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01/11/2005 05:12:14 PM · #1 |
Well, I finally got my new monitor (woohooo!) ... but now I am really ermbarrassed!
History here was that I knew the monitor was not much good, far too dark, but I could live with it. At Christmas I did a shoot for a friend and when I printed off her favourite shots I could see all these awful editing artifacts (for instance, a line where I have used the burn tool). No matter how hard I tried I could not see this on the screen, making it impossible to correct. So, new monitor really badly overdue. I did not realise how badly overdue until I compared what I was seeing with what I see now!!! This was beyond bad calibration, these (was running a pair of 17") could not be adjusted back to within acceptable levels.
I've gone back and looked at some of my old shots, where I have done some PS touching up. It looks like a kid has been at them with a paintbrush!!!
I am pretty good in PS, but these look hopeless when seen on a proper monitor, as I could not see what I had been doing.
I've been sending out pics to friends that look great on my screen, being all excited .... and they must have been looking at these and shaking their heads at what is some obvious and very shoddy PS editing.
I now have one of the old monitors, for web surfing etc, next to the new one and I can hardly use it, as it is so dull compared to the new one. Not me being fussy, literally that the eyes need to adjust to the different brightness too badly.
Oh well, got a heap of photos I need to go and edit again methinks.
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01/11/2005 05:21:56 PM · #2 |
it would seem that maybe you could possibly give me a little assistance. i have this challenge entry here: 
now it home it looks spiffing - nice bold solid colours, all deep and rich and proper. now, at work, on the screen there, it looks appallingly and badly over editted, all horribly patchy washed out greys and evidence of over use of the burn tool. so how does it look to you - because i'm in a total tiz about which screen is right. thanks in advance, david. |
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01/11/2005 05:26:31 PM · #3 |
I'm in the same boat - only I'm still stuck with the crappy monitor - I particularly remember one shot I had printed - I had burned out a whole section to be completely black on a portrait shot - it looked fantastic on my monitor - then when I got the print back there's a square mark cutting off half the subjects ear!
It was probably worse on the laptop I was forced to use for a while last year - I didn't realise straight away how much brighter the latop image was than the prints, so I got a couple of shots printed only to discover a bunch of details were impossible to discern. |
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01/11/2005 05:55:44 PM · #4 |
Can anyone help .I have recently bought a new samsung 193p tft monitor and what I see on the screen looks great but getting the printer to print the same is impossible. This monitor has no external controls for adjusting the colours etc,this is done by the provided software which is pretty good as it allows pre-sets for different applications.When you run through the software it generates it's own "icm".I use photoshop7 and now am confused as too what setting this requires.Also should the printer use the same "icm" as the printer. Anyone any suggestions.
By the way redmoon your photo on my monitor 50% of the lower building has a blue patch on it. Don't know if anyone else see's this?. |
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01/11/2005 06:04:41 PM · #5 |
Redmoon: I'll have a look at home tonight. Here, on this pretty ordinary work monitor, it looks fine.
Sam: Yup, that is exactly the sort of thing I was talking about :(
Chig: The monitor and printer should each have their own icm files is my understanding. I have a series of very in depth guides to calibration and also matching screen to printer ... but the link is on my home PC, so I'll post it up here tonight (Aussie time).
Message edited by author 2005-01-11 18:05:17.
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01/12/2005 06:53:18 AM · #6 |
I see the same as Chig on that photo.
Here's that link Chig, there are links off it to just monitor OR printer calibration as well.
//www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html
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01/12/2005 07:28:34 AM · #7 |
| to me the castle is very washed out in the center, the edges of the photo are way dark, esp on the left, and the sky in the middle top is awfully bright. |
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01/12/2005 01:35:17 PM · #8 |
| Many thanks for that link Natator that should keep me busy for a while. |
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