Color Calibration steps
I just took the first step in color calibration - bought a CRT to run on my laptop. Partly due to the LCD is starting to have a few pixel problems and partly to deal with color calibration. As a side note - I remember when inkjet printers were just coming on strong and rapidly pushed the dot matrix ones out. In looking at monitors, it sure appears that the same thing is occurring. CRT prices are way down and display models are as common as before. Most places I looked had as many LCD's as they did CRT's, if not more. I wouldn't be surprised if in the next year or two, that most CRT's are gone except for a few high end ones. Anyway, back on track - this new KDS XFlat CRT has a color temperature settings for 9300, 6500 and User - set your own mix of colors. If I pick the 6500 setting (supposed daylight - I think), it is quite a bit more yellow than my LCD was. I'm wondering if there are any quick and dirty places to look to just spot check for general color cast before I get into full/real calibration? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Bruce
Re: Color Calibration steps
Bruce Dayton wrote: I'm wondering if there are any quick and dirty places to look to just spot check for general color cast before I get into full/real calibration? Compared to 9300K, which is the usual setting for monitors, 6500K does look very yellow; 5500K even more so. 6500K is recommended as this is the white point for both the sRGB and Adobe RGB working colour spaces. At least one calibration package (OptiCal, which you can get bundled with the Spyder) allows you to do this as a pre-calibration step before calibrating and profiling. You adjust the R/G/B controls on your screen until both the colour temperature and luminance are correct. After that you proceed through the actual calibration and profiling steps. Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
Re: Color Calibration steps
David, Thanks for the tip. I guess I'm going to have to hurry along with this calibration thing. Bruce Wednesday, January 15, 2003, 9:53:54 PM, you wrote: DAM Bruce Dayton wrote: I'm wondering if there are any quick and dirty places to look to just spot check for general color cast before I get into full/real calibration? DAM Compared to 9300K, which is the usual setting for monitors, 6500K does DAM look very yellow; 5500K even more so. 6500K is recommended as this is DAM the white point for both the sRGB and Adobe RGB working colour spaces. DAM At least one calibration package (OptiCal, which you can get bundled with DAM the Spyder) allows you to do this as a pre-calibration step before DAM calibrating and profiling. You adjust the R/G/B controls on your screen DAM until both the colour temperature and luminance are correct. After that DAM you proceed through the actual calibration and profiling steps. DAM Cheers, DAM - Dave DAM http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
