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02/21/2006 02:54:45 PM · #1 |
| I switched form a PC with elements 4 to I-mac with CS2. I'm having a little adjustment problem due to the brighter screen in the I-mac. First picture I submited with new setup is in the high 3's and that is even below my standart. When I look at it on the Mac it looks good and bright but on PC's it look's under exposed. Is there any advise on how to adjust for all useres with out haveing to submit and running to pc to see how it looks? (Acording to some comments the low score is not only a brightness issue but also a subject and technical issue, but it has alot to do with it.) Thank's for any comments Tim :) |
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02/21/2006 03:28:19 PM · #2 |
if you do not have something like eye-one or spyder to calibrate your screen, then go to system prefrences/displays and press the Color button, there you will find Calibration button,
but first set the brightness to 60% the mac is too bright at full brightness.
edit one image before calibration and save it, then reopen the same image after calibration and have a look :)
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02/21/2006 03:36:33 PM · #3 |
Hi, I had a hard time adjusting the callibration on our Mac. I would suggest that you callibrate it manually. Go into your dock, and choose display. At the top, you will see "Display/Color". Choose the color option, then callibrate. It will bring up a display calibration assistant. There is an option box towards the bottom for "Expert Mode". Click this box then continue. It will take you through several calibration steps, but once you work through it, you should be good to go.
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02/24/2006 05:28:51 PM · #4 |
if photoshop still comes with the test pic of the woman wearing the Fruit Hat... along with color swatches for cmyk and rgb and grey scale...
Print that picture on the output device you are going to use, set up correctly... then keep that picture in order to visualy compare your monitors color etc. adjust out differences as much as possible, and learn the difference for the rest.
It also helps to have a proper match print of the image, as that should represent perfect color reproduction.
You can argue that doing this does not represent 'how it will look' on pc's or the dp website.
But, while that is true... any differeences would be the result of the pc's monitors not being set up right. which will be true for 99.9 % of pc's. But you have no control over that, so there is a limit as to how much you can fret over it.
Unfortunatly, working in proper color is somewhat different than what most people feel pleasing while doing general computering tasks. A monitor set for print will be darker and less contrasty. and will feel especially that way for mac users as macs are set very bright.
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02/24/2006 05:31:40 PM · #5 |
Try this page to adjust for gamma 1.8;
//www.photoscientia.co.uk/1point8.htm
I've tried it on a number of systems and it works quite well (although not as good as hardware calibration) |
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