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05/30/2007 03:09:46 PM · #1 |
Question for the friendly people on this forum...I suppose this is one of the inherent faults of digital photography, but maybe somebody has some insight:
I do digital photography on two different computers - one (work) with a nice 19" Dell LCD monitor, and one (home) with a decent 17" LG LCD monitor. I Photoshop at home, and get the brightness and contrast just how I want them, but then when I bring the photos to work, they're all wrong - much less contrast, and some unwanted detail in the shadows and highlights. I have to re-adjust about +20 in contrast and/or 5-10 in gamma.
This makes me wonder what my photos look like to people online who use completely different equipment. Is there a best way to ensure that the pictures look best to the world in general? Do I err on one side or the other? Or do I somehow calibrate my equipment?
Thank a bunch. Matt |
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05/30/2007 03:28:29 PM · #2 |
Ever walk into a television store and notice how every image on every TV looks different? (color, contrast, brightness, sharpness, details) You guessed it, your photos look different on every monitor out there too.
So what's the best you can hope for?
Calibrate *your* monitor. And then hope that the people viewing your images have calibrated theirs as well. Most probably won't. But at least, you can blame their monitors rather than your image. :-)
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05/30/2007 03:39:16 PM · #3 |
I have a similar problem -- my home laptop is set at a higher screen resolution, which makes images smaller. I even dislike voting from home because the images seem cramped. I tried someone's advice and changed the screen resolution, but (as predicted by the laptop's Help Screens) it makes the images soft.
But isn't it weird that a pixel isn't a precise unit of measurement? I mean, 640 pixels on one monitor can display smaller than 640 pixels on another. |
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05/30/2007 06:56:32 PM · #4 |
| Recommend Pantone Huey as a calibration tool. Not that expensive. Does a good job. Good compromise between quality and price. Dead easy to use. |
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05/30/2007 07:26:03 PM · #5 |
I think the precise thing about pixels is how many you have per unit of standard measurement, such as a centimeter. For example, 72dpi or 180 dpi that's why they are smaller on screens with more pixel power punch per cm.
Originally posted by citymars:
I have a similar problem -- my home laptop is set at a higher screen resolution, which makes images smaller. I even dislike voting from home because the images seem cramped. I tried someone's advice and changed the screen resolution, but (as predicted by the laptop's Help Screens) it makes the images soft.
But isn't it weird that a pixel isn't a precise unit of measurement? I mean, 640 pixels on one monitor can display smaller than 640 pixels on another. |
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