On 2 Jan 2004 at 13:37, John Francis wrote: > That sounds very much as though they were still using a monitor gamma > response curve. LCD displays have a very different gamma value.
Virtually no photo-apps (but some specific LCD cal products) have the complex S- shaped curves required to pull LCD monitors into reasonable linearity. When calibrated the gammas are very similar, generically LCD doesn't not out perform CRT in this respect. > Sshhh - don't tell the guys in the film industry. Back when I was > working for SGI the biggest customers for the LCD displays were from > the folks working on special effects for films. One of the major > selling points of the LCD was the ability for it to be accurately > (and repeatably) calibrated for colour reproduction. Another was > the contrast ratio, which far exceeeds what a conventional monitor > can do. This is assuming of course that you are comparing them next to a CRT with has a high reflectivity phosphor mask and isn't hooded (or otherwise protected from direct lighting). Using a CRT under ideal conditions can provide a 10x contrast advantage over LCDs. The paper "LCDs Versus CRTs�Color-Calibration and Gamut Considerations" by GAURAV SHARMA, is a good read, it can be found on the web as: lcdvscrtprocieee.pdf Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
