LCD Calibration
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- agraphiclife
I have an ibook G4 and I'm noticing color/ contrast looks different than on other computers. Right now it is calibrated as "Color LCD" (default). What should it be to more closely represent other monitors? (designing for web) I was thinking of changing it to Adobe RGB (1998) or sRGB Profile... I know this all might just be a matter of preference/ opinion.
- Mick0
Basssiiicccaaalllyyy - LCDs are pathetic for color accuracy - and differ like crazy to CRTs.
I won't be designing on an LCD any time soon. I attach an external CRT to my laptop and use that.
- agraphiclife0
Yeah I know they differ. That's why I was hoping to find some help on making them differ less.
- rabattski0
forget it. those powerbooks lcd screens aren't made to be colour real. the only flatscreens that come close to solid calibration / colour realness are those studio displays (that's what apple says). what you can do is to buy an extra crt screen.
- ribit0
There should be an 'iBook' or similar profile in the list...It's usually the best starting point.
And then you can use the custom profile thing 'Calibrate' in the Displays control panel to adjust for your environment, or tune gamma/color temp and stuff as you like and save as your custom profile..... I usually just leave on the default... looks fine to me (on both Powerbook screen, and on external Lacie 20"LCD...but maybe I have no color sense.
- ribit0
hmmm.. Powerbook shows 'Color LCD' as the default too.
Do most people use the custom calibration feature, or stick to either the default or sRGB?
- puter0
just use the calibrate monitor feature in the system preferences...