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08/31/2003 05:18:43 PM · #1 |
Hi All
I am using a LCD flat screen display which I have previously had set to 7000 degrees â the slightly blue tinge suited generally picture viewing and web browsing.
Now I am going to be getting into digital photography more constructively I wanted to be sure that my monitor is calibrated âcorrectlyâ.
Being unable to afford the professional calibration tools like the Spyder or the Eye One Digital I found âeyeballâ tools for setting the Gamma and Brightness/Contrast.
As per the general advice on these matters I set the monitor to 6500 degrees and adjusted the brightness and contrast (which because of my normal preferences were not far out) though I do find Black & near Black almost indistinguishable. The Gamma I found was 1.80 (1.90 was close depending on the viewing angle) â this I set in PSP. I do have Gamma control in my nVidia settings, the default being 1.00 â if I set that to 1.80 the screen image is way too bright?
Now, even when I had the monitor on 7000 the photo images on it appeared acceptable. The change to 6500 has had no discernable effect on photographs but in web pages the whites are a little warmer than what I have been used to.
It is my understanding that the need for such calibration is to ensure that the when the image is printed it matches the screen. This assumes that the printer colour profile is chosen right. And that in general, unless you are colour shifting a photograph or correcting for wrong white balance, if the source original file looks OK it should print OK.
As yet I do not have a photo quality inkjet printer, my main concern is for images I would upload to an internet printing service provider.
It is my thought to get some prints done as above and include one of the combined images you can get that has colour scale, flesh tones etc, as a base line.
I hope I have explained my situation clearly and would welcome some guidance as to what others have done to resolve this concern.
Many thanks
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09/01/2003 04:10:15 AM · #2 |
Bump
Just lifting to top again!
With 36 views I was hoping for some feedback?
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09/01/2003 10:16:37 AM · #3 |
What is your main goal? To get prints that match what you see on your monitor? Or to get your monitor adjusted so that most other people will see the same colors in your pictures on their monitors that you see on your monitor?
If it's the prints, I think your getting test prints done is the best answer to your question about print color. Nothing beats trial and error.
If it's the way other people see your prints on their monitors, try to look at your online images on other people's monitors, maybe friends or at work and compare what you see on their monitor versus what you see on your monitor.
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09/01/2003 10:26:08 AM · #4 |
Hi goodtempo
Thanks for posting.
I was thinking of both issues.
1)When I check and edit/enhance as appropriate I want to be sure that others see the same "picture" on their monitors e.g. other members of this forum site.
2)When I get prints done that are as accurate representation as possible as what I saw on the screen.
I suppose that once I "think" my monitor is balanced then posting a few of images here will get unbiased views as to whether there is a colour cast for example.
As for the printed image - as you echo my thought that test prints are a prime way of doing this, then that is what I will go and do.
I am still curious as how others have approached this "problem" or am I being concerned over very little. |
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