Warm Cards

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marlenedegrood

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I can't believe that anyone would really pay $65. for this http://www.warmcards.com/

In my camera bag I carry a white card and several cards, I made in photoshop, in varying shades of blue, tan, yellow, orange etc. Works great for my needs, plus I have a much larger variety and it only cost me about $3. in paper and ink.

Marlene
 
I've made some myself in Photoshop and printed on card stock @ Kinko's. Cost a buck each and work quit well.

Setting I used:

Half Warm: R 227 G 236 B 245

Warm 1: R 201 G 221 B 236

Warm 2: R 181 G 196 B 218
 
dakotapod said:
I've made some myself in Photoshop and printed on card stock @ Kinko's. Cost a buck each and work quit well.

Setting I used:

Half Warm: R 227 G 236 B 245

Warm 1: R 201 G 221 B 236

Warm 2: R 181 G 196 B 218
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Hey thanks for posting your settings. When I made mine I stupidly did not write mine down and when (not if) I lose my cards.....I won't be able to get an exact duplicate.....of course it would never really be exact as printing ink or chemicals can cause slight changes.

Marlene
 
dakotapod said:
I've made some myself in Photoshop and printed on card stock @ Kinko's. Cost a buck each and work quit well.

Setting I used:

Half Warm: R 227 G 236 B 245

Warm 1: R 201 G 221 B 236

Warm 2: R 181 G 196 B 218
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Thanks for posting that! I'm going to make some today & bring them into work.

David Kuznicki
Production Manager, WGTE-TV30
 
dakotapod said:
I've made some myself in Photoshop and printed on card stock @ Kinko's. Cost a buck each and work quit well.

Setting I used:

Half Warm: R 227 G 236 B 245

Warm 1: R 201 G 221 B 236

Warm 2: R 181 G 196 B 218
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By any chance do you have the figures to print them in CMYK?
 
Virum said:
Doesn't photoshop have a convert option?
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It sure does: ;)

Half Warm: R 227 G 236 B 245
C: 13% M: 4% Y: 3% K: 0%

Warm 1: R 201 G 221 B 236
C: 25% M: 6% Y: 5% K: 0%

Warm 2: R 181 G 196 B 218
C: 34% M: 16% Y: 6% K: 1%
 
It does have a convert option, but I find that the colors don't always match up exactly when you do it that way.

I will give these a go though, and see how they work. thanks!
 
Going from RGB to CMYK is not a very reliable option...usually turns out a little darker, and tonal ranges change.
 
mjmcneese2 said:
Going from RGB to CMYK is not a very reliable option...usually turns out a little darker, and tonal ranges change.
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I don't know much about printing, so I have to ask, why would you want to change?
 
Because, RGB is the light color spectrum used by computer monitors and televisions and such. This is different from the actual pigment color spectrum used when printing. RGB is what you want to use for things that stay entirely digital, but if you are wanting increased color accuracy on printed materials, CMYK is the way to go.

Most professional and large format printers require CMYK color definitions for accurate color reproduction.
 
At Kinkos, probably not that accurate. I was actually wanting to print them myself directly onto a stiff cardboard using my 7 color large format epson printer.

But in the end, for what I will be using them for, it is not like they have to be a perfect match, just as long as they are in the general ballpark of blue. The only reason I originally asked about CMYK instead of RGB was out of habit. I do a lot of print design work, and color accuracy is a big pet peeve of mine.
 
RGB will print out very accurately on most any inkjet printer. CMYK is best for color laser printers, and process printers (like the nice ones at Kinko's).
 
Here are the settings that I used when I made mine. I found this information somewhere on the Internet, but I can't remember where. They work great:

Warm 1: C/15 M/2 K/5

Warm 2: C/20 M10 K10

1/2 Warm: C/7 M/1 K/2

Minus Green: C/10 Y/10 K/2

1/2 Minus Green: C/5 Y/5 K/1
 
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