OK, I just spent an hour calibrating with the Spyder II setup. It was pretty foolproof BUT, my results are really no better. My problem is that when I used the monitor controls to try to make the screen match a good print, I cannot get the intensity level low enough. This is a 17" Compaq crt. Now, after the calibration routine, the screen is much flatter and a little brighter, but a print made from settings that look good on the screen are WAY too dark on a print. The colors are great, well saturated, but to get the right density you have to view the print under a very bright light or use transmitted light, which makes the shadows/black suck! Do I need to shoot this monitor! :-)
Walt On 10/31/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tend to prefer directly adjusting the video card to using Adobe Gamma, > however > some video cards do not seem to have that capability. Most likely because the > driver is crippled. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 10/31/2007 7:22:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > When my house took the lightening strike a few months back my monitor > > was destroyed. I also lost the ethernet card portion of the > > motherboard,however I put a new card in a slot and bought a new > > monitor. > > My prints were suddenly too dark with the new monitor so I adjusted > > the brightness/contrast controls and have managed to get by. However, > > dumb me, I just realized that the Adobe Gamma folder that was in the > > Control Panel is no longer there!!! How do I get it back??? I tried > > reloading PSE 5.0 but no difference, still missing. > > Where does that program come from?? > > > > Walt > > > > =========== > > Just checked on Adobe users' forum. Adobe Gamma is NOT installed > > automatically with E5, as it was previously. But it's still on the disc, > > in the > > "goodies" folder. Funny, didn't know that. > > > > HTH, Marnie aka Doe :-) > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. > > > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
