I'm still grappling with the problem of calibrating in such a way that there is some kind of 'standard' for 'talking to others' and us all seeing the same image. This continues to baffle me.
I bought a new monitor and calibrated it WP 6500, gamma 2.2, and a Luminance of 110 cd/m2 (which seems to be close for wyswyg prinnting on my epson 3880 using paper profiles. Although I may tweak the luminance down a bit.
Here's the problem. I just did a series of 22 portraits and after photoshopping them to look as I wanted, on my new monitor (they're in black & white), I shipped them off to the graphic designer who is designing a composite and having the piece printed. He said they were a bit dark (light areas) and that he needed to tweak them a little in Levels.
Obviously i don't know how he has calibrated his monitor, I think he is on a MacBook Pro, but surely there must be a way to 'standardize'.
Wyswyg from my monitor to my printer is important but not nearly as crucial as me being able to send out files to others across the universe and needing some kind of method to know that they are going to get and see what I intend them to see.
Is there no way to do this....what am I missing ?