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Posted by LovingDom2
on Wed 10 Mar 10, 12:14 PM to the Kinky_Camera_Group group.
I wondered what others used as monitors and how they calibrated them. I have two old LG flatron LCD's, tried using a calibration card from the internet but I'm never sure if I edit my photo's too dark.
Any thoughts ?
David
| 10 Mar 10, 6:58 PM Ethics_Gradient UK(N), 5 yrs  |
Its difficult. CYMK/paper space isn't a transformation of RGB/light space. Your probably better off tuning it to artistic taste. And all men kill the thing they love, By all let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword! | |
| 10 Mar 10, 11:57 PM KnightSwitch UK(EH), 9 yrs |
I don't have all my links to hand at the moment but try these for some tests and background info and further links. http://members.shaw.ca/jonespm2/articles.htm?0ca... http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/ http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.ht... Ideally you need a monitor calibration tool that fits over the screen and tweaks all the colour and brightness/contrast settings for you but they're not cheap.
cheers | |
| 11 Mar 10, 12:36 PM tanken UK(NR), 2 yrs |
The problem I find is that different types of paper print either darker or lighter with more or less contrast. Then cheap inks have colour problems etc., etc. It is generally easier to calibrate for lab printing. 'Kiss the boot of shiny, shiny leather' - Velvet Underground | |
| 15 Mar 10, 12:19 PM davehare UK(N), 23 mths |
I use a Lacie flat screen monitor. We do have calibration system, but it's at work and I'm in Switzerland and I can't remember the exact spec, but all our monitors are calibrated to it.
At home and at work we treat every print as you would a wet process print. The first one off gives you a starting point, then you make your adjustments.
When you print every day you get a feel for how you want the image on screen to look to give the print you want. If we are doing large prints all the tests are printed smaller, then interpolated up for the final few tests.
It certainly isn't an exact science You gotta keep pushing the edges. | |
| 15 Mar 10, 4:05 PM camTastic UK(CB), 7 yrs |
The Pantone Huey is a relatively inexpensive way to get started: http://www.pantone.co.uk/pages/products/product.... The Spyder range are very good but more expensive: http://www.datacolor.eu/en/products/display-cali... Forget trying to use colour cards to match yourself unless your room is perfectly colour neutral with decor and lighting, and your eyes better than perfect! | |
| 18 Mar 10, 12:03 PM Robot_Fist UK(CF), 23 mths |
I use the Spyder3 Pro (http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages...
it seems to work but I've not used anything else to compare it to. The first time I used it it made very little difference, imperceptible in fact. Each recalibration every few weeks makes a very slight change. If you're very careful you could probably get away without it and just use the adobe color calibration widget that comes with photoshop (which is what I did previously) or the built in thing for the Mac. I'm more worried about contrast, brightness and shadows, and I'm not sure color calibration even addresses that. |
