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06/17/2006 09:10:49 AM · #1 |
Hey yall, Im stuck with yet a new puzzling factor in the game of photo taking/making. My laptop was sent off for repairs for the last 5 weeks and I just got it back. So in the meantime i had been working on my desktop pc. When i view some of the photos i did on my pc, they look completely different. It really makes me wonder how they would come out as prints. Is there any special way to go about calibrating my monitor so I can see what the photos look like, and hopefully, how they would look to most other viewers? If it helps... i am running on a 2004 powerbook g4. Thanks a bunch,
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06/17/2006 09:33:08 AM · #2 |
One rudimentary way to check your monitor is to view an image on DPC as if you were going to vote and scroll to the bottom. There's a band of black and white blocks there. You should be able to see a difference between all of them.
Message edited by author 2006-06-17 09:33:25. |
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06/17/2006 10:15:10 AM · #3 |
PS comes with adobe Gamma. that and the black bars will get you close.
Get sample color chart (test chart) and take a photo of it. PP it and send it your lab to be printed - get it back and hold it next to your screen.
you can always get calibration software...but the above ideas are about 98% close and free (well, the 4x6 print might cost 20 cents)
Canon's tend to run a bit too red, particularly in the skin tones.
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06/17/2006 06:20:31 PM · #4 |
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06/17/2006 08:25:11 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
One rudimentary way to check your monitor is to view an image on DPC as if you were going to vote and scroll to the bottom. There's a band of black and white blocks there. You should be able to see a difference between all of them. |
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