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Aperture 3.5/Costco/Dry Creek Printer Profiles

Does Aperture 3.5 support Dry Creek Printer Profiles?

Here is the reason I ask. I've taken several real nice night shots of the Chicago skyline. This morning I uploaded them to Costco for 11x14 printing. The prints came out dark and dull compared to the images on my monitor. When I complained to the Costco employee she asked me if I edited my protos. I told her "yes". She said that "professionals" that edit their photos use Dry Creek Printer Profiles. (I assumed she thought I used Photoshop cs6).

Does Aperture 3.5 support these printer profiles?

If Aperture 3.5 does not support these printer profiles my only recourse would be to try another print service.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), Aperture 3.5

Posted on Apr 8, 2014 6:11 PM

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Bob Worthingham

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Posted on Apr 9, 2014 9:08 PM

Yes, the profiles are supported. You can download the profile for your local Costco here:

http://www.drycreekphoto.com/icc/

Please also keep in mind that the image on a back-lit monitor will look brighter than it will when printed. The monitor can produce details in the dark end that are not easily reproduced on paper. You may need to brighten your images significantly for printing. Check out the histogram of your photo to see where the main part of the information is in terms of brightness. You can also do a cheap small test print to test overall brightness before ordering a larger print.

Have fun enjoying your enlargements!

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Apr 29, 2014 9:30 PM in response to Bob Worthingham

Thanks for your help Bob.

Apr 29, 2014 11:35 PM in response to leonardo6911

I'm glad we sorted it out. Have fun with your photos!

Apr 30, 2014 6:45 AM in response to leonardo6911

Which color space is correct?

Apr 30, 2014 9:21 AM in response to Maddogjohn

Both are correct. They are just for different purposes. To view your images correctly, you need to have the same colour space enabled in the source and destination. sRGB is most commonly used. Adobe RGB has a wider gamut and is intended for professional printing for magazines and advertizing. On an sRGB or RGB monitor, the image may look dull and slightly fogged since the monitor can't reproduce the colour and tonal range captured.

This only really matters if you shoot jpeg, as the colour space gets cooked into the image when it is saved in the camera. If you shoot RAW, the colour space is not set in stone and is only applied in post processing to whatever you decide.

The bottom line is: You can use whatever colour space you want, as long as you are consistent through to the the fibnal viewing or printing device.

Aperture 3.5/Costco/Dry Creek Printer Profiles