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Re: [Digital BW] monitor calibration

2007-04-09 by Mark Savoia

Its good to see you are done with the book so you can answer all our  
questions again
:)
Nice to have you back.
Mark

On Apr 9, 2007, at 10:35 AM, amadou diallo wrote:

> The choice of a 1.8 or 2.2 gamma in your monitor calibration is
> independent of the working spaces you define in Photoshop. For LCD
> monitor calibration you generally want to use a gamma that is close to
> the native gamma of the display itself. This reduces the hit to the 8
> bit video card data during calibration. LCDs have a native gamma
> closer to 2.2 than 1.8, so 2.2 is what is often recommended. Whichever
> gamma you choose when calinrating your monitor, Photoshop will make
> the necessary adjustments to whatever working space you choose.
> -- 
> amadou diallo
> Author, Mastering Digital Black and White
> www.masteringdigitalbwbook.com
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