Hello CD, First off, I am running version 2.1-7 is this the latest? > > A six year old monitor... wow, I hope its only seen intermittant use! > You say you have "eyeballed" the black and whitepoints. I assume you > would match black and white luminances using the Spyder and the > Spyder2PRO software to match these, by determining which has the > higher black, which has the lower white, and targeting these values on > both. > > You are choosing gamma 1.8, which is indeed yellower, unless you are > working in the dark. But other than the color of white, that gets > cancelled out by Photoshop, so I can't imagine you actually get more > shadow detail by throwing away levels then you do by using a gamma > closer to CRT native, and throwing away a lot fewer levels. > > If, in the end you can't quite match the two, and wish to hand tweak > the difference, you would create a custom curve for the older monitor, > and increase the blue curve slightly, to reduce yellow. > > C. David Tobie > Product Technology Manager > ColorVision Business Division > DataColor Inc. > CDTobie@... > www.colorvision.com > > SPONSORED LINKS > Digital photography software > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Digital+photography+software&w1=Digital+photography+software&w2=Digital+photography&w3=Digital+photography+course&w4=Photography+school&w5=Professional+digital+photography&w6=Stock+photography&c=6&s=176&.sig=vcZVcv11-RF9aChCrpL-cA> > Digital photography > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Digital+photography&w1=Digital+photography+software&w2=Digital+photography&w3=Digital+photography+course&w4=Photography+school&w5=Professional+digital+photography&w6=Stock+photography&c=6&s=176&.sig=NPMG-BjOjJWWWu1WTDecRQ> > Digital photography course > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Digital+photography+course&w1=Digital+photography+software&w2=Digital+photography&w3=Digital+photography+course&w4=Photography+school&w5=Professional+digital+photography&w6=Stock+photography&c=6&s=176&.sig=GPs-R_fGq5Hih2NpQczQ8g> > > Photography school > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Photography+school&w1=Digital+photography+software&w2=Digital+photography&w3=Digital+photography+course&w4=Photography+school&w5=Professional+digital+photography&w6=Stock+photography&c=6&s=176&.sig=pj3cKQlkMhgkqUXNMJjiCw> > Professional digital photography > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Professional+digital+photography&w1=Digital+photography+software&w2=Digital+photography&w3=Digital+photography+course&w4=Photography+school&w5=Professional+digital+photography&w6=Stock+photography&c=6&s=176&.sig=k7x9GYFzNn4NfJTZP-Vt_g> > Stock photography > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Stock+photography&w1=Digital+photography+software&w2=Digital+photography&w3=Digital+photography+course&w4=Photography+school&w5=Professional+digital+photography&w6=Stock+photography&c=6&s=176&.sig=H9bHMH_cKn4LEqWkcUABgg> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "colorvision_group > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/colorvision_group>" on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > colorvision_group-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:colorvision_group-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/354 - Release Date: 6/1/2006 >
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Re: [colorvision_group] Differences in calibrating two monitors
2006-06-03 by randy
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