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Re: [Digital BW] LCD calibration; which white point setting?

2005-12-17 by Steve Kale

Marc

You may find Bruce Fraser's book "Real World Color Management" useful.

Steve


> From: marcsienicki <marcsienicki@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:59:30 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] LCD calibration; which white point setting?
> 
> Hi all.  This is a follow-up question to my earlier posting on luminance level
> calibration.  
> With regards to white point, I've always left it at 6500 but wonder if I
> should change it to a
> 5000K since I view my test prints under a D50 light source while working on
> them.
> Thanks for helping me climb the learning curve, Marc.
>

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