Luminous Landscape Forum
Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Digital Image Processing => Topic started by: ChuckZ on November 10, 2009, 02:48:51 pm
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Per advice on an earlier post, I installed Color Eyes Display Pro 1.5.2 to calibrate my monitor to deal with a problem of my prints being too dark. When I get to the Hardware Setup page, there are several choices including White Point, where I can select standard settings(D50,D65,Natice White,Other) or measure with sensor(Luminance:maximum or other). Next, comes Gamma where I have a choice of L*(reccomended by program),1.8, or 2.2. Then comes Black Point, where I have a choice of Relative(recommended by program) or Absolute black rendering, followed by a choice of either Luminance (Minimum or Other) or Contrast Ratio. I am working on a Dell 4700 PC with a Dell 2408wfp monitor and plan to send my files to a lab called WHCC for printing. Typically, I do my Photoshop work in a room illuminated by daylight. Please send me any suggestions for what settings I should chose. Thank you, Chuck
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The correct settings are the ones which get your screen and prints to match!
FWIW, mine are: White point: native 100cd/m2 Gamma: L star Black Point: minimum luminance
David
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I'm gradually learning what some of these calibration terms mean, but wish there was a good tutorial to help me chose the proper settings.
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Last time I looked, the Color Eyes site, it was a bit short on tutorials, which is a shame given its price. For a wider look at the subject you could go to
http://www.digitaldog.net/ (http://www.digitaldog.net/)
http://spyder.datacolor.com/product-mc.php (http://spyder.datacolor.com/product-mc.php) (see the "learning" section)
http://www.gballard.net/psd.html (http://www.gballard.net/psd.html)
http://www.colorwiki.com/wiki/ColorWiki_Home (http://www.colorwiki.com/wiki/ColorWiki_Home)
David