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Hi. Have read the post below about calibrating the LCD screen w/o a spyder.
Let me begin by saying I’m working on a PowerBook G4, purchased in mid-2003 (if it makes a difference).
I know I need to get a hardware calibration system, HOWEVER … I would like to try an eyeball calibration for now. I will look at the sources/articles you’ve all previously mentioned.
Still, some questions:
1) Why is the Apple calibration wizard not offering the tristimulus values that Adobe Gamma does? (Someone mentioned using Adobe Gamma on another thread … is that on an OSX machine? I use on my PC, have not been able to figure out using it on this computer.)
2) Can someone please explain the issue of gamma to me.
a. WHY are PC and Mac gammas different?
b. If I am designing for the web, shouldn’t I be using a gamma of 2.2, so that people viewing my page on a PC (90% of the world, unfortunately) will see the images as I intend?
I designed a web page in a design course at school (on a Mac) … when I got home and viewed the page in IE on my husband’s PC, I was really upset with what I saw. I had to keep explaining to him and everyone who saw the page that the images really weren’t that dark and that the colors were all wrong.
When I did the opposite — design a page on the PC, post it to the web and then view on a Mac, the look was fine.
Thanks in advance for your patience and your advice.
Let me begin by saying I’m working on a PowerBook G4, purchased in mid-2003 (if it makes a difference).
I know I need to get a hardware calibration system, HOWEVER … I would like to try an eyeball calibration for now. I will look at the sources/articles you’ve all previously mentioned.
Still, some questions:
1) Why is the Apple calibration wizard not offering the tristimulus values that Adobe Gamma does? (Someone mentioned using Adobe Gamma on another thread … is that on an OSX machine? I use on my PC, have not been able to figure out using it on this computer.)
2) Can someone please explain the issue of gamma to me.
a. WHY are PC and Mac gammas different?
b. If I am designing for the web, shouldn’t I be using a gamma of 2.2, so that people viewing my page on a PC (90% of the world, unfortunately) will see the images as I intend?
I designed a web page in a design course at school (on a Mac) … when I got home and viewed the page in IE on my husband’s PC, I was really upset with what I saw. I had to keep explaining to him and everyone who saw the page that the images really weren’t that dark and that the colors were all wrong.
When I did the opposite — design a page on the PC, post it to the web and then view on a Mac, the look was fine.
Thanks in advance for your patience and your advice.
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