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 07/22/2008 03:35:20 PM · #1
HI all

Already added on to an old thread about this -

OK I'm getting a leetle nervous here...the photos I am working on are ones for a model's comp card so of course I want them to look damn good.

Ran the Huey set so my monitor (on my new compugter, not the older one) is now supposedly calibrated. But I had to use the built-in brightness/contrast settings to match the b/w figures in Huey.

Wouldn't Huey itself have a built-in calibrator for brightness and contrast? And I couldn't get the various figures to match up with each other, so I'm worried about screwing up the pix.

I could still PS them on the old computer, as the simple little bit of caibration I did on it has always worked nicely.

Suggestions anyone? Comments? Advice? Paper bag I can breathe into?!

Message edited by author 2008-07-22 16:16:39.
 07/22/2008 04:31:42 PM · #2
LCD or CRT?

the brightness on some monitors can not be controled by software (also some software doesnt control the B/C). I might be inclined to test an image on the new PC and then on the old pc.

It might just be safer to PS them on the old PC. that way you are certain of what your working with and dont question yourself. then do more testing prior to your next paid work.
 07/22/2008 04:59:59 PM · #3
Originally posted by snaffles:
HI all

Already added on to an old thread about this -

OK I'm getting a leetle nervous here...the photos I am working on are ones for a model's comp card so of course I want them to look damn good.

Ran the Huey set so my monitor (on my new compugter, not the older one) is now supposedly calibrated. But I had to use the built-in brightness/contrast settings to match the b/w figures in Huey.

Wouldn't Huey itself have a built-in calibrator for brightness and contrast? And I couldn't get the various figures to match up with each other, so I'm worried about screwing up the pix.

I could still PS them on the old computer, as the simple little bit of caibration I did on it has always worked nicely.

Suggestions anyone? Comments? Advice? Paper bag I can breathe into?!


I have to manually set the brightness/contrast with my Spyder3, its not a big deal and my results are usually bang on. As long as you took the time to calibrate the screen correctly and didnt just go for the `calibrate wizard` optin (or whatever) then dont sweat it too much.. Although bear in mind what I said in the other post about a fully colour managed workflow - you could be perfectly calibrated all the way down the line, but if you are not using the printers profiles, then you are gambling with the final output a wee bit.
 07/22/2008 07:03:55 PM · #4
I had an older Samsung that I could not get the 3 white/3 black rings to show correctly (at first).

There are a couple things that can effect the brightness/contrast of a monitor and the calibrating of.

(this is the Windoze world)
Drivers/Settings for the Video card are loaded as the OS loads, any changes to the video settings. On today's systems we can change everything from Gamma to brilliance, in Display properties. If you can't get the rings right (usually need to go brighter) in the Huey software, go to your display settings and boost the brightness there. Calibrate again. Repeat until you are comfortable. When Windoze loads it will load your display settings first then apply the Huey ICC on top of that.

The other thing is Monitor Specific... My Samsung had several presets I could choose from along with User Defined correction. I could never get the brightness right by adjusting C/B in User defined mode but got it closer by choosing one of the presets. It had a settings for Photography, Sports, Gaming etc. Choosing a different viewing mode on the monitor might bring your brightness/contrast into spec for the Huey calibration software.

I got mine right by leaving the monitor in standard mode and making my changes to the Display Properties.

Since then I bought a new Samsung that out of the Box was perfect through the initial Huey tests, guess my monitor was just getting a little tired.

Message edited by author 2008-07-22 19:04:24.
 07/22/2008 07:12:43 PM · #5
Hi all

Thanks for the tips...but no PS on the PC, it's only on the Macs. I am able to work the pictures on the old iBook, but it only has CS, while the iMac has all the power and CS2. Nope, no calibrate wizard options here. And I'm working on a big ol iMac, so looks like a cathode tube TV. Huey does show diagrams so you choose the right one!

Having said that, have tinkered with calibration quite a bit and think I'm a little closer to what I excpect. Again, I consider the iBook to basically be bang-on in terms of colour etc and all I did was blast the brightness and contrast to full 100%, then in the PS just went with pretty much the default settings.

Message edited by author 2008-07-22 19:13:55.
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