Luminous Landscape Forum
Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: Photo Op on July 23, 2007, 11:31:32 am
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Could anyone suggest the settings they are using below when calibrating a 23" Cinema Display using a Spyder2? I'm printing with LR using an Epson R2400 and my prints are somewhat darker than the screen version.
Brightness Measurement on Display:<........X........>
Gamma:
White Point:
Thanks In advance!
Dave
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Brightness: 120cd/m2
Gamma/White Point: Native
If Native is not an option, then choose 2.2 and 6500K respectively.
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I don't think he's asking for the Eye-One settings.
Photo Op - using someone elses setting does you no good. The whole point of calibrating is to set your equipment up indavidually to spec. Using the eye-one software, you need to set your display tot he correct brightness level and white point yourself.
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2 points to keep in mind....
Due to the difference between reflected and transmitted light, the print will never look the "same" as the monitor.
If you're viewing the print in the same room light as when you work on the monitor - it will look darker. Google eg: Solux for an appropriate light source for viewing.
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Tim Gray is correct. Having an exact match will never occur. The closest you can get is though soft-proofing in PS with the print in a viewing box, but even that is not 100%.
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Luminance (measured in cd/m2) should be based on ambient conditions around the display and how you'll soft proof the images in relation to prints. So its not possible to necessarily provide specifics here. You want the brightest object in view to be the display so obviously the ambient light plays a role. The lower the luminance on the display, the longer you'll be able to drive that display so while its possible to crank LCDs way, way up (200+ Cd/m2), they are not going to last as long as a lower setting. So, with respect to luminance, YMMV.