Originally posted by bmatt17:
I know it's been discussed here alot, but I'm still having trouble. I can calibrate so I see the distinction between the shades of grey. Here's where my problem lies.
I have a duel monitor setup. A 21" trinitron, and a 17" normal CRT. Even with both monitors calibrated, they still look way different colorwise. I've tried Adobe Gamma, Monitor Calibration Wizard and just adjusting my nVidia settings to match website calibration (make the center box blend into the outside).
When using the Monitor Calibration Wizard, my color looks really bad after I'm done.
I know the trinny is susposed to have much better picture quality, but shouldn't I be able to get them at least close in hue?
Mostly I want to calibrate for print as close as possible, and not sure how to get both screens to closely resemble the print output. |
IMO, the only real solution is to go with a hardware calibration solution, such as Colorvision Spyder.
This will take all the guesswork out of the process, and give you as much monitor standardization and accuracy as possible. Then, after you have your monitors truely calibrated, get printer profiles made for each of the paper/ink combinations that you use.I get mine from Cathy's Profiles. They run about $35 each, and you will be astounded at the improvement in your prints. But you really must have a calibrated monitor(s) for any of this to work.
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