>While a few select people may have some overwhelming need for some >version of 'color accuracy' (whatever THAT is), most of us put that >lofty concept way down on our list. A good *looking* picture is much >more important. As well as weight and footprint.
Sure, take your advice from someone who says "'color accuracy' (whatever THAT is)." This from luminous-landscape.com... This is the area in which the Artisan really struts its stuff -- black differentiation. You can see extremely fine difference in black level that are simply not visible on an LCD. I didn't believe it myself until I saw a demonstration. Even the best LCDs like the Apple Cinemadisplay can't compare when it comes to differentiating fine shades of black and gray. A Small Experiment Here's a small experiment that you can do to see how well your current monitor can display fine gradations of gray and black. In Photoshop create a file that fills most of the screen (Ctrl/CMD-N). Make the whole field black by using the paint bucket tool (G). Now use the rectangular marquee tool to create a selection that fills about 50% of the frame, in the center. Call up the Curves tool (CTRL/CMD-M) and click on the control point on the bottom left of the line, at position 0-0. Dim the lights in the room and make sure that there are no reflections on the screen, and that the light is as low as you would normally work in. Now, using the Up-Arrow key on your keyboard move the control point so that it moves upwards, increasing the output level. Look for the following. -- Can you monitor clearly display each separate level starting at level 1? -- If not starting at 1, at what level can you start to see a difference between the area within the selection and the rest of the picture area? -- Is each level distinct, or can you only see every second or third level at the lower range of brightness? A very high quality calibrated monitor such as the Sony Artisan can pass this test easily, with every single brightness level clearly discernable. Don't be suprised if your monitor doesn't. Few can. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
