juliep
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Thanks Callum, I looked at my ICC profiles per your link. There was one in there saved from a previous monitor calibration. I added in the current calibration plus the sRGB one with the latter as default. I have now opened the image in AP and it looks the same. Here is a screenshot of it. I have included a copy of the AP file as well. I also just exported a jpeg & it looks the same as the others. I'm not sure if a grey background in AP vs a white one in windows makes a difference? It's the contrast between the black t-shirt and the khaki background that seems to be lost if that makes sense? Thanks. Kind regards, Julie.IMG_0901.AP.afphoto
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When exporting an image as a JPG (have tried TIFF, PNG too), the image I see on Windows Explorer (Windows 10 64 bit) has lost brightness and contrast. I've included a screen shot of my AP version vs a jpg produced. I've played with various settings but haven't had a lot of luck. I have also just recalibrated my monitor (Benq GW2765). Actually the screen shot below isn't as contrasty as what I see on my AP screen. Any ideas as to what I can do? I've changed the ICC profile to my calibrated one (no difference), likewise the resampling. Thanks. Julie :-)
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Thanks so much. Someone has just told me that so guess it's a no-no. Thanks for your reply. Regards, Julie.
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Is OrionX compatible? I can't seem to see it mentioned anywhere in relations to AP? Thanks, Julie.
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P.S........ In the end the plugins were where they should be. To backup the macros, I actually exported them all from the library panel in AP. I did the same thing with brushes. thanks 🙂
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Thanks so much Walt. My backup strategy is quite poor. I need to improve it! Kind regards, Julie 🙂
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Hello, I have googled and searched through this forum but haven't been able to find the exact answer to my question. From a point of view of backing up my Windows laptop, if something were to happen, I could reinstall AP, BUT, I would then need to reinstall the plugins I've added in plus the macros I've created. I believe that these would be all I'd really need to back up, although if there's a way to backup the pgm, including my customisation, then that could work too. I guess I'm looking for files that I should backup & their locations. Thanks 🙂 Julie.
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Thanks Lagarto. I created another version with the midtones raised a bit - pulled the middle of the curve up in a curve adjustment. I sent that version to the printers as well. (They're in Australia so won't see the emails for a few more hours) so hopefully they can tell me what works & can then use a macro to make those adjustments & maybe tweak here & there. I'm sure my photos are much better than when I last made a photobook! New camera, AP, calibrated monitor.......now to get to work!!!! Thanks again - you've been great!
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Thanks everyone for your help. I sent the print company some images - looking right on the screen, after soft proofing & after some brightening etc. They liked the brightened one best but suggested some contrast being added. I then sent them some more with various %s of brightness / shadows & contrast so once I know what works for them, I can then set up a macro & see how the first book goes. They said that as a rule of thumb, increasing brightness by 10% seems to work. thanks again for your help! Julie 🙂
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as a P.S.......to get the image looking as I want with soft proofing, I am upping the contrast.........
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As I am brightening them up, I'd adding a soft proof layer & weirdly, when I untick the soft proof layer, the images are actually lighter. I'd have expected the opposite? (ie they print darker than expected to ticking the soft proof layer should show the image on the screen as it will print). Do I make any sense? Is it still ok to export them using the calibrated profile or should I change that to sRGB? (I think they're pretty close to being the same anyway?)
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Thanks again Lagarto. I did have a go at that yesterday but had used the gamut check & couldn't seem to fix it so great advice. I'll look at it again! Thanks so very much! 🙂
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The photobooks are 12" square & bound: https://www.photobookshop.co.uk/custom/photobooks/photobooks?rpid=16 I realise that CMYK isn't going to be as good as sRGB but that's what they do & the prices are very good. Am only ordering one as it's a photobook from a holiday so not that important. I'll see how this one goes & then amend the next one accordingly. I've created a macro to increase brightness & lift shadows so am applying that (with some individual tweaking) to the photos I'm going to use. I'm exporting them using the ICC profile I created to suit the lighting here.....so close to sRGB (per the screenshot above) What do you mean by 'adjusting everything in CMYK' Does that relate to exporting or via a filter? Thanks Julie.
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Brilliant! Thanks so much for clarifying this! I have compared photos in AP to how they print them & yes a bit darker, more shadows & more saturated so using that as a baseline, I will adjust all the photos to make them less of those things & keep them exported using the profile I created most recently! Time to get to work!!!!!!! 🙂 Thanks, Julie 🙂
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P.S.......what use is this FROGRA39 profile? Should I export the images using that???? Thanks, Julie 🙂
