EIZO's Guide to a Further Enjoyment of Digital Photography

Color Matching – Beginning with the Basics

EIZO's Guide to a further enjoyment I’m convinced. of digital I see. photography

© 2012 Eizo Nanao Corporation All product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. ColorEdge and EIZO are registered trademarks of Eizo Nanao Corporation. Adobe product screenshots reprinted with permission from 153 Shimokashiwano, Hakusan, Ishikawa 924-8566 Japan Adobe Systems Incorporated. Phone +81-76-277-6792 Fax: +81-76-277-6793 Specifications are subject to change without notice. www.eizo.com It's actually important. As the use of digital cameras spreads, there are many more ways to enjoy digital photos! Which monitor you use to display digital photos Uses for digital photos Enjoy printing

Print them out at home and make a photo book Requirements for monitors Adjusting the monitor

Post them on a photo sharing site or on your blog View them in a digital photo frame or on a TV

But if you don’t use a monitor suited for displaying digital photos… To enjoy digital photography more ... Retouch software settings and environment preparation

It's important to use a monitor that is suited for displaying digital photographs.

Achieve the colors you want in photos

Finely retouch photos in the correct colors

Make the colors displayed on the monitor The colors of photos you took so much You’re unable to print photos in the colors match those in the printed photo

Additional information on monitors trouble to retouch will not be viewed you want, and have to try again and again, by others as you intended. thereby wasting time.

2 3 4 Retouch software settings Additional information on monitors Adjusting the monitor Requirements for monitors Enjoy printing Uses for digital photos and environment preparation For colormatchingbetweenon-screenandprintedphotos your enjoymentofdigitalphotography EIZO’s recommendationsforenhancing 24.1" 23" Color gamut:CoversmostofAdobe Easy displayadjustment:Excellent Uniformity: Excellent Smooth gradation:Excellent Color gamut:EquivalenttosRGB Easy displayadjustment: Excellent Uniformity: Excellent Smooth gradation:Excellent When printingdigitalphotosathome… ® RGB Photo colormatchingsoftware http://www.eizo.com/global/products/coloredge/cne/index.html NOTE: TheColorNavigatorElementssoftware canbe supporting colormatchingevenforbeginners. Allows comfortableintuitiveoperation, For useonlywiththeColorEdgeCSandCXseries downloaded fromtheEIZOwebsiteatnocharge.

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s If youcanprintphotosthatmatchtheimagesee, digital photographywillbeenjoyable! printed images. costs, savesthetimeandlabor thatrepeatedretouchingtakes,andleadstohigher quality Color matchingbetweenon-screen photosandinkjetprintoutsreduceswastefulreprinting Photo displayedonscreen Photo printedoutonaninkjetprinter more 5 6 Retouch software settings Additional information on monitors Adjusting the monitor Requirements for monitors Enjoy printing Uses for digital photos and environment preparation 2 1 omissions. infusions or color images, includinglowgradationareas,withno clearly displayinggradationsinmonochromatic necessary touseamonitorthatiscapableof To correctlydisplayphotographicdata,itis photographic data. to correctlydisplayimportantelementsof color infusionoromissionissuesisunable shading andasenseofdepth.Amonitorwith Gradation isusedinphotodatatoexpresscolor Displays smoothgradations method –AdobeRGBorsRGB. depending onyourcolormanagement It isnecessarytoselectamonitor correct colorgamut Able todisplaythe is meantforgeneraluse. rower, colormanagementiseasierbecauseit reproducible colorspaceforsRGBisnar- correctly. Ontheotherhand,while Adobe RGB,theimageswillnotbedisplayed a monitorwithcolorgamutnotsuitedto brilliant yellowflowers,butifyouareusing you canshootemerald-greenoceansand Adobe the sRGBcolorspaceorevenbroader with whichyoucanchoosetoshootusing shoot usingthesRGBcolorspace;andthose terms ofcolorspace:thosewithwhichyou There aretwotypesofdigitalcamerasin correct digitalphotoimages? What doesamonitorneedtodisplay ® RGBcolorspace.WithAdobeRGB, A photowiththedatacorrectly printed 0.6 0.8 y 0 0.2 0.4 Compact digitalcameras Mostly usethesRGB 0.2 color gamut A monitorthat cannotdisplay 0.4 Adobe sRGB the datacorrectly 0.6 ® RGB X equivalent tosRGB color gamut A monitorwitha Capable ofphotographingineitherthe Mirrorless interchangeablelenscameras sRGB orAdobeRGBcolorgamut sRGB data Digital SLRcameras Correct display Adobe RGB gamut suitablefor A monitorwithacolor grayscale tones observed inthe Color infusionis Grayscale banding Adobe RGBdata

4 3 Easy-to-adjust display or coloronscreen No unevennessinbrightness timesaving itemstomakeregular readjustments. maintain thecorrectcolordisplay ifyouselect photos. Inaddition,youwill finditeasierto depending onthewayyou like toenjoydigital adjust colordisplaycorrectlyinashortertime to themonitoryouareusing,inordereasily The idealistousesoftwareandsensorsdedicated suitable fordigitalphotodisplays. perform them,thesemonitorsarenotthemost performed, andittakestimeexpertiseto there arelimitstotheadjustmentsthatcanbe produced byothercompanies.However,because buttons onthefrontofmonitororsoftware mum effort.Mostmonitorsareadjustedusing adjusted forbrightnessandcolortonewithmini- One requirementisadisplaythatcanbefinely them. ness, etc.duetocontinueduse,andadjustsfor account changesinthemonitor'sdisplayedbright- with amonitorcircuitrythattakesinto correct uniformityerrors.Youareevenbetteroff monitor isonethathasbeenadjustedinadvanceto For displayingdigitalphotos,themostsuitable tions, leadingtononuniformity. may havedarkpatchesorcolorinfusioninsec- color displayhaschangedafterlongperiodsofuse with pooraccuracytostartormonitorswhose retouching takesplaceonafullscreen.Monitors because theydonotallfitinwindowdisplays,most There aremanyrecordedpixelsinphotodata,and Unable toretouchwiththecorrectcolors A monitorwithnonuniformity Somewhat yellowish The rightsideofthe screen isdark 7 Adjust the monitor screen to match the pri nted photos! Easy color matching using ColorNavigat or Elements Uses for digital photos OS: Windows 7 Retouching software: Adobe® Photoshop Elements 11

EIZO offers free photo color matching software dedicated to the ColorEdge CX and CS series LCD 4 monitors, which we recommend for digital photographers. Adjust the screen to match the printed photo Easy to use with only 4 steps! Let’s take a look at the adjustment procedure. The imported photo is displayed in ColorNavigator Elements. Now, adjust the monitor screen to match the printed photo while viewing it. Enjoy printing 1 Basic monitor settings Double-click on the icon to start ColorNavi- gator Elements.

Before starting Upstream Connect the monitor to the PC using a USB cable before In the Monitor Selection dialog box, launching the software. Downstream check that the name of the monitor you are going to adjust is selected, When the ColorNavigator and click on the OK button. Elements menu is displayed, read the Requirements for monitors explanation to be sure of By simply following the instructions the procedure, and click on the screen and clicking on the OK on the Start button. and Next buttons, the monitor will be automatically adjusted to the suitable When the menu appears, click settings for displaying photos. on “1. Set up”.

2 Print the reference photo For the retouching software settings, refer to pages 9 and 10.

Adjusting the monitor for color matching The next step is printing a reference photo to be used for color matching. You can Match the Luminance. use the matching sample Move the slider right or left. recommended by EIZO or your favorite photo from your Match the color. stock. Here, we will use Select the thumbnail that is closest to the printed photo from the EIZO’s matching sample, so Right-click on the displayed photo click on “Print a picture 25 samples. The clicked thumbnail is enlarged and displayed to the data, click on “Open With…”, and When the image is displayed supplied by EIZO”. left. The amount of adjustment can be changed using the slider on select the name of the retouching in Photoshop Elements, click the side. Follow the instructions software that you will use. Here, on “File”, then on “Print” to and click OK. select “Photoshop Elements”. print the image. When color matching is finished, click on the “Complete adjustment” button at the top left. Retouch software settings and environment preparation 3 Capture the displayed photo After step , perform as needed… The adjustment result is When printing is finished, return stored in the built-in to ColorNavigator Elements, Under the “Feature Click OK. correction sensor – it just colors” tab, you can while keeping the photo displayed takes a few seconds separately adjust skin in Photoshop Elements as is. after clicking on OK. tone and sky tone, which are particularly If Photoshop Elements is difficult to match displayed full screen, click Click on Exit to finish the visually. on the ColorNavigator monitor adjustment. After Elements symbol on the this adjustment, the built-in task bar (Windows) or the correction sensor dock (Mac OS) to return. automatically corrects the adjustment at intervals of Click on the Capture button at Drag the corners of the displayed 200 hours to maintain the frame to enlarge it so that it exactly the top of the window. display setting. covers the area of the image Excessive adjustment, which can influence other colors, should be avoided. Additional information on monitors displayed in Photoshop Elements. After doing this, click on Capture.

8 9 10 Retouch software settings Additional information on monitors Adjusting the monitor Requirements for monitors Enjoy printing Uses for digital photos and environment preparation recommended settingsforcolormatchingusingthreetypicalsoftwarepackages. settings fortheretouchsoftwarethatisusedtodisplayphotos.Thefollowinganintroduction In ordertomatchmonitorcolorswithprintedones,itisalsoimportantappropriatelyselectthecolor Retouch softwaresettings For Windows “ Click on“ Canon DigitalPhotoProfessional Color Settings Adobe Canon DigitalPhotoProfessionalrequiresmanualsetup. Click “ “ settings method. In“ your colormanagement “ space settings ofWorkcolor management and thenthe“ menu, select“ From the“ Use theOSsettings Adobe® RGB Edit “ Click on“ Color Settings OK ” select“ Adobe ” ”, “ ”. ”. Tool For display Color matching The defaultsettingsareusedhere. The defaultsettingsareusedhere. Color Edit ” tab.In“ Preferences ® sRGB ” pull-down ”, dependingon PhotoshopElements11 ” ”. ” or ”. Default ” select ® ”, PhotoshopCS6 * Theprofilenameofthe adjustmenttargetcreatedusingColorNavigator Elementswillbe “Monitor name(SerialNo.)_CNElements.icc”. (E.g.CS230(10000001)_CNElements.icc) For MacOS profile “ created adjustmenttarget. Click“ button andsettheprofile*of Under “ your colormanagementmethod. “ color space In “ “ select “Preferences”,andthenthe Professional From the“ For display Adobe® RGB Color management Default settingsofWork ”. Clickonthe“ CMS settingsforprint 3 “ pull-down menu,select From theSettings Europe GeneralPurpose ” andclick“ Digital Photo ”, select“ and click“ Computer Screens Optimize Colorsfor Select “ ”, select“ ” pull-downmenu, ”, dependingon Always Browse... Monitor OK ” tab. sRGB OK ”. ”. ” or ” and ” OK ”, ”. Environment preparation are alwaysevaluatedunderthesameconditions. check thecolor,itisnecessarytoadjustlightingconditionsandcontrolenvironmentallightsothatimages lighting conditionsintheevening,theymaylookdifferentunderoutsidelightduringdaytime.Tocorrectly Even ifcolormatchinghasbeensuccessfullyperformedbetweenon-screenandprintedphotosunderindoor your digitalphotographyexperience EIZO’s recommendationsforenhancing the effectsof outside light Minimize Monitor hood EIZO accessory from thescreen. outside lightandreflections hood effectivelyblocks EIZO’s originalmonitor high colorrenderingindex Fluorescent desklampwith that cannotbechanged. for viewingprintsinaroomwithlightfixtures This allowsyoutoeasilyadjusttheenvironment For CS230 For CX240

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EIZO's Guide to a further enjoyment I’m convinced. of digital I see. photography