ROES Monitor Calibration

Our staff are more then happy to assist with any Monitor Calibration or Colour Management questions you might have.

If you are unsure about your colour, and haven't used our services before, we strongly recommend submitting test files first before commissioning a large print order for best results, our staff are more than happy to assist you in this area if you require support in regards to this.

For more information please email us below or call 61 7 38449621.

Colour Management Information

If you have a calibrated monitor, we strongly advise submitting your images assigned with default RGB Profiles, either sRGB or Adobe1998 for best results.

Our technicians will convert from your assigned input profile using industry best practices to our specified output printer and paper profiles based on your product selection.

Monitor Starting Points

1. Set your monitor white point to 6500 Kelvin or (D65). (Read your monitor manual for more information on changing the white point settings.)

Check the patches marked 0 and 10 in the grey scale; do they appear to be the same? If you cannot see a visible difference, your monitor is too dark. Check the patches marked 95 and 100, if there is no difference then your monitor is too light. If the patches have a colour cast, you can correct problem by calibrating your monitors' gamma for each colour channel individually.

grayscale

2. Stand 3 meters away from your monitor and check the image below. If the centre patch is darker or lighter than the background then your gamma will need calibration.

Gamma Patch

Access the Adobe Gamma in Control Panel for PC's or for Mac OS X System Preferences panel open the Displays and choose 'Wizard'. Follow the step by step calibration process. Save your new monitor profile.

3. Go Photoshop Edit / Colour Settings

  • RGB Working Space; Start with sRGB or Adobe1998 colour working space
  • Color Management Policies; Preserve Embedded Profiles

For best results submit prints assigned with either sRGB or Adobe1998 icc profiles only

Which shot below is correct? Without a calibrated monitor it will make it very difficult to gain an accurate and consistent output result The image in the top right is an example of a correct exposure.

Balanced Images

Monitor Calibration Hardware:

Prolab recommends using the i1 Display 2 Professional Monitor Calibrator to keep your monitor in balance, click on the image below if you require infomation regarding purchasing this product.

i1Display Pro

Features & Benefits

Spyder2Express
  • Compact award-winning colorimeter for emissive color measurements of LCD, CRT and laptop displays
  • Highest sensitivity in dark areas for better control in shadow detail and more neutral gray scale
  • Detachable ambient light head to capture ambient light measurements and protect your device
  • Easily attaches to all models of LCD and CRT monitors with included built-in counterweight and suction cups
  • USB powered
  • Use at multiple workstations without additional licensing fees

Prolab ROES File Specifications

File Sizing Requirements

Finished prints are to be sized at 300 Pixels/Inch. (e.g. 76.2cmx100cm@300Pixels/Inch)

File Colour Space Requirements

Image files are required to be in RGB 8 Bits per Channel

Image files can be assigned with either sRGB or Adobe1998 icc profiles

All files are to be flattened with no extra layers, channels or paths

8Bit Save

8Bit Save

File Format Requirements

Images are to be saved in Jpeg level 12 Format or Maximum Quality compression at Baseline ("Standard")

(Jpeg 12 is a lossless form of compression, saving at this setting will result in no loss of detail.)

TIFF Files are also accepted.

JPEG Save Settings

Jpeg Saving Format

TIFF Save Settings

Jpeg Saving Format

File Naming

File naming should be simple and descriptive with no spaces or special characters like */+\-!@#_<>).