Joaquim, As one who tried this route I must say the software calibration is close to useless. And this has nothing to do with the subjectivity of eye perception but to mathematical reasons. All software tools I cam across employ a simple gamma correction on all three channels - that is you manage at best to correct one (middle) point only on the colour response curve, while the hardware approach measures and adjust multiple points. The well calibrated monitor may exhibit a totally off colour response curve, sometimes with multiple peaks, one that you cannot achieve through simple gamma correction. With LCD screens this is even more so due to peculiarity of its colour response curves. Servus, Alin
Joaquim wrote: JC> SuperCal and it is free. JC> Software calibrators are as good as or better than any calibration tool, JC> the problem is not everybody can use them, you have to understand how JC> they work: JC> Software calibrators use you as the light sensor, you have to adjust the JC> brightness of several color areas to match the brightness of another JC> area that has some pixels ON and some other OFF, you must put your eyes JC> out of focus so the light/darkness from adjacent pixels blends, JC> concentrate and do it acuratelly and for several times with the three JC> RGB colors at several brightness levels. This way the software gets to JC> know the precise brightness curve for each light component, as seen by JC> you, and generates a perfect color profile. JC> Writing this made me think that doing it through an out of focus camera JC> viewfinder will be a lot easier :) JC> Thibouille wrote: >>Anybody knows a software for that? >>Of course it wouldn't be anywhere good as a hardware thing but'd be >>beter than nothing heh? >> >>2005/6/16, Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >>>I am considering to buy a monitor calibration tool, like this one: >>>http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=324696&is=REG >>> >>>Any opinions about this Pantone Colorplus? Alternatives? >>> >>>Thanks in advance, >>>-- >>>Frits Wüthrich >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >>
