digital darkroom room color

The point is that ambient light affects your perception of print color more
than monitor color: the reflectivity of a print is far less than the
apparent brightness of a monitor.
Let a print dry and look at under different light sources, primarily
tungsten, daylight and the usual mixture of the two, before you decide on
whether the color balance is "correct" or not.

The point is that ambient light affects your perception of print color more
than monitor color: the reflectivity of a print is far less than the
apparent brightness of a monitor.
Let a print dry and look at under different light sources, primarily
tungsten, daylight and the usual mixture of the two, before you decide on
whether the color balance is "correct" or not.

werdan wrote:
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What would you recommend to use as a digital safelight?

A low intensity light that does not shine directly on to the screen. Some
people like desk lights to illuminate paperwork.

David

birdman wrote:

The point is that ambient light affects your perception of print color more
than monitor color: the reflectivity of a print is far less than the
apparent brightness of a monitor.
Let a print dry and look at under different light sources, primarily
tungsten, daylight and the usual mixture of the two, before you decide on
whether the color balance is "correct" or not.


At least we don't have to paint the room black, like we did in the film
days :-)

"Don Stauffer" wrote in message
news:1113150474.283880a1cf860bb09fd4da6edc3d7acf@t eranews...

At least we don't have to paint the room black, like we did in the film
days :-)

I never painted mine in dark shades. It was always white, and the safelight
was set to appropriate brightness, which made things a lot easier to see and
find in the lab.

See it he
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/commun...iew=thumbs&ck=

"Don Stauffer" wrote in message
news:1113150474.283880a1cf860bb09fd4da6edc3d7acf@t eranews...

At least we don't have to paint the room black, like we did in the film
days :-)

I never painted mine in dark shades. It was always white, and the safelight
was set to appropriate brightness, which made things a lot easier to see and
find in the lab.

See it he
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/commun...iew=thumbs&ck=

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 01:29:47 GMT, "werdan"
wrote:


"Jim" wrote in message
...

"Paul Bauer" wrote in message
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hello,
i am setting a room dedicated as a digital darkroom.
are there any colors that are recommended to paint the room? i seem to
recall the newpaper that i used to work at, repainted their room a
special
shade of gray, in the area they did their desktop publishing.

is it anything i should even worry about?
I suppose you could paint it gray or black. Mine is not, and I have no
plans to change.
The artists seem to want the room as dark as possible.
Jim


What would you recommend to use as a digital safelight?

I painted by computer room black, so a co-ordinated safelight should
also be black.
Yes, I think a blacklight is the right answer!. :-)

--
Bill Funk
Change "g" to "a"

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 01:29:47 GMT, "werdan"
wrote:


"Jim" wrote in message
...

"Paul Bauer" wrote in message
newsgroups.com...
hello,
i am setting a room dedicated as a digital darkroom.
are there any colors that are recommended to paint the room? i seem to
recall the newpaper that i used to work at, repainted their room a
special
shade of gray, in the area they did their desktop publishing.

is it anything i should even worry about?
I suppose you could paint it gray or black. Mine is not, and I have no
plans to change.
The artists seem to want the room as dark as possible.
Jim


What would you recommend to use as a digital safelight?

I painted by computer room black, so a co-ordinated safelight should
also be black.
Yes, I think a blacklight is the right answer!. :-)

--
Bill Funk
Change "g" to "a"

"Big Bill" wrote in message
...

What would you recommend to use as a digital safelight?

I painted by computer room black, so a co-ordinated safelight should
also be black.
Yes, I think a blacklight is the right answer!. :-)


lol. Thanks Big Bill. I'm glad someone got the joke :-)

"Big Bill" wrote in message
...

What would you recommend to use as a digital safelight?

I painted by computer room black, so a co-ordinated safelight should
also be black.
Yes, I think a blacklight is the right answer!. :-)


lol. Thanks Big Bill. I'm glad someone got the joke :-)