On Feb 6, 2011, at 07:05 , David J Brooks wrote: > Ok, I have installed the Opti-Cal 3.7.5 from Spyder I. > > I have set it to gamma 1.8, screen wb to 5500 and i think the bottom > of the set up screen then said luminance 200 and black point 1. Those > are the numbers but not sure of the correct terminology,i do not have > the system running now. > > It then said to set the screen to default brightness and contrast. I > don't see a place to set contrast but i set the brightness to full > as that's were it was when i got the machine. > > I set up the unit for Mac and LCD. it ran through its red greens and > blues and checked for wb etc. > i tried the test print again and its still darker than the screen via > LR3. If i set the brightness to 5-6 clicks below the fullest reading, > i get fairly close to the print on screen. > I looked at the test print on my iBook, which gives me something very > very close to the PC, it looks like it should with proper brightness > on the pinks and cream colours. > > Should i just set the brightness to -5 and go from there.?? > I see no one yet has brought up a way to set the monitor brightness below what the F14/F15 keys allow you to dim the display.
My room is dimly lit. The iMac monitor is too bright to even look at at full intensity. So I set brightness to the lowest setting, then use a program called Dark Adapted which goes into your graphic card brightness adjustments. This allows me to dim the monitor to 50 to 100 % of the monitor's lowest brightness control setting. I keep mine at 60% all the time. If you turn off the computer, when it comes back on, the monitor brightness will go back to full, so it must be set again with the keyboard, or in preferences. But the Dark Adapted slider control that sits up on your menu bar, will remain at 60% (in my case). Does not work all that well on Laptops, but they tend to be less bright anyway. There is a set up screen where you sit your brightness so that you can discern between the two darkest blocks on a stepped scale, while keeping the two whitest block defined as well. > Dave > > BTW I hate the caps lock on this key board, i keep hitting it with my > typing fingers. Joseph McAllister [email protected] “ The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” — Kevan Olesen -- 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.
