Color Profiles HELP

What is the easiest way to 'color profile' an image, which I want to email to a client and let them see it on their screen, as I see it on mine(they could be on a Mac or PC)?
I have calibrated my display, and set my display, printer, photoshop to sRGB!

While you can save Photoshop color profiles, each display and printer must be calibrated independantly, as each device (Even devices of the same make and model), will behave SLIGHTLY differently.
Even printers that had been calibrated, will sometimes need to be recalibrated after user serviceable parts have been replaced (IE Toner, or imaging drum).
Color calibration between devices is very complex, and could be a support industry all to itself.

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    3.  Find someone who can do a hardware/software calibration, either a friend, or someone who will do it for a fee.  This will get it right once (if they know what they are doing), but will not account for drift over the long term.
    4.  Search online and see if you can find some visual calibration target and do it by eyeball.  This is usually not easy to do, and probably won't be satisfactory, but you can give it a try.
    5.  Buy a calibration package and do it yourself.  You should probably calibrate an LCD monitor at least monthly (I do mine weekly).  This is the best way to go, at least if you are serious about accurate color.  And this doesn't guarantee that your monitor and print will match.  For that, you need to calibrate your printer for each type of paper you use, or rely on generic printer profiles.  Then, you have to make sure you set everything up properly and utilize all your profiles properly.  Sorry, but this is all part of the price you have to pay if you want good color.The fee involves money for the proper tools, education on how to use them, and experience in applying them properly.

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    http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/monitor_calibration.htm
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    you may have already explored this:
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    somewhat new to digital photography and send most of my stuff to local lab (Costco) when needing to print. I have a mac, with Leopard, and use Lightroom to export to jpgs and upload to the lab site.
    Simple enough, but I noticed their site had the icc's available to download. My intent is for lightroom to rendor and export the photos the way their lab will print them.
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    See http://lagemaat.blogspot.com/2007/12/mildly-lightroom-workflow-for-printing.html
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    Doing this will already improve it quite a bit, but there is no substitute for hardware calibration.

  • Help calibrating color profile for two monitors??

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