On 6th November 2003 Richard Kenward wrote:- > Buying as high a quality monitor in peak condition as you can > afford/justify, set up correctly as regards to calibration and > profiling, and in an ideal viewing situation is an important element in > how seriously you consider the limitations are for you.
.....and some of the colours in Adobe RGB cannot be seen by the human eye never mind a monitor. Monitors are analog devices and no two are the same - close but not the same. Main thing is the calibration.....and recalibration until the guns and phosphors get whacked with age. I am not bothered that my (ahem) four year old monitor cannot show everything in Adobe RGB, but it still calibrates fine across the tube. A look at a PS CMYK preview is quite enough to keep my confidence in the monitor. Still get a kick from comparing profiled printouts with the screen and seeing little difference. Actually, the prints show slightly more colour separation than the monitor, so if I see what I think is the max on the screen I know the print is going to be fab. I also find that the eye dropper in PS is invaluable for when interpreting contrast ranges on screen for print, and hey I'm no expert. CRT and LCD technologies have real, quite definite limitations when displaying optical colour imagery, and so long as they get and give the best of it, the human mind happily makes up the rest. Remember, human vision is 'liquid' and the mind's eye get used to, then forgives and forgets the true nature of its surroundings very easily and conveniently. Like looking at a Halloween mask until it no longer looks scary, or saying the word 'monkey' a thousand times until meaningless. Which reminds me, must recalibrate my monitor. William Curwen =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
