sRGB, LCD and Photoshop 8

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Les and Claire
Dec 6, 2004
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Having just purchased a Philips 170C4 LCD screen i’d like to set up the colour settings for accurate rendition of colours. I have set the monitor to sRGB and chosen "Europe general Purpose Defaults" from the colour settings menu in photoshop. This setting mentions sRGB, but so do a few others. Have I set it up correctly or am I missing something?
The adobe gamma programme seems to apply to CRT more with the mention of phosphors. Am I right in thinking that the sRGB setting on the monitor makes the gamma calibration superfluous?

Les


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Dec 6, 2004
It is not clear you understand color management correctly. As to whether or not to use sRGB or AdobeRGB as your working space in your color presets: if you use a dSLR or film scanner that uses AdobeRGB that is the space you should use because of its somewhat wider color gamut. Although there is a real difference in their gamuts the differences between sRGB and AdobeRGB are not all that dramatic and consistency is what counts. You can create a profile for any monitor using the gamma applet. How well that monitor image will predict the final color managed print is up for you to judge, but with an LCD the Gamma applet will be even less accurate than how the Gamma applet works for CRTs.
LCDs can be profiled with a colorimeter like the Spyder or Monaco, which is more accurate than using the Gamma applet.
However LCDs in general are not able to display the range of tones and colors that an LCD is capable of displaying and so it can be difficult to make subtle adjustments to your image judging by its appearance on the monitor and predict how those adjustments might print. This is particularly true if you like to use layers to paint in subtle gradations in shadows or tones.
My son now plays computer games on a $500 LCD panel and I use Photoshop with a $200 CRT but save a fortune in printer ink and frustration.

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