Monitor Calibration Site

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Callum_Ferguson
Apr 4, 2004
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Whilst trying to find what causes part of some dialog boxes to be missing i was give this site <http://www.monitorsdirect.com/toolkit/index.shtml> from which it seems one can calibrate CRT or LCD and seeing as there is some doubt as to how to do the LCD this may be an answer
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Malcolm
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Juergen_D
Apr 4, 2004
Beth,

Yes, I see what you mean… I guess I was too cautious. Thanks.

Juergen
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Juergen_D
Apr 4, 2004
Malcom – Thanks for posting this. Looks interesting, but I wouldn’t want to play with my settings until I hear some opinions. I wonder if Brent has seen this post?

Brent – Can you comment on this? Especially the LCD calibration aspect?

Juergen
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Beth_Haney
Apr 4, 2004
I just played with this Juergen, and it’s pretty harmless if you just open it up and click through it. I didn’t think it provided much in the way of calibration ability, rather it seemed more like a way to see if things were displaying properly. I checked the LCD on this little PowerBook and the 16 rectangles, for example, were all displayed as they should be. Did you open it up yet? It’s safe, but it seems it’s more useful for troubleshooting dead pixels, etc.
DS
Dick_Smith
Apr 4, 2004
It is, indeed, an interesting site. I just played with it. I’m going to try again later tonite when its dark.

BTW, if you use Mozilla, the calibrator WILL run enven tho the site says it will only work on Explorer 5.0+

Dick
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brent_bertram
Apr 4, 2004
From what I see the calibration module is just fine. It pretty much establishes your monitor’s white point and black point. I didn’t see anything that would give you a color balance adjustement, either. I’d be inclined to calibrate with Adobe Gamma and check it with the site’s wizard .

What it doesn’t do is create a profile that Elements can use . That, I assume , would still be up to Adobe Gamma utility , and that’s the tricky part with LCD displays.

Dick, I too, run Mozilla and noticed that everything seemed to run just fine.

🙂

Brent
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Juergen_D
Apr 4, 2004
Thank you, Brent, always appreciate your input.

Juergen
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Otto_Hackel
Apr 5, 2004
I don’t know if I used Gamma correctly,, but I have a couple of issues: – at the beginning it tells you to turn the contrast to the highest level. Presumably, it expects users to work that way, for it does not tell you later to revert back.
– adjusting brightnes: instructs to fiddle with it to make the "centre box as dark as possible". My box has not changed at all and continued to be dark black.
Am I doing something wrong?
The bottom line is that my digital camera pictures are quite dark, in PSA 2. Thank you.

Otto
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brent_bertram
Apr 5, 2004
Otto,
You’re probably using it correctly. It’s possible that your monitor is older and is out of the adjustable range for brightness. If it is older, then the flyback can be adjusted slightly to bring the brightness range into the useable realm, but it can be a scary thing to do. < http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bbertram/Flyback.pd f> .
The intention IS to leave the contrast at it’s maximum point, by the way. A local tech can adjust your monitor flyback, but you may want to think about a new one if the old one is obsolete.

🙂

Brent
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Dick_Smith
Apr 5, 2004
Someone had posted a site here a while back that dealt with calibration as well. I remember following a link that resulted in downloading a little program called "Quick Gamma." I still have it on my desktop but without a direct link to it. I know it came from Norman Koren’s webpage but I am having trouble locating it.

Dick
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jhjl1
Apr 5, 2004
http://www.photoscientia.co.uk/Gamma.htm

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Someone had posted a site here a while back that dealt with
calibration as well. I remember following a link that resulted in downloading a little program called "Quick Gamma." I still have it on my desktop but without a direct link to it. I know it came from Norman Koren’s webpage but I am having trouble locating it.
Dick
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jhjl1
Apr 5, 2004
Dick I was the one who posted it but I just gave you the wrong link. I am looking for the correct one now.

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James Hutchinson
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http://www.photoscientia.co.uk/Gamma.htm

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Have A Nice Day, 🙂
James Hutchinson
http://www.pbase.com/myeyesview
http://www.myeyesviewstudio.com/
wrote in message
Someone had posted a site here a while back that dealt with
calibration as well. I remember following a link that resulted in downloading a little program called "Quick Gamma." I still have it on
my
desktop but without a direct link to it. I know it came from Norman Koren’s webpage but I am having trouble locating it.
Dick

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jhjl1
Apr 5, 2004
http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html
http://quickgamma.de/indexen.html

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Have A Nice Day, 🙂
James Hutchinson
http://www.pbase.com/myeyesview
http://www.myeyesviewstudio.com/
wrote in message
Someone had posted a site here a while back that dealt with
calibration as well. I remember following a link that resulted in downloading a little program called "Quick Gamma." I still have it on my desktop but without a direct link to it. I know it came from Norman Koren’s webpage but I am having trouble locating it.
Dick
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Dick_Smith
Apr 5, 2004
James, that was it. Thanks again.

Dick

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