Monitor Calibration
 

This is a post for anyone who has the monitor screen calibrators such as the pantone Huey. The main screen in WPF has three different shades of grey and a black. The paler of the three greys is that close to 18% grey? if it is then I could use it to calibrate my new monitor to a near correct shade. At the moment I have altered it to get rid of any colour casts and close to 18% grey with the given room lighting, am I on the right track with the shades on the website. I was going to post a screen capture but I don't have the box to post attachments. I have posted it in the gallery. http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...8&limit=recent

Christine,

Until the boffins turn up try this. http://www.photofriday.com/calibrate.php

Don

I bowed to the knowlegde and Foxy kindly set my screen up. :) But here is another link full of technical stuff http://www.normankoren.com/makingfin...l#Monitorsetup

Don

Thanks Don, I will have a go with those links. This site with its tones of grey I can easily check for any colour shifts, its getting the brightness and contrast correct that I seem to be having trouble with. What looks right for one is totally blown out or to dark for another.

Monitor Calibration
 

Hi there. I use the ColorVision Spyder2 Suite which I think works in the same way - ie: a colorimeter on the screen measuring then creating a profile for the monitor. The advantage of the ColorVision is it also has software that creates a printer profile as well so the two match. Anyway, when ever I do a calibration of the Monitor I do it in a dark room in the evening. I find that any extraneous light can cause havoc with the created profile and replication is very hard especially on greyscale. Does this help?

Thank you Andy, I am being a bit of a skinflint I don't really want to have to buy a colorimeter. I have just bought a new monitor and I am trying to keep costs down by doing the calibration by eye. If the greys in this site are true The question I am asking is those who have such an item, how do you view this site, example the thin bar where it says today, to me I would set my monitor to see it as a rough 18% grey. Am I close. I have just done the calibration from the link Don gave me and to get things looking right on that page, everything else is now way out. It would be great if nvidia used eye droppers like in photoshop to pick out the black white and greys in a displayed photo to automatically set the contrast, brightness and gamma.

Good set of info here. im going to look into this when im more awake, as i fiddled with my screen the other day and i dont think its right and also,i was in the car with Miss z740, and i thought, the car in front was a toyota..no i thought the indicators where green. Miss z740 assured me they were yellow (which i pressume they have to be) I further experimented by sticking my head out of the window to see if this effected, Still green. i waited for the car to turn to check angle-age but still green. So now im thinking...What colours are my images to everyone else, if yellow is green and my monitor is wrong!!!

Said car is a VW Jetta, looks to have tarty LED's. if anyone owns this car.. please help!

www.confused.com
Jamie

I cannot help on the car lights Jamie, but I have just found this. Colours with names and RGB values.

Link http://cloford.com/resources/colours/500col.htm

Click on a colour in the select a colour column - name in blue to see it larger.

Currently looking at greys for Christines post and there are shed loads.

Don

Gretag Macbeth colour chart here http://www.efg2.com/Lab/Graphics/Colors/ColorCharts.htm

Software Requirements
Windows 95/98/NT ........... works fine on XP pro

Don

Re my previous post then the colours do not look right if you see the smaller version displayed here. http://www.poynton.com/notes/color/G...orChecker.html

Don