At precisely 23/11/02 2:02 pm, the inimitable michael shaffer posted to the friendliest listserv this side of Alpha Centuri:
>> Try ticking the compensation box first and if you still get a >> blue cast then your monitor calibration/characterisation >> is probably off. Edit the monitor profile again by using >> the many tools mentioned here regularly. >> If it still has a blue cast, your monitor's seen better days. > > Rather than toss your monitor based solely on a blue cast from scanned > RGB, you should try "reference images" ... e.g., the Photodisc target, or > some of the many wwwsites which would offer some type of color > qualification. Even my site, which for the most part is grayscale/neutral, > should show no color bias. It is the case however, that all color > calibration methods (including Adobe RGB) should make your monitor color > neutral. Michael - Don't get me wrong, I wasn't recommending Geoff throws away his monitor because it has a blue cast. What I was saying was if it's not performing correctly _even after_ using the various calibration/characterisation tools available, then it's seen better days. Just loading Ole No Moire from the Phtotoshop CD into a none color managed application should give you a fairly good idea of how well your monitor is interpreting the colors. Whereas loading it into Photoshop will introduce other variations: how good the monitor profile is, have you got the correct settings enabled, etc. OTOH, If you can see Ole No Moire "correctly" in Photoshop, then that should mean your settings are "OK" and your profile is "OK" too. I'm sure there's better test images and methods out there, as you say. And then there's Windows color management... --/ Shangara Singh http://www.e-pixel.co.uk Adobe Certified Expert ~ Photoshop 7.0 PortfoliosOnCD for Photographers http://www.portfoliosoncd.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
