Monitor calibration/XP on Dell LCDs

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Jun 3, 2004
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I’ve already looked through the database hoping to find some tips on this and done some reading online…but I’m having issues trying to calibrate Dell LCDs for Photoshop.

I’m a career Mac user moving to an XP prepress workflow for a new job. I’ve used Adobe Gamma and Optical extensively in the past and I feel very confident with Mac OS CM. I am attempting to calibrate a Dell LCD monitor with Adobe Gamma, but cannot get past the contrast/brightness adjustment. Brightness adjustments do not seem to affect the model in the first step. I’ve heard CM & LCDs can be problematic–should I just tell my employer to get me CRTs or am I just doing something wrong with Adobe Gamma?

I know that ultimately I’ll be better off using hardware such as the GM EyeOne or Colorvision USB Spyder, but I have to convince my boss to make the investment.

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this or it’s already been answered and I missed the thread.

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Harron_K._Appleman
Jun 3, 2004
Tex,

Check out this discussion: "How to calibrate within Adobe Gamma for XP" 4/6/04 4:36pm </cgi-bin/webx?13/0> .

Despite all you may have heard to the contrary, a color-managed workflow is very much the same under Windows. And, yes, it all starts with monitor characterization (calibration). Convince your boss to spring for a hardware-based profiling system.

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Graeme Cogger
Jun 3, 2004
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I’ve already looked through the database hoping to find some tips on this and done some reading online…but I’m having issues trying to calibrate Dell LCDs for Photoshop.

I’m a career Mac user moving to an XP prepress workflow for a new job. I’ve used Adobe Gamma and Optical extensively in the past and I feel very confident with Mac OS CM. I am attempting to calibrate a Dell LCD monitor with Adobe Gamma, but cannot get past the contrast/brightness adjustment. Brightness adjustments do not seem to affect the model in the first step. I’ve heard CM & LCDs can be problematic–should I just tell my employer to get me CRTs or am I just doing something wrong
with Adobe Gamma?
I know that ultimately I’ll be better off using hardware such as the GM EyeOne or Colorvision USB Spyder, but I have to convince my boss to make the investment.

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this or it’s already been answered and I missed the thread.
Very few people have had any success calibrating an LCD using Adobe Gamma. I did have slightly better luck with the free (eyeball!) version of Wiziwyg, but you really do need a hardware system 🙁
You’re right that the brightness/contrast controls on an LCD do not work the same way as on a CRT. The only hardware
adjustment that you get on an LCD is the brightness of the backlight – anything else uses a lookup table to make the change, which is a bad idea when your monitor calibration also adjusts a lookup table. This is why most LCDs offer very little adjustment when connected via a DVI connection.
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Pete Rissler
Jun 3, 2004
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I’ve already looked through the database hoping to find some tips on this
and done some reading online…but I’m having issues trying to calibrate Dell LCDs for Photoshop.
I’m a career Mac user moving to an XP prepress workflow for a new job.
I’ve used Adobe Gamma and Optical extensively in the past and I feel very confident with Mac OS CM. I am attempting to calibrate a Dell LCD monitor with Adobe Gamma, but cannot get past the contrast/brightness adjustment. Brightness adjustments do not seem to affect the model in the first step. I’ve heard CM & LCDs can be problematic–should I just tell my employer to get me CRTs or am I just doing something wrong with Adobe Gamma?
I know that ultimately I’ll be better off using hardware such as the GM
EyeOne or Colorvision USB Spyder, but I have to convince my boss to make the investment.
Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this or it’s already been answered
and I missed the thread.

I could not color calibrate my Dell notebook lcd with Adobe Gamma. I went the Colorvision SypderPro route with good results.


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