Hi Keith On Wednesday, March 5, 2003 at 1:18 pm, Keith Cooper, k.a.cooper-at-northlight-images.co.uk, wrote:
> The best way to go is of course to get a proper display calibrator - > but they're not so cheap. I've found that people who have 'borrowed' > mine soon go out and buy one :-)) I use 1.8 on all my Macs. Only Apple badged screens need to be G1.8, and only CRT's at that [plus some early LCD's] . Gamma 2.2 is kinder to the others - less risk of posterisation because less stringent adjustment is applied in the video LUT. > > There is a very good utility for Macs called supercal I just couldn't make Supercal work to give a usable screen, but hey, if you can it seems thorough. Download the testimage from my website and look at the <memory colours>, we do sell a reference print of it but you may be able to get some guidance visually. > which does a good job > for adjustments 'by eye' I've got some more info on this at > http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/viewing.html Doing calibration like this > will also help you understand more of the principles of colour management > (see also the links section of the site) > > Opinions vary, but most people nowadays would go for a colour managed > workflow, trying to get every thing as consistent as possible. Profiles and > calibrators are the way to go... I certainly agree with that, but not just any old calibrator of course. Gretag have announced a new lower cost colorimeter - I'll be checking it out very soon. Meanwhile the eyeOne Monitor is still great. Regards, NeilB colourmanagement.net :: Consulting in Imaging & Colour Management custom scanner and printer profiles, training on Trident & Imacon Scanning supply Gretag and eyeOne, ICS basICColor series, XRite, OptiCal http://www.colourmanagement.net/ ::: www.apple.com/uk/creative/neilbarstow/ =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
