Setting Up Account with White House, Part Deux

Once I sent the test photos to White House, I received an email that my photos had no color profile embedded in them. The color profile is useful in assuring that my monitor, camera, and prints are all equal in value and color shifting is kept to a minimum.

I assumed the sRGB color profile was embedded because Gimp is set up that way as a default. After a lot of emailing with White House and working inside Gimp, I discovered that my computer had no ".icc" files, no color profile file anywhere. So I had to download one.

I went to the Adobe web site and downloaded the Adobe 1998 RGB color profile and placed it in a file directory I named "Color Profiles" along side the other Gimp program files. This file location should not be moved once it is set up, so I wanted to place it in a permanent location. I then opened Gimp and set the color profile in  "Preferences" to the Abobe 1998 RGB profile.

Next, I opened a test image in Gimp. I went to Image:Mode:Convert to Color Profile and coverted to the Adobe 1998 RGB profile. This fixed the problem. After converting all the test images this way I submitted the images to White House.

I now have an account set up with White House and my camera, monitor and their printing services should all be synchronized to reflect the best color values I see as I edit images.

How to Add ICC Profiles in Gimp

The Adobe 1998 ICC Color Profile at Adobe's web site