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07/07/2006 05:34:04 PM · #1 |
I've just discovered that my monitor is not showing me the same thing that a lot of you are all seeing.
One of my current submissions got a comment about a lot of dust and I thought "you're having me on". I zoomed right in however and there it was. I also looked at the image on a PC at work and saw a lot of things I didnt see at home.
Does this mean I need to buy a new monitor? I've tried fiddling with the settings I can on the monitor. |
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07/07/2006 05:36:30 PM · #2 |
One thing to do before running out to buy a new monitor is this...
Bring up an image from one of the challenges currently in the voting process.
At the bottom of that screen is a contrast/calibration bar. You should be able to see all the individual squares from white to black. |
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07/07/2006 06:18:47 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
Bring up an image from one of the challenges currently in the voting process.
At the bottom of that screen is a contrast/calibration bar. You should be able to see all the individual squares from white to black. |
I can see the squares but the ones from above the word "DPCPrints" to the end are all black - there does not appear to be a difference in them. I guess there should? |
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07/07/2006 06:20:57 PM · #4 |
There should be a difference in the boxes. You can keep that bar up while you adjust your monitor.
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07/07/2006 06:29:00 PM · #5 |
| Since you can see the boxes, but many are undifferentiated black, I suggest calibrating your monitor. Adobe Gamma will help. I use and quite like a Pantone hardware/software calibration system called Huey. About USD89. |
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07/07/2006 06:42:47 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Dr.Confuser:
Since you can see the boxes, but many are undifferentiated black, I suggest calibrating your monitor. Adobe Gamma will help. |
Thanks. There are only a couple now that are the same black at the end and I can see a lot more in my photos that I wasn't seeing before. |
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07/07/2006 06:51:15 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Nuzzer:
I've just discovered that my monitor is not showing me the same thing that a lot of you are all seeing.
Does this mean I need to buy a new monitor? I've tried fiddling with the settings I can on the monitor. |
No... it means you need to calibrate your home monitor better. You need to be able to distinguish the black shades at the top better.
There are several ways to accomplish that. The best way is with purchased hardware, but if you have a lousy monitor to start with that will not even help. Then you need a new monitor.
Another way is to use built-in calibration which I will not review here. It can help but is not as good. You've tried and that does not seem to help much.
A last option is to review submissions on your work PC and make adjustments to account for the differences.
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07/07/2006 06:56:10 PM · #8 |
| How do you calibrate the Imac? My photos look nice and bright at home, but it seems they look very dark to everyone else. |
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07/07/2006 07:18:25 PM · #9 |
I had been using a Spyder to calibrate my eMac's monitor, but I find it easier and more useful for printing and posting online to use the sRGB color profile. If you want to do this, just select Displays in your System Preferences, then under Color choose the one that starts with sRGB.
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07/07/2006 07:51:31 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
One thing to do before running out to buy a new monitor is this...
Bring up an image from one of the challenges currently in the voting process.
At the bottom of that screen is a contrast/calibration bar. You should be able to see all the individual squares from white to black. |
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07/07/2006 07:57:22 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
One thing to do before running out to buy a new monitor is this...
Bring up an image from one of the challenges currently in the voting process.
At the bottom of that screen is a contrast/calibration bar. You should be able to see all the individual squares from white to black. |
Guess that means I need a new monitor too :(
My monitor's brightness and contrast are maxed, and my screen is still dark. I can up the gamma, but that just washes out everything. Damn, more money I don't have :( |
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07/07/2006 08:04:22 PM · #12 |
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07/07/2006 10:06:56 PM · #13 |
| My monitor is also calibrated to the max, but I still cannot make out any of the last three boxes. They are all the same color, black. Not getting a monitor, but if someone can suggest a way to compensate for that problem I would appreciate it. |
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07/07/2006 10:33:21 PM · #14 |
| Going to just throw this in here (being an IT person and all) .. I have an awesome monitor at work but all the pictures look really crappy on it!! Why??? I have a lousy video card!!!! Be sure to get a great video card so your monitor and calibrations work properly to view photos!! :) |
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