Planning to get a LCD monitor to replace the CRT monitor due to space constraint.
Wondering how many people do calibrate their LCD monitor?
Wondering how many people do calibrate their LCD monitor?
Using the spider express 2. :thumbsup:
am user eye1 display
is idiot proof
From what I understand, calibration is,
- Adjusting the R, G, B ratio to obtain the targetted colour temperature. Eg 5000k, 6500k (D65)
- Ensuring identical R, G, B gamma response with the correct gamma value. Eg. Gamma 2.2
With this, greys will have the same tone (colour temperature).
http://www.colormatters.com/comput_gamma.html
http://www.siggraph.org/education/materials/HyperGraph/gamma_correction/gamma_colorspace.html
How about Colour Gamut? Is there a standard (sRGB?) to follow to get correct colours? Is WCG monitors necessarily better for getting the correct colours?
Choosing gamma and white point
During the calibration of your display, you will need to choose gamma and white point settings. The correct choice depends on how you are most likely to use your images. The best rule of thumb is this:
Unless you have a color management expert instructing you otherwise, select a 2.2 gamma and a D65 white point.
Because Windows PCs use 2.2 gamma, images edited in the traditional Mac 1.8 gamma will appear incorrectly to most viewers on the Internetthis of course means that your Mac friends need to switch their displays to 2.2 gamma when perusing your 2.2-savvy work.
Hope this helps.Why D65 over D50?
Well, the D50 white point was all the rage among pre-press professionals 10 years ago, and you'd even find talk of D50 in advertising materials. Not so much anymore. D50 comes from a time when the dominant method of photo processing still involved paper, light tables, and viewing lamps. Now the emphasis on digital editing and Internet publishing makes the D65 native white point of modern displays a dominant factor.
The difference between D50 and D65 may still be automatically worked out "under the hood" without your awareness, using a technique known as "chromatic adaptation." That's why D65 is recommended now, unless you are a highly trained expert user.
A calibrated monitor simply means everyone who has similarly done so, sees it similarly. It does not mean the image 'looks good', just 'standard' as catchlight pointed out.
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Forget about calibrating your monitors to 1.8 gamma...even Apple is recommending 2.2 monitor gamma apple.com article: "Color and gamma settings for print and web."
[/FONT]Hope this helps.
you'll need a calibrator no matter which monitor you buy.