CRT vs LCD callibration
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- arseni
Colors on CRT and LCD monitors look different... Especially on cheap LCD's.
I have a Sony Multiscan G400 CRT and when i use bright and vivid colors they look waaay bright and vivid on LCD's, almost to the point when it's not acceptable.
Does anyone has the same problem? Any ideas how to avoid it?
- ********0
If your getting an LCD make sure it has a high contrast ratio, it makes a HUGE difference. The better the contrast ratio is, the better viewing angle you will get. Most of the cheepo' LCD's just aren't useable for accurate color work.
Other than that, calibrate with Adobe Gamma, it comes with the software.
They sell devices such as the Spider that condunct physical mesauments of color temprature for settings, but imo they arent needed.
When I'm working on Photoshop I tend to blast the brightness and contrast up from time to time when editing... it's lets me see even the smallest of detail, lost pixels, or dirt in the image.
Then have a saved setting that's been calibrated for print (set to most closely resemble the output from a physical print from the printing service.).
Try messing around with Adobe Gamma and color matching your screen Pantone Swatches to paper Pantone swatches.
- arseni0
Thanx randoman...
But this is not what i really asked. I asked how people deal with the differences in color between CRT and LCD monitors. If you're on CRT, do you keep in mind that it's gonna look different on LCD?
- ********0
nothing
build it in crt.
just watch out for cyan cause thats always off
- ********0
ehh ok, strip the post down to just using Adobe gamma to calibrate your monitor.
As far as everyone esle viewing your site, monitors are like TV's for the most part, eveyones will be set up differently.
Calibrate your monitor and then check out how pure red, green, and blue appear to you. Make some judgements as to what looks right, know how they should appear.
- benfal990
CRT still the best for precise colors. LCD are too bright, dark grey and black look the same... at some resolution the typo look like shit
- arseni0
yeah that's all good randoman, but still...
Draw a pink or bright red rectange on your crt, and then look at that image on the LCD monitor. The colors on LCD will most likely look unrealistically-chemically bright...
That probably won't happen on expensive LCD's like Apple Cinema, but only a few people have those...So, back to my point - does it make sense to be very careful with bright colors and if possible avoid them when you design on CRT, so that when someone with a cheap LCD won't get scared when looking at what you've done?
- arseni0
benfal, nice portfolio!
yes, i know that CRT's are the best , but today many people use low quality LCD's... Is there something to think about?
- ********0
No, don't design for cheap LCD's if thats your question.
- benfal990
Homer say: Stick to CRT.
- meok0
"Other than that, calibrate with Adobe Gamma, it comes with the software.
They sell devices such as the Spider that condunct physical mesauments of color temprature for settings, but imo they arent needed."
might be acceptable for web work. For print, its absolutetly necessary to have hardware calibration devices.
- arseni0
Randoman, i never did. However, im working on this website where i use kind of like red-purple color, and when i looked at it on my client's monitor (LCD) the colors were disgusting.. And that's when i thought that not only my client has that kind of monitor, but lots and lots of people..
The bottom line is we're not designing for designers who have great monitors, but for regular people who must enjoy our work.
- arseni0
Meok, what kind of devices would you recommend?
- ********0
meok, I think perhaps for a print beuro, but for a graphic designer/artist I've found that visually matching the screen to pantone swatches and output from the print service work fine in most cases.
Although I've never tried the hardware so I really can't say.