Monitor colour temperature
In the colour management guide with C1, it states on page 10:
\"... Target Gamma 1.8 and Target white point D 65 (6500 Kelvin)\".
Why would you ever want to do this? Most commercial photography will be printed CMYK and CMYK imaging basically requires D5000.
Surely to retouch an image you need to start with a D5000 environment. I'm using a Gretag Eye1 to linearise at D5000.
When would you want the 'blue tint world of D65?
Andy
\"... Target Gamma 1.8 and Target white point D 65 (6500 Kelvin)\".
Why would you ever want to do this? Most commercial photography will be printed CMYK and CMYK imaging basically requires D5000.
Surely to retouch an image you need to start with a D5000 environment. I'm using a Gretag Eye1 to linearise at D5000.
When would you want the 'blue tint world of D65?
Andy
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5000K has been the press standard for a long time. Instead of 6500K looking blue, some say 5000K is yellow, which is fine, as it emulates the laminated proofing stock better.
The Color Gurus like Bruce Fraser have been backpeddaling on the 5000K recommendation because CMYK press work is not all we do anymore. Inkjet and Lightje toutput has incredible gamut and saturation potential. A monitor running at 6500K has the ability to deliver greater purity and intensity than one running at 5000K.
5000K is fine for US Prepress, the European standard is 6500K incidentally. For more clarification, read \"Real World Color Management\" by Bruce Fraser, et al.0
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