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Anybody have tips on how to calibrate a laptop monitor? I have a Colorvision Spyder with the baffle for an LCD but there are so few controls available to adjust the screen (compared to my CRTs) that basically I just define the gamma and color temp and let the Spyder take the color measurements and create a profile without any additional interaction. I think all I could do is change the brightness of the screen anyway.
I’m not going to do any color-critical work on this, I’m using it mainly to store files from digital cameras while traveling, reviewing the images for composition and sharpness. All the real work is done when we get home, but I’d like to be able to see them better when using the laptop on the road. The monitor defaulted to some sRGB spec so when I ran the Spyder on it and got a basic default ICM profile things improved greatly, but I’m wondering if there are ways to improve further on this.
This is a Dell 5150 with a basic 14" TFT screen and a Radeon 32 MB graphics card. Any tips would be appreciated, or if this is what you get with an LCD I’d like to know that too.
Bill
I’m not going to do any color-critical work on this, I’m using it mainly to store files from digital cameras while traveling, reviewing the images for composition and sharpness. All the real work is done when we get home, but I’d like to be able to see them better when using the laptop on the road. The monitor defaulted to some sRGB spec so when I ran the Spyder on it and got a basic default ICM profile things improved greatly, but I’m wondering if there are ways to improve further on this.
This is a Dell 5150 with a basic 14" TFT screen and a Radeon 32 MB graphics card. Any tips would be appreciated, or if this is what you get with an LCD I’d like to know that too.
Bill
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