Re: [WSG] Color LCD Monitors vs traditional Monitors

2005-03-24 Thread Nancy Johnson
Thank you for all the feed back on LCD Monitors vs traditional monitors. I will look at all the suggestions. Nancy Paul Menard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could be the color calibration on the LCD or 'traditional' CRT. Check out some tools like:http://www.colorvision.com/ (PANTONE Spyder - hardware

RE: [WSG] Color LCD Monitors vs traditional Monitors

2005-03-22 Thread Collin Davis
Nancy, How are you calibration both? (generating ICC profiles). I have 7 monitors here at work a mix-match of LCD and CRT I have to calibrate the LCDs sometimes as much as once a week. Unless youre using Eizo or Lacie professional graphic LCDs, most LCDs dont have the color gamut of

Re: [WSG] Color LCD Monitors vs traditional Monitors

2005-03-22 Thread Paul Menard
Could be the color calibration on the LCD or 'traditional' CRT. Check out some tools like: http://www.colorvision.com/ (PANTONE Spyder - hardware based) http://www.easyrgb.com/calibrate.php Also if you own Photoshop it does have an adjustement tool that provides some color calibration for

Re: [WSG] Color LCD Monitors vs traditional Monitors

2005-03-22 Thread Carl Reynolds
Nancy Johnson wrote: Dear Webstandards, Are there any articles or standards out there that talk about how to pick colors for both LCD and traditional monitors? I have a website that is an intense blue that looks great in a tradiational monitor but looks terrible in an LCD monitor. Nancy

RE: [WSG] Color LCD Monitors vs traditional Monitors

2005-03-22 Thread Mike Foskett
-Original Message- From: Carl Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 March 2005 15:29 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Color LCD Monitors vs traditional Monitors Nancy Johnson wrote: Dear Webstandards, Are there any articles or standards out

RE: [WSG] Color LCD Monitors vs traditional Monitors

2005-03-22 Thread Patrick Lauke
Just to make it explicit (as I guess you probably meant it implicitly): Mike Foskett So avoid subtle colour effects ...if they're used to distinguish pieces of information. If it's purely for subtle visual effect (e.g. a minimal gradient in the background) you can still use those subtle

RE: [WSG] Color LCD Monitors vs traditional Monitors

2005-03-22 Thread Jacobus van Niekerk
I found using both works best... Get a video card the supports dual display and run both at the same time, you can then switch in-between the two monitors and view any colour differences Kind Regards Jacobus van Niekerk Creative Consultant web:

RE: [WSG] Color LCD Monitors vs traditional Monitors

2005-03-22 Thread Sarah Peeke (XERT)
I recently attended a workshop on this very issue. 1. I now calibrate all my monitors (PC and Mac, LCD and CRT) at least once a month using Eye-One Display. 2. I have also changed my Macs to gamma 2.2 (rather than the obsolete 1.8) in line with PCs. These are the two main changes, and have

Re: [WSG] Color LCD Monitors vs traditional Monitors

2005-03-22 Thread David Laakso
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 07:56:56 +1100, Sarah Peeke (XERT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] 1. I now calibrate all my monitors (PC and Mac, LCD and CRT) at least once a month using Eye-One Display. 2. I have also changed my Macs to gamma 2.2 (rather than the obsolete 1.8) in line with PCs. These

Re: [WSG] Color LCD Monitors vs traditional Monitors

2005-03-22 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
David Laakso wrote: Cool. Did the workshop you attended offer any suggestions on how everyone else in the world can obtain the same output on their monitors as you have on yours? This site best viewed with correctly calibrated monitors ... click here to order your calibration kit today

Re: [WSG] Color LCD Monitors vs traditional Monitors

2005-03-22 Thread Sarah Peeke (XERT)
Hi David Cool. Did the workshop you attended offer any suggestions on how everyone else in the world can obtain the same output on their monitors as you have on yours? The two methods I listed (below) will go a long way towards addressing this. The Eye-One Display is very easy to use