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Boneapart
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 Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:44 am Post subject: Calibrating Your Monitor |
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Having seen some of the covers and labels that have been proposed for upload, it is quite obvious that quite a number of members have not bothered to calibrate their Monitor. Unless you calibrate your monitor you will not be able to spot the different shades of Black and Dark Gray. I would therefore suggest that those members who haven't calibrated their monitor does so now. Below is a link to a test page that will show you if your monitor is calbrated correctly or not. If you cannot see all the different shades of Black and the different shades of white, you will need to make adjustments until you can...
Here is the link http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/
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J0nn0
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:14 am Post subject: |
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I've been using WIZIWYG for a while now,you sure do notice the difference once you calibrate...
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tkboxer
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It makes a big difference when you are trying to adjust Levels.
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DVDude
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| Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:57 am Post subject: |
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| Another useful link! Thanks for that one. |
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Meshmeshta
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| Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you mate for the link. I tried it and got perfect results. Mind you I've used Adobe Gamma to calibrate my monitor and saw the difference initially and it was amazing how a well tuned monitor shows the colors so acurately.
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dooleytool
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:47 am Post subject: |
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I seem to recall in the early days some graphics cards came with a calibration sheet made of plastic and you had to match them up in some way...which I cant remember now lol!!
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flyers2thecup
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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WOW! i never really noticed until the other day i printed a label that had black in it...and i could see the TRUE BLACK i put in it, versus the not so black. now i know why. thanks boney!!!
my monitor seems calibrated now. excellent! |
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iamjeed
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:09 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for the link.
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Seiji
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm! Thanks, I read it quickly, and I'm not sure how to adjust black levels.
I'll read it a little more closely later. 
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biggulp
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| excellent! thanks! |
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dznutz
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| Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:55 am Post subject: |
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thanks boney.... what a difference
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