monitor settings

[arghmisfit]

I was just wondering what everyones brightness and contrast settings are on your monitors because when i look at my digital paintings on my friends computer and labtop they are waaaay different...

my settings are

brightness - 100
contrast - 75

[Sady]

Brightness - 75
Contrast - 100

And if I´m not mistaken, there´s already a thread about this, with a poll.

[figure2]

Every monitor is going to be different so you can't apply the same settings to every screen. On my Mac, the "Monitors" control panel has a built-in wizard that will take you step-by-step through the process of calibrating your monitor.

[arghmisfit]

And if I´m not mistaken, there´s already a thread about this, with a poll.

yeah i searched before but i couldnt find anything..

[DavePalumbo]

brightness and contrast both at 100.

then there's the color tint difference to contend with

[Elwell]

Gamma and white point are more important than brightness and contrast.

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[Idiot Apathy]

Woo for spam !

Anyways, what do you guys use to calibrate your monitor? Adobe gamma seems kind of basic.

[Fipse]

For my Barco an Optisense IV hardware calibrator, for our Eizo CG21s we use the simple Gretag EyeOne Display calibrator. If you want to go for real calibration the hardware-calibrators are the way to go. Software calibration can´t really give you adequate results - they are mostly just for the personal use at home and to get a somewhat good looking picture that has got nothing to say what it will look on another monitor/ in print.

Hope this could help

Fipse

[Idiot Apathy]

Hmm, I wonder if those are rentable... they aren't outrageously expensive for a business or even at the pro level but still... I'd rather buy an Intuos.

[Fipse]

I forgot to mention you best have a monitor that supports hardware-calibration, too. And this can be really expensive. Officially the Gretag EyeOne works with any monitor. In my experience you won´t get decent results without the fitting monitor - and we´re talking about the class of an Eizo CG21 ... So if you don´t wanna get pro-level in colour-management I recommend a decent monitor (maybe a Formac that can have its own calibrator) and let the print-shop or Lithography studio do the final adjustments. Waht´s happening in the Internet you can´t control anyway ...

Fipse

[Idiot Apathy]

Thanks again, pretty nice stuff but I think once again it's just asanine for the private market no? *Sigh*

[Fipse]

Yeah, I think for private use hardware calibration is quite an overkill. I´m at the moment considering going freelance in the ads and for me personally I would consider buying a calibrated monitor for myself. But I´m beside graphic-design and layout into prepress work and have to work directly with printshops.

Fipse