monitor contrast - too low?
monitor contrast - too low?
- Subject: monitor contrast - too low?
- From: Christoph Busch <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:53:23 +0100
Hi,
i try to calibrate my monitor for a sublimation printer.
(I can't use a CMYK soft proof because its using RGB for printing)
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW - contrast: 3000:1
Lightsource: 6500K
Calibrating: Spyder3 elite
Gamma: 2.2
System: Mac 10.5.6
I did the calibration (the monitor settings hue and contrast) by
comparing printed out images to the monitor - finally i came up with
something like: 40% hue and 30% contrast (monitor auto control
switched off)
(My normal settings for web based images are 98% hue and 54% contrast
with slight monitor sharpening)
The problem: Most images look good in color and hue but there is a
significant shift in contrast looking and intense color (like brown,
yellow in my case).
To describe better what it's looking like: Take the basic settings and
change the center level curve control in PS to 0.65 (1.00 by default)
But i can't find any control achieving this kind of contrast behavior
with my monitor (changing the contrast on monitor doesn't get any
closer) - i did several profiling attempts including some gamma 1.8
and mac system owned profiling.
so my question: is this something my colorimeter should do (and i have
to do some more spyder challenging) or is my monitor contrast by
dafault too low ?
regards
Chris
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