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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Colour Management => Topic started by: Per Zangenberg on July 16, 2009, 10:52:07 am

Title: What brightness value to match prints?
Post by: Per Zangenberg on July 16, 2009, 10:52:07 am
I got a Spyder3 Elite where I can input the wanted black and brightness values. I read someone stating 120 as the optimal brightness value, but it seems brighter than what I had before calibrating.

Can someone offer there experience with good value so the prints doent turn out too dark. This is using a properly calibrated printer or online printing service.
Title: What brightness value to match prints?
Post by: Jack Flesher on July 16, 2009, 12:05:37 pm
Quote from: Per Zangenberg
I got a Spyder3 Elite where I can input the wanted black and brightness values. I read someone stating 120 as the optimal brightness value, but it seems brighter than what I had before calibrating.

Can someone offer there experience with good value so the prints doent turn out too dark. This is using a properly calibrated printer or online printing service.

120 is sort of a generally accepted defacto standard for LCD displays and seems to work well for a majority of viewing situations.  Ideally, you will set the brightness to match levels of your viewing room.  The reality is unless you live in a cave or hang your prints on a wall that is lit by direct sunlight, anything in the 110 to 125 range is probably close enough.

Cheers,
Title: What brightness value to match prints?
Post by: digitaldog on July 16, 2009, 12:35:16 pm
Quote from: Per Zangenberg
I got a Spyder3 Elite where I can input the wanted black and brightness values. I read someone stating 120 as the optimal brightness value, but it seems brighter than what I had before calibrating.

Can someone offer there experience with good value so the prints doent turn out too dark. This is using a properly calibrated printer or online printing service.

There's no magic number. The number that results in a match between the print you view under proper viewing conditions and the display is the right number. Same with White Point. In terms of cd/m2, might be 120, 130, 90, all based on the print viewing conditions. Since so many viewing conditions differ, there's no way to recommend the right value, YMMV.
Title: What brightness value to match prints?
Post by: Per Zangenberg on July 17, 2009, 07:25:28 am
Thanks for the answers guys. I have now set it at 118 and will leave it there and see...