Re: Gamma Confusion!
Re: Gamma Confusion!
- Subject: Re: Gamma Confusion!
- From: MB <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:07:37 +0300
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The purpose of the calibration process is to put your device into a
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state that is [1] known (usually through an ICC profile) and [2] good
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(to the calibration decision-maker). It's very unlikely that a linear
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(gamma=1) state would be good for a monitor, but, as long as you had
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some rationale for it, that wouldn't affect the question of whether your
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monitor was calibrated or not.
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Yes, I agree that the monitor should be in known state, but how can I define this
good known state.
Gamma 1.8 is good for most monitors, but not for all of them, I think. So I want to
know the best state for my monitor. Because of quantization error I want to get all
possible levels.
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So try building profiles at both 1.8 and 2.2 and
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seeing which you prefer to live with.
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I think to define whether it's good you need some experience. I think at first
glance you won't see any difference in Photoshop .
Mikhail Berkovsky,
Pre-Press International, Moscow