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05/26/2007 04:53:50 AM · #1 |
Hi everyone....
I just thought of a cheap way to calibrate my monitor, I don't know if it's a good idea or not....so I want to see what you guys think...
My prints didn't come out like what I had on my monitor...so I came back to the lab and told them not to edit anything... after I got the result the lab to me to adjust my monitor to match what I see on my "unedited lab prints". They told me by doing this " I get what I see!" I know the lab calibrates their monitors frequently, so by matching my monitor's colors with the undited prints's
colors, my monitor's colors should match the lab's
I'm able to distinguish the difference between black, white and gray blocks
Let me know what you think, thanks for your comments and help
Nathan |
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05/26/2007 07:56:35 AM · #2 |
| I've thought of doing the same thing. |
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05/26/2007 08:01:07 AM · #3 |
Thats a great idea. I have been trying to figure out a cheap way to do this also. How about printing a few sheets with all the basic colors and levels of gray on them? That way you could match each shade. Iam not sure if that would help. Just a thought.
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05/26/2007 08:38:52 AM · #4 |
Hi Nathan,
What this method does is match your monitor to that particular printer at that particular lab. The disadvantages are that if you want to change labs, or they change their printer, then you will have to go through the process again. It also menas that your monitor will not be displaying colours in the same 'standard' way that calibrated monitors do (so you won't see the same colours on the web that others do).
That said, if you find it works for your needs then go for it :-)
Miles
PS There are some cheaper software only monitor calibrators out there, e.g. //www.colorwizzard.com/color/c1.html , but I don't know how well they work. Maybe others will be able to say.
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05/26/2007 08:56:58 AM · #5 |
The Pantone Huey is pretty cheap and will save you much time, aggravation, and wasted effort.
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05/26/2007 10:20:24 AM · #6 |
| Forgive my ignorance...but are there expensive ways to calibrate my monitor? Obviously, my monitor is not calibrated.... |
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05/26/2007 10:42:45 AM · #7 |
There are a couple of sites out there I've seen:
//epaperpress.com/monitorcal/
//www.displaycalibration.com/
Wikipedia Monitor Calibration
I don't know how accurate they are though.
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05/26/2007 10:52:30 AM · #8 |
How much are your prints costing you at the lab? Print 4 or 5 of them and you just spent 50 bucks which is what Spyder2 Express costs.
big ole link was here
Message edited by karmat - replaced link so that it wouldn't make the page scroll. |
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05/26/2007 11:07:38 AM · #9 |
I've had great luck just setting my monitor to sRGB. I print all but the largest photos at home and they look exactly the same as they do on my monitor.
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05/26/2007 04:18:53 PM · #10 |
Thank you everyone for your replies, Spyder2Express looks really good and easy to use, I think I have to get it soon..for now I just stick with my first method and that lab until I buy Spyder2Express.
Nathan |
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05/26/2007 05:13:33 PM · #11 |
| Hi all, I just learned PhotoShop comes with Adobe Gamma. I might have seen it before when I installed PhotoShop but never used it. I just calibrated my laptop and my Samsung running out the back D-sub connection. I've got two monitors on my coffee table. Anyway seemed to help out some. Go to start/settings/control panel and click on adobe gamma. |
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05/27/2007 01:01:54 PM · #12 |
Think a minute: all you've done is change your monitor to match that labs printer. That means all prints you do yourself, photos on the web, etc., is "off" to the rest of us.
Adobe Gamma, and all the other software-only solutions is better than nothing, but they will always be off from actually calibrating your monitor (and printer) to a standard (do you want to adjust your tire pressure by how the tire looks, or actually measure it with a tire guage?)
When you get your Spyder (or Huey), you'll understand how important and different real calibration is. |
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