Author Topic: Too Bright? (Read 5923 times)

Whiz · « **on:** January 17, 2009, 23:25 »

So I have a new laptop, but I'm fairly certain that the monitor on it needs to be calibrated. On my new laptop the image below looks good, but on my old one it looks blown out. Just to satisfy my curiosity, how does the image look on your monitor? Thanks in advance.

http://jrtmedia.com/mints2.jpg

weknow · « **Reply #1 on:** January 18, 2009, 05:43 »

In PS you can measure your tones. Watch your histogram. All the information you need is there!
Take the darkest area of your photo and the RGB values for that black must come close to 255-255-255. Your whites with some detail must come close to (but not be!) 0-0-0.

Honestly...I can not imagine to work on a screen that is not more or less showing your pictures in the standard everyone lookes at them and uses them. Even not callibrated to the absolute detail..there are lots of helps on the internet to get the clarity and contrast and colors of your screen quiet right. For example Adobe gamma in PS will be a big help to fix this....... There are testcarts or testphoto's to check this all over the internet. Even when it's not scientific 100% accurate....You'll solve the problem for practical use with it!

Jack Schiffer · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2009, 09:32 »

On my new 22 inch Viewsonic looks good here whites are 255 255 255 color is natural and looks yummy

Dreamframer · « **Reply #3 on:** January 18, 2009, 09:43 »

Use this link to calibrate your monitor. Follow the instructions http://www.simpelfilter.de/en/colorman/gamma_en.html
After calibrating, you will probably notice that your object is not so bright.

weknow · « **Reply #4 on:** January 18, 2009, 10:04 »

I wrote: "Take the darkest area of your photo and the RGB values for that black must come close to 255-255-255. Your whites with some detail must come close to (but not be!) 0-0-0."

This was wrong. Deepest black is 0-0-0 and clearest white must be 255-255-255.

Thanks Steve to point me to this mistake!

madelaide · « **Reply #5 on:** January 18, 2009, 12:20 »

Quote from: whitechild on January 18, 2009, 09:43

Use this link to calibrate your monitor. Follow the instructions http://www.simpelfilter.de/en/colorman/gamma_en.html
After calibrating, you will probably notice that your object is not so bright.

Whitechild,

I have seen this link before, and other similar ones. I can't see the thin lines as a solid grey color even at >2m distance and without my contact lenses. Unless I miss something in the explanations, what is wrong with my monitor?

Whiz,

Your image looks fine to me, except that the bottom has a slight "glow" that isn't too natural, but I guess you had light from below.

Regards,
Adelaide

hali · « **Reply #6 on:** January 18, 2009, 12:27 »

Quote from: whitechild on January 18, 2009, 09:43

Use this link to calibrate your monitor. Follow the instructions http://www.simpelfilter.de/en/colorman/gamma_en.html
After calibrating, you will probably notice that your object is not so bright.

awesome! thx whitechild. this is so much easier than the one i used .
and if i understand the instruction, i see that my monitor is well-calibrated.

Dreamframer · « **Reply #7 on:** January 18, 2009, 17:29 »

Quote from: madelaide on January 18, 2009, 12:20

Quote from: whitechild on January 18, 2009, 09:43
Use this link to calibrate your monitor. Follow the instructions http://www.simpelfilter.de/en/colorman/gamma_en.html
After calibrating, you will probably notice that your object is not so bright.

Whitechild,

I have seen this link before, and other similar ones. I can't see the thin lines as a solid grey color even at >2m distance and without my contact lenses. Unless I miss something in the explanations, what is wrong with my monitor?

Whiz,

Your image looks fine to me, except that the bottom has a slight "glow" that isn't too natural, but I guess you had light from below.

Regards,
Adelaide

Adelaide, take a look from a distance of some 3-4m if you have enough space in your room. The only important thing IS to see solid gray instead of thin lines. I had the same problem because my eye sight is above average and I really had to move back some 5m. Thank God my room is big

This test is simple, but very good. Try to blur your vision if you cannot move far enough. I'm sure you can do it. Try to close one eye, and to blur your vision on another. Relax your eye, like you are watching something behind your monitor.

Dreamframer · « **Reply #8 on:** January 18, 2009, 17:31 »

Quote from: hali on January 18, 2009, 12:27

Quote from: whitechild on January 18, 2009, 09:43
Use this link to calibrate your monitor. Follow the instructions http://www.simpelfilter.de/en/colorman/gamma_en.html
After calibrating, you will probably notice that your object is not so bright.

awesome! thx whitechild. this is so much easier than the one i used .
and if i understand the instruction, i see that my monitor is well-calibrated.

Hali, I found several tests like this, but this one was the best by my opinion. Simple, but comprehensive enough. You have few links oh that web page, to few more tests for brightness and contrast. You have to check them too

Sid Icarus · « **Reply #9 on:** January 19, 2009, 21:59 »

Like someone else had mentioned, the image looks good except for the bottom of the lower mint.

Pixart · « **Reply #10 on:** January 20, 2009, 11:08 »

Is there a loss of detail on the upper right? Is MY my monitor too bright? I always struggle with the brightness step of calibration.

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