alessandro gadaleta

<p>As we know, LR4 "redefines" each develop sliders (range and magnitude) per each picture <em>ad hoc</em>. One may want to copy or sync develop settings between several pictures in order to obtain an identical result, e.g. to stitch them in a panorama. But if develop settings are relative and adaptive, is it still possible to do that? Is there a way to sync absolute settings?</p>

<p>I could work with a 6500 K desk lamp on and everything else off when i'm working on "keepers", but then i would have very different light conditions between editing and print viewing...</p>

<p>Facts:<br>

1. Like most people, i'm going to light my new apartment with standard energy saving lights. Solux lights or similar expensive lights are not an option, if i want my girlfriend not to smash them on my head :-) <br>

2. My living room, where i will be editing photos, has creamy yellow - colored walls. <br>

3. I'm going to have an half-decent monitor, a HP ZR22W.<br>

4. I'm an amateur, i will not be printing often, and through commercial labs. Those few prints will be hanging from my walls. I plan to buy a good inkjet printer, someday in the future...</p>

<p>Question:<br>

what can i do?<br>

1. standard 2700 K lights all over, and hell with it, my pics suck anyway :-)<br>

2. 4000 K lights in the living room to offset the walls, photo editing with only 6500 K lights on the desk and D65 calibration;<br>

3. editing with the standard living room lights and calibration to 3000 K or something similar;<br>

4. any combination of the above.</p>

<p>Of course i know that this is a color management nightmare and that i won't be getting anything near exact colors. I'm just looking for an acceptable compromise right now which can be adapted without too much pain in the distant uncertain day i will buy a printer.<br>

Thank you!</p>

<p>Try to change the batteries, leaving the flash without them for 5 minutes. This worked on my 430 EX.</p>

<p>I don't know about PS, but LR, while internally using a linearly encoded (gamma=1) ProPhoto, "translates" pictures in a standard sRGB gamma curve (gamma= about 2.2 - it's not an exact power law), standard D65 white point. You should just calibrate your monitor in the classic 2.2/6500° way, and i think this applies to PS too.</p>