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Calibrating the monitor of an iMAC
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Calibrating the monitor of an iMAC
In article , D-Mac
wrote: Your problem is in the monitor set-up. Apple (for some odd reason) use a gamma of 1.8 for their screens when every other computer on the planet uses 2.2. Try setting your Gamma to 2.2 (The screen will darken) and then calibrate it again. they *used* to use 1.8, which started long ago so that the screen matched the old laserwriter printers. they now use 2.2, but it really makes no difference as whatever setting it's at is incorporated into the display profile. Almost 100% of Apple monitor calibration problems are because the starting point has nothing to do with colour. You need the get the gamma right before you start. nonsense. Unless you paid $2000 plus for the monitor alone, it is not a backlit monitor and you have no control over that function. all lcd displays are backlit. |
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nospam wrote:
In article , D-Mac wrote: Your problem is in the monitor set-up. Apple (for some odd reason) use a gamma of 1.8 for their screens when every other computer on the planet uses 2.2. Try setting your Gamma to 2.2 (The screen will darken) and then calibrate it again. they *used* to use 1.8, which started long ago so that the screen matched the old laserwriter printers. they now use 2.2, but it really makes no difference as whatever setting it's at is incorporated into the display profile. Almost 100% of Apple monitor calibration problems are because the starting point has nothing to do with colour. You need the get the gamma right before you start. nonsense. Unless you paid $2000 plus for the monitor alone, it is not a backlit monitor and you have no control over that function. all lcd displays are backlit. You are so full of bull****, nospam, I thing you ought have a bowl scan for the pox. |
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D-Mac wrote: nospam wrote: In article , D-Mac wrote: Your problem is in the monitor set-up. Apple (for some odd reason) use a gamma of 1.8 for their screens when every other computer on the planet uses 2.2. Try setting your Gamma to 2.2 (The screen will darken) and then calibrate it again. they *used* to use 1.8, which started long ago so that the screen matched the old laserwriter printers. they now use 2.2, but it really makes no difference as whatever setting it's at is incorporated into the display profile. Almost 100% of Apple monitor calibration problems are because the starting point has nothing to do with colour. You need the get the gamma right before you start. nonsense. Unless you paid $2000 plus for the monitor alone, it is not a backlit monitor and you have no control over that function. all lcd displays are backlit. You are so full of bull****, nospam, I thing you ought have a bowl scan for the pox. Which parts are wrong, please -- I'd really like to know. Isaac |
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isw wrote:
In article , D-Mac wrote: nospam wrote: In article , D-Mac wrote: Your problem is in the monitor set-up. Apple (for some odd reason) use a gamma of 1.8 for their screens when every other computer on the planet uses 2.2. Try setting your Gamma to 2.2 (The screen will darken) and then calibrate it again. they *used* to use 1.8, which started long ago so that the screen matched the old laserwriter printers. they now use 2.2, but it really makes no difference as whatever setting it's at is incorporated into the display profile. Almost 100% of Apple monitor calibration problems are because the starting point has nothing to do with colour. You need the get the gamma right before you start. nonsense. Unless you paid $2000 plus for the monitor alone, it is not a backlit monitor and you have no control over that function. all lcd displays are backlit. You are so full of bull****, nospam, I thing you ought have a bowl scan for the pox. Which parts are wrong, please -- I'd really like to know. So would I. Sure, some B&W LCD displays are not backlit but all of the ones that serve as TVs and computer monitors are. -- Ray Fischer |
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On 3/22/09 4:46 PM, in article , "D-Mac" wrote: wrote: I have an iMAC about a year old. I am trying to calibrate the monitor to assist in making photos. I have used the Spyder3 software and colorimeter in the process. The problem is that the prints all come out noticeably darker than the image on the screen. The Spyder people say this is Apple's fault. The brightness control (really the backlighting control) on the display will not sufficiently reduce the brightness to get an accurate calibration. The only work around I see is to reduce the brightness in Photoshop below what looked good on the screen and hope the printer responds by yielding a print of the correct brightness. But this adjustment is completely ad hoc and is just the kind of fiddling I hoped to avoid using the calibration routines. Two questions: 1) Does anybody have a better way to use Spyder3 to compensate for this problem? 2) If not, what alternative calibration system might be used that will avoid (or at least mitigate) this problem? I read good things about the Macbeth systems, but will they run into the same problem? Thanks for the help. D-Mac.info ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ As usual, a spigot of ****ty information. Macs haven't used 1.8 since the laserwriter days. Go away. |
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On 3/22/09 8:14 PM, in article , "D-Mac" wrote: nospam wrote: In article , D-Mac wrote: Your problem is in the monitor set-up. Apple (for some odd reason) use a gamma of 1.8 for their screens when every other computer on the planet uses 2.2. Try setting your Gamma to 2.2 (The screen will darken) and then calibrate it again. they *used* to use 1.8, which started long ago so that the screen matched the old laserwriter printers. they now use 2.2, but it really makes no difference as whatever setting it's at is incorporated into the display profile. Almost 100% of Apple monitor calibration problems are because the starting point has nothing to do with colour. You need the get the gamma right before you start. nonsense. Unless you paid $2000 plus for the monitor alone, it is not a backlit monitor and you have no control over that function. all lcd displays are backlit. You are so full of bull****, nospam, I thing you ought have a bowl scan for the pox. Pot = Kettle |
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Ray Fischer wrote:
isw wrote: In article , D-Mac wrote: nospam wrote: In article , D-Mac wrote: Your problem is in the monitor set-up. Apple (for some odd reason) use a gamma of 1.8 for their screens when every other computer on the planet uses 2.2. Try setting your Gamma to 2.2 (The screen will darken) and then calibrate it again. they *used* to use 1.8, which started long ago so that the screen matched the old laserwriter printers. they now use 2.2, but it really makes no difference as whatever setting it's at is incorporated into the display profile. Almost 100% of Apple monitor calibration problems are because the starting point has nothing to do with colour. You need the get the gamma right before you start. nonsense. Unless you paid $2000 plus for the monitor alone, it is not a backlit monitor and you have no control over that function. all lcd displays are backlit. You are so full of bull****, nospam, I thing you ought have a bowl scan for the pox. Which parts are wrong, please -- I'd really like to know. So would I. Sure, some B&W LCD displays are not backlit but all of the ones that serve as TVs and computer monitors are. For you who walk around with eyes closed. "The XL20's LED-based backlighting system is another in a long line of technology firsts". Read the whole story he http://www.samsung.com/au/news/newsR...q=5064&gltype= Just because a cheap monitor has a light behind the screen to let you see an image in the dark does not mean it is a "Backlit" monitor. If idiots who think they know it all bothered to do some research before dribbling off at the mouth, they might gain a grain of knowledge. It's hard to imagine your pea brain having enough space to do that Ray, but at least try occasionally would you? If you got your head out of your ass for a while and washed your face, you'd realise you ain't that cool dude with sunnies you thought you were. D-Mac.info |
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In article , D-Mac
wrote: "The XL20's LED-based backlighting system is another in a long line of technology firsts". Read the whole story he http://www.samsung.com/au/news/newsR...q=5064&gltype= that refers to *led* backlighting as opposed to cold cathode fluorescent tubes. Just because a cheap monitor has a light behind the screen to let you see an image in the dark does not mean it is a "Backlit" monitor. then what does it mean? front lit? If idiots who think they know it all bothered to do some research before dribbling off at the mouth, they might gain a grain of knowledge. It's hard to imagine your pea brain having enough space to do that Ray, but at least try occasionally would you? so not only do you not understand what backlit means, you spew insults too. |
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