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#1957 2008-07-13 09:20 GMT |
I have brought myself a monitor 24 inch wide sceen but every thing has a pink cast on it. I have tryed to get the out by adjusting the RGB setting but it just makes the pic look blotchy.
Also if I view a pic in windows picture and fax viewer it looks great if I view the same picture in photoshop I get a heavey pink cast. Please help I am about ready to throw my $500 plus monitor down my long back yard (
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#1958 2008-07-13 10:29 GMT |
Do not throw it out Mark just look for the setting that allows you to return it to factory default.
Once you have done that go into photoshop and then go to edit color settings and follow the settings that I am going to leave as a dialogue box picture in the gallery,watch out for this I will title it For Mark.I do not know if this will cure the monitor cast but it at least ensures that you have photoshops color settings in the ballpark and should make life easier when it comes to printing.
As for the color cast this may be caused by Adobe Gamma loading its own profile and conflicting with monitor profile,this is known as double profiling and can cause the kind of problem that you are experiencing.If Adobe gamma is on your system then it is likely to be the culprit and you will need to disable it.
Try a google search for the procedure to do this.
Les.
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#1959 2008-07-14 09:02 GMT |
Hi Les,
Thanks for comming to my aid, I am unsure what is going on but aftre a weekend of mucking about with setting etc, it would seem that the pink cast vanished by itself. Don't ask me, I dont know why . I checked those setings you left for me and they where the same. Here is hoping, when I go to the Mini Lab the print color will be correct. Heres hoping problem solved but I have my doubt. Will keep you pasted.
Thanks again Les
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#1962 2008-07-14 16:10 GMT |
Hi Mark I am glad that your problem seems to have been resolved lets hope it stays that way.
In the meanwhile I have some further advice for you or anyone else who may be considering calibrating their monitor.
1.Leave the monitor on for at least 30 minutes to allow it to warm up.
2.Only adjust the colors by using a hardware device such as the Spyder Pro or Pantone Huey the eyeball method is too unreliable as the colors in the room you are working in can effect the way you are perceive color.
3.You should always adjust your monitors contrast and/or brightness levels before any color adjustment is carried out.{I will shortly be uploading a greyscale wedge to help you determine if your monitor is displaying the correct levels of brightness.}
The brightness levels should be adjusted even if you are not going to tweak the color settings and for very good reasons.
If for instance the display is too bright you would probably end up darkening your photos in photoshop to make them appear correct on your display.This would end up with your prints coming back from the lab too dark because they are working with a correctly calibrated system that is following the input data from your incorrectly calibrated display.
Also what will appear OK on display that is too bright is going to appear dark and possibly over saturated on a display that has correctly adjusted.
Les
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#1963 2008-07-16 03:57 GMT |
Hi Les,
You are spot on, my print come out dark because my monitor was to bright.
I printed about 50 new prints and two old files that I wanted as enlargements.
The enlargements turned out fine but the new prints where way to dark. I will be thinking twice about throwing out old monitor before breaking in new monitor.
thanks for your help.
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#1964 2008-07-16 08:33 GMT |
No problem Mark,It is surprising how bright the monitors are,they are probably optimized for office work etc and need to be turned down a fair bit for image editing.
I had to turn my Dell Ultrasharp down from 100% to 40%, I used a gray scale wedge like the one I uploaded here to determine the correct level,no further calibration was necessary and all my prints from the lab and my inkjet are spot on.
I have asked Rick if the wedge could be permanently incorporated into the site for everyone to use.
Les.
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#1965 2008-07-16 12:27 GMT |
yeah that sounds great Les, thanks. Would it be possible for you to submit that in the tutorial section with a little explanation ?
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#1967 2008-07-17 05:41 GMT |
Hi Les,
Sound like a good move to keep that strip. You have once again hit the nail on the head I had to go from 85% downs to 42%. Its a lot easier on the eyes as well, I wonder how office workers sit front of something so bright all day
Cheers
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