Posted 10/16/2011 3:00 pm
An additional consideration is that not all monitors are calibrated similarly - what you're seeing might be entirely different in terms of color than what another member viewing on their own monitor might see. I have dual monitors with my computer, and the Viewsonic is noticeably "yellower" than the Asus. Its' color temperature setting is lower.
Most people don't realize that computer monitors have some pretty sophisticated color adjustment capabilities - they can use different basic color temperatures, and the majority allow for fine adjustment of individual RGB colors. The trouble is, equipment/software capable of telling you that your monitor is actually displaying "real" colors is quite expensive, on the order of hundreds of dollars.
What I do for monitor calibration is to look up reviews of my monitor online. Many reviewers have this calibration equipment, and publish the settings which make the monitor most accurate. One can then use those same settings on one's own monitor.
I deliberately keep my two a slight bit "off," the Asus a bit too blue and the Viewsonic a bit too yellow. Most TN-panel monitors (the vast majority of what y'all are using) are of nonprofessional color quality anyways, but even thoough the differences between them and a higher-quality IPS panel are slight, they're noticeable. My panels are both TN, and I use the differences to give me an idea of what the majority of people viewing my images are going to see.
Most people don't realize that computer monitors have some pretty sophisticated color adjustment capabilities - they can use different basic color temperatures, and the majority allow for fine adjustment of individual RGB colors. The trouble is, equipment/software capable of telling you that your monitor is actually displaying "real" colors is quite expensive, on the order of hundreds of dollars.
What I do for monitor calibration is to look up reviews of my monitor online. Many reviewers have this calibration equipment, and publish the settings which make the monitor most accurate. One can then use those same settings on one's own monitor.
I deliberately keep my two a slight bit "off," the Asus a bit too blue and the Viewsonic a bit too yellow. Most TN-panel monitors (the vast majority of what y'all are using) are of nonprofessional color quality anyways, but even thoough the differences between them and a higher-quality IPS panel are slight, they're noticeable. My panels are both TN, and I use the differences to give me an idea of what the majority of people viewing my images are going to see.
