glossy vs matte
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- Llyod
which? for a laptop
- lumedia0
mattossy
- CALLES0
matte
- Jaline0
I prefer glossy, but I'm not a graphic designer.
- CALLES0
- Minus the rhinestones, that;s actually kind of appealingwaterhouse
- diamonds bitch diamonds!!CALLES
- paint that shit goldflashbender
- doesnotexist0
depends on where you'll be working really. I have a glossy 24" imac, but I work in a dark room so it's perfect. if you're going with a laptop I'd get matte if you have the option, imo.
- d_rek0
I have a glossy and love it, only thing that sucks about it is viewing it at an angle.
- Llyod0
all right thanks
- ********0
glossy
- tkmeister0
matte. glossy gives you high contrast overly saturated images. Some people love it because of that but for graphic work, you can't really trust the color you see on the screen.
i had a client who was checking work on glossy macbook screen and bitching about the color not knowing what glossy screen does.
it drove me crazy.- it modifies your color output, hence the high risk when using it for design workMeeklo
- Mimio0
A large percentage of consumer machines probably have glossy though. So it's what you clients/customers see the work on.
- SkyPoo0
Glatt
- ********0
true color mode on glossy screen gives true lies effect - maybe it looks fine, but in fact it suxxx; I used work on my laptop with glossy screen and my window blinds were always down, because I coudn't see nothing. Go for Mac, you can choose a matte display
- invisiblechamber0
i recently saw the expensive black macbook. it's matte. i like matte, but that thing looked cheap and like having windows inside.
- Mimio0
This is like an underwhelming Mac vs. PC thread.
- thumb_screws0
If you are doing print work on it matte, calibrating the glossies is nigh on impossible
- ********0
Matte, mate.
- Personally I think you'd have to be completely stupid, or a girl, to get a glossy screen.********
- Personally I think you'd have to be completely stupid, or a girl, to get a glossy screen.
- Meeklo0
My theory on the subject:
I relate this to music since its the other thing I do besides design.
The majority of music listeners will have a broad variety of listening equipment:
Computer Speakers:
Average Stereo system:
Headsets:
etc. All these have different range of sound values, they all "lie" some have increased bass frequencies, some allow the user to customize their Eqs, some have bright highs, etc.
When you produce music, (as a professional) you are required to get pro listening monitors :
that will offer a flat response, closer to "true" values in order to make sure that you produce the best sound, so when other people listen to it on their consumer systems (whatever that might be) they can enjoy it as close as possible to your original idea. (although it will change depending on their own settings or output devices).
if you your mixdown do on a regular system, then your output perception will not be accurate, (example heavy bass on your mixing system will result in a lack of bass frequencies on someone else's system, because you under compensate your original mix, thinking that it was accurate)
A glossy monitor as apple describes it "offers richer colors" than the ordinary monitor, that right there is telling you that is changing your color perception from the standard option, its altering your output, over saturating your colors, probably stronger contrast too, that right there will translate into washed out work on paper, other monitors, etc
This goes beyond just having a glare on the screen and making it difficult from seeing it at an angle, this will alterate your color! that is why I think its not an option for design / photo work of any kind.
my 2 cents
- nice analogythumb_screws
- agreed.tkmeister
- Ah, the NS10s. They don’ t make them anymore, do they?MrOneHundred