<campn4fun.TakeThisOut@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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>I purchased the Canon Pixma MP500 2 months ago. Photos I print of
> people, the skin tones are unnaturally intense, I would say a reddish
> color. I have used the "Enhance" setting on my photo editing program
> (Photostudio 5.5) to set to less intense color which improves the skin
> but then clothes and other objects are washed out. My interior pics
> often have a strong gold/orange hue overall , eventhough I am not using
> a flash and pics are perfect on the computer. I am shooting the
> pictures with a Canon PowerShot S2IS. The photos look perfect on the
> computer, but the prints are a grave disappointment. Any suggestions I
> could make to the printer preferences to get better photos? betty
>
Hi.
The pictures look fine on the screen, but awful when printed.
Your problem would seem to be a lack of Colour Management. This is a
system used by photographers to standardise colours, so that what shows on
any Colour Managed system, will look the same and Print the same on any
other Colour Managed System. You will get what you see.
You need to get your Monitor Calibrated, so that you know it is showing the
correct colours to match the numerical data produced by the camera.
You also need to apply a correction process, while printing, to ensure that
your Printer and Paper combination will give you the correct colours for the
numerical data which is the picture in the computer.
Not all Photo Programs are capable of implementing C.M., and Photostudio is
one of those.
Photoshop Elements can do it. It is not easy learning how it all works, but
it is not rocket science either.
There are lots of books and articles on the web which can explain it all.
Roy G
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