Is your monitor calibrated?

Lately, I've gotten more into digital photogrpahy, first purchasing a Nikon 4500, and more recently picking up Adobe Photoshop Elements for image editing (a great program, BTW. It has most of the features of the legendary Photoshop at about 1/20 the price! Amazon.com currently has a rebate selling it for $35). When getting started with PS Elements, one of the first things recommended to do was calibrate the monitor, using an included prgoram called Adobe Gamma. Boy, what a difference it made, especially for the gray scale.
We all place so much emphasis on a coin's image, so I would recommend you check your own monitor. Here are a few on-line tools to help:
http://www.pwcphoto.com/Calibration.htm
http://www.werbefoto.at/d_base/calibration.htm
We all place so much emphasis on a coin's image, so I would recommend you check your own monitor. Here are a few on-line tools to help:
http://www.pwcphoto.com/Calibration.htm
http://www.werbefoto.at/d_base/calibration.htm
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I used PS Elements for my Kodachrome restoration work for the National Building Museum years ago and for all the books I have illustrated or contributed to. It is wonderful, easy to use and I recommend it.
Eric
Anyone remember DigitalDog? It used to be free - appears to be a pay-site now.
http://www.imaging-resource.com/ARTS/MONCAL/CALIBRATE.HTM
Cheers, RickO
<< <i>Trippy ha,
THAT is a superb visual representation of my sleeping problem!
Eric
<< <i>I have a different problem. It relates to something called the aspect ratio. My monitor makes a round coin look oval. I have never seen a simple explanation, if there is one, on how to fix that. >>
Change the resolution setting to match the native size of the monitor.
edited to add: If the above makes no sense to you, PM me and I will try to explain.
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Good luck
As a former photographer, it was an essential step in the system processes to assure consistency- especially when printing!
If not oprinting, and if others aren't on the same page (which many are not) it's not quite as essential.
Still a super good thing to do!
Thanks for the reminder.
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<< <i>Sorry it took me 10 years, but I got it done.
Now if your monitor is like mine, near a window, the changes will not matter as the sun/clouds, etc change!
It will still be out of calibration!
bob
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<< <i>Sorry it took me 10 years, but I got it done.
Now if your monitor is like mine, near a window, the changes will not matter as the sun/clouds, etc change!
It will still be out of calibration!
bob
Bob is correct, if you change the lighting in the room, or the angle you view your screen, the calibration will be off.
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