Photo on Desktop greenish, laptop pinkish

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Jan 28, 2005
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Hello all.

Well in continuing my foray into digital photography I noticed that when editing the same black and white photo on my desktop machine (20" Mac Cinema Display Titanium on a Dual G5) the shot has a slight greenish cast which I noticed one day when I moved the photo over to my laptop. And on my laptop (G4 15.2" powerbook titanium) the image was a little pinkish. You notice these things only when the screens are near eachother, but I know my brain probably corrects for me when I have no comparison. Of course these colors are probably being introduced into my color photos as well even if I cannot tell.

Well I’d like to get a calibration system to make the correction. Can someone recommend a less than $300 or so solution. I did a lot of google searching and read up on the eye-one and the spyder2 but really cannot figure out which one would be the best for my setup (all LCD). Thanks.

-Josh
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jjs
Jan 28, 2005
"Josh" wrote in message
Hello all.

Well in continuing my foray into digital photography I noticed that when editing the same black and white photo on my desktop machine (20" Mac Cinema Display Titanium on a Dual G5) the shot has a slight greenish cast which I noticed one day when I moved the photo over to my laptop. And on my laptop (G4 15.2" powerbook titanium) the image was a little pinkish. You notice these things only when the screens are near eachother, but I know my brain probably corrects for me when I have no comparison. Of course these colors are probably being introduced into my color photos as well even if I cannot tell.

If we are talking about B&W, then why not just eliminate the color. After you have the tones you want, make it a 16-bit greyscale. There won’t be any pinks, greens, etc.. or shouldn’t be!
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Josh
Jan 28, 2005
I have done that – it’s the actual view on the screen that’s a color cast. It’s more of a hardware profile issue I think. I need to neutralize the color cast in general, not just for this specific photo (it’s all black and white photos, and I’d think color as well, but not as obvious). Thanks.

-Josh
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Bill Hilton
Jan 28, 2005
Well I’d like to get a calibration system to make the correc
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Josh
Jan 28, 2005
Thanks! That’s exactly the advice I needed. I’ll probably go order the eye-one (I was leaning owards it anyway)

-Josh
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Hecate
Jan 29, 2005
On 28 Jan 2005 13:20:48 -0800, "Josh" wrote:

Hello all.

Well in continuing my foray into digital photography I noticed that when editing the same black and white photo on my desktop machine (20" Mac Cinema Display Titanium on a Dual G5) the shot has a slight greenish cast which I noticed one day when I moved the photo over to my laptop. And on my laptop (G4 15.2" powerbook titanium) the image was a little pinkish. You notice these things only when the screens are near eachother, but I know my brain probably corrects for me when I have no comparison. Of course these colors are probably being introduced into my color photos as well even if I cannot tell.

Well I’d like to get a calibration system to make the correction. Can someone recommend a less than $300 or so solution. I did a lot of google searching and read up on the eye-one and the spyder2 but really cannot figure out which one would be the best for my setup (all LCD). Thanks.
Personally, I’d go for the Eye One.

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