Do you calibrate your monitors?

[tjdee]

Because so much photo-editing is done on the computer, and for DU contests ;) ...just wondering how y'all make sure the colors you see are the ones others are, and in terms of washed out colors, etc.

So? Do you have your brightness/contrasts at certain levels? Or something else?

[RagingInMiami]

1. I don't even know how to do that

[tjdee]

2. Well, I found this...

I know there are programs you can buy...started thinking about this today looking at some pics on another site that seemed a bit dull. I wondered if he/she had different display settings, cause I wasn't seeing no great thing!

Googled it, and found these directions--not sure if it makes too much difference....

http://pages.prodigy.net/ecmorris/tips/monitor.htm

[Rocinante]

3. Thanks!

Mine was way off. I new something wasn't right, as my sons' newer monitor was way different than mine. I was having trouble getting it adjusted right. Your link really helped.

[RagingInMiami]

4. It tells me my monitor is good, which is good cause I didn't want to have

to screw with it.
But thanks for the link. I'll save it.

[amazona]

5. it's a lost cause

Everybody's monitors are different, and I just got tired of being a control freak.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[Blue_In_AK]

6. Well, I reset mine according to that web site

and now I'm blinded. Yikes! I think I'd better put it back the way it was.

[HamstersFromHell]

7. Absolutely!

Where I was in the large format printing business for 5 years, I religiously keep my monitors calibrated, as well as consistently use ICC color profiles on all my work.

Get your monitor calibrated right, and use profiles, then adjust your printer to match what you see on screen. (Adjusting your printer should be unnecessary if it installs it's own ICC profiles and you use the suggested paper and ink for that profile.)

For a good detailed loo at the hows and why of calibration, see this link:

http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html

Koren's site is a wealth of info for digital photographers who want to make good prints.