I was told that for color image editing - CRTs are the way to go as they are much more reliable and easier to calibrate than flat screens. Have you heard the same? Should I hook up a spare CRT to my kit? I imagine price would not be a barrier now as they are somewhat out-of-fashion, but space is always a consideration and I don't like having more gear than is necessary. But I digress. Are CRTs the thing to have for color image editing (and I'm talking for going to commercial print, CMYK, etc)?
I've not had inordinate amounts of trouble with inkjet prints, but I would like to come off better when getting published.
7:47 PM
Bruce... Whoever told that CRT's are the best for color proofing was right! LCD's are terrible for color and give very little control to change this.
However, if you go with a CRT, you still need to calibrate it for accuracy. I recommend using something like Greta Macbeths Eye-One Display 2 (http://www.gretagmacbeth.com/index/products/products_color-mgmt-spec/products_cm-for-creatives/products_eye-one-display.htm)
You can calibrate LCD's and CRT's with it and if you go professional you cna use it calibrate your screen to your printer.
Hope this helps....
Spence
5:09 PM
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