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What gear can and should be profiled?

What gear can and should be profiled? - Photoshop Tutorial

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What gear can and should be profiled?

I've said this many times before and I'll keep saying it. If there's only one device you can take control of, make sure it's your monitor. It's really very simple. Your monitor is where you're making all of your decisions on editing and adjusting images. It's your view finder, it's your entire window to your entire digital color world. If it's not as accurate and as correct as possible, then every adjustment you make will probably be at best slightly off, and at worst, completely wrong. The good news is that modern calibration and profiling is quick and easy. And the gear you need to make it happen is fairly inexpensive. We'll be looking at monitor profiling in detail later on because it is a base upon which all editing decisions are made. Here's a recommended list in order of priority for having the best profiles possible. If you are doing your own printing, then number two, your paper/printer combination is just slightly behind your monitor in terms of importance. We'll explore why…

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