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01/26/2004 12:18:07 PM · #1 |
okay, I know the impact of this is unilateral but how frustrating is it when each person's monitor shows a shot differently? I mean, the last few shots I've entered I have been getting comments about how the shot looks to them & it is very different to how the shot appears on my monitor. For instance, one shot has an all black BG but others are not seeing it like that on their monitors. I guess there is not much I can do about it that but is that fair in terms of voting?
This bites. There! I think I feel better.
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01/26/2004 12:27:10 PM · #2 |
I'm starting to realize that more and more. On my monitor at home, a particular shot of mine might be very bright and colorful, with the contrast being just right. Then, I get to work, and sometimes they look drab and the contrast looks flat. I think everyone should come over to my house and use my computer to vote, at least on my image.
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01/26/2004 12:40:17 PM · #3 |
You might want to try selecting a black point using your post processing software to insure that your blacks are truly black. You could also use curves, levels, histogram, contrast, brightness or gamma to achieve similar results.
Another thing, calibrate your monitor so that you can see the difference between the blacks at the bottom of the voting page. You may not be able to see all of the gradations, but you should be able to see a difference in all but maybe the last two.
Message edited by author 2004-01-26 17:41:19.
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01/26/2004 12:43:39 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by cshep:
You might want to try selecting a black point using your post processing software to insure that your blacks are truly black. You could also use curves, levels, histogram, contrast, brightness or gamma to achieve similar results.
Another thing, calibrate your monitor so that you can see the difference between the blacks at the bottom of the voting page. You may not be able to see all of the gradations, but you should be able to see a difference in all but maybe the last two. |
Actually,
your comment ( a good one & well appreciated) was the reason for this thread. Well one of the comments I got. I wanted it to be an even black BG so I clond fromt he darkest parts of the shot. I guess I'm whinning about how things look from one monitor to another & not neccesarily my monitor. But I do see the benefit of what suggested. I will try it on all my future entries. Thanks much!
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01/26/2004 12:45:20 PM · #5 |
| Even if calibrated perfectly Macs and PCs will still be different. |
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01/26/2004 12:48:38 PM · #6 |
I do virtually all my DPC-related editing on a PC; my PWL entry is STILL "too dark."
Do a forum thread search under "calibration" to read abou six thousand other comments on this subject ... |
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01/26/2004 12:49:58 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
Even if calibrated perfectly Macs and PCs will still be different. |
Good point, thats why it's important to calibrate to the shades on the DPC site before post processing. This however doesn't insure that those who are voting will do the same.
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01/26/2004 12:51:52 PM · #8 |
| I would assume that most of the user/members of the last couple of months have tried recalibrating but seems like a lot of new user/members that have joined the site lately and may not have done it yet. Some ppl don't even read the forums so they may not know. |
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01/26/2004 12:54:30 PM · #9 |
I know, it's soooo frustrating.
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01/26/2004 01:09:58 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by cshep:
I know, it's soooo frustrating. |
Yup. Maybe we could just make the pictures automatically adjust to each person's monitor. Yeah...that's an idea. :-)
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