Question about Adobe Gamma

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Nathan Gutman
Nov 20, 2005
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I know that I can use Adobe Gamma to calibrate my monitor. Can it be used to calibrate a digital projector so that what I see on the monitor will also be in the projected image?
If yes then how would you go about it?
Thanks.
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Mike Hyndman
Nov 20, 2005
"Nathan Gutman" wrote in message
I know that I can use Adobe Gamma to calibrate my monitor. Can it be used to calibrate a digital projector so that what I see on the monitor will also be in the projected image?
If yes then how would you go about it?
Thanks.

Hi Nathan,

Unlikely as two different "processes" are involved. Putting it simply, AG creates a profile as to how your monitor’s phosphors reacts to things like colour temp, brightness and contrast. This profile is stored for use by programs that can take advantage of the contained information e.g. Photoshop. This profile ensures that what you see on the monitor is replicated in the printed output, within the limits of reflective versus transmitted light and paper absorbency.

At its most basic, a projector is just a light source which shines through a focusing mechanism, there is nothing in a projector that reacts as phosphors do when excited by the electron flow in a CRT or the differing excitation voltages in an LCD/TFT monitor.
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