Re: calibrating external monitor by Ernie Santella on Sep 19, 2008 at 1:46:23 pm
Being a high-end Home Theater enthusiast, I would highly recommend hiring a professional ISF calibrator to come over with his gear (probe and laptop) to adjust the colors perfectly. Trust me, it really makes a huge difference and you will know its correct. Eyes alone can be very deceiving. I use them about once a year to come and calibrate all my pro monitors and my home theater projector.
Re: calibrating external monitor by Rafael Amador on Sep 19, 2008 at 2:28:30 pm
Pity they don't work in Laos.
You are right about the pictures they put in that web. Should be a bit more accurate. However they explain the basic process.
cheers,
rafael
Re: calibrating external monitor by Ernie Santella on Sep 19, 2008 at 2:00:55 pm
Rafael Amador,
That link you provided isn't correct. They show color bars incorrectly. You should "Barely" see the 11.5 bar. They show it way too bright.
The right black bar should be like this, barely displayed. (Depending on your computer monitor)
Re: calibrating external monitor by Chris Poisson on Sep 19, 2008 at 2:22:37 pm
Redzinald,
Calibrating is not that hard, this PDF includes instructions for calibrating monitors which don't have a blue-only mode, I've been using this for years with both types of monitors and have never had a problem.
Re: calibrating external monitor by Ernie Santella on Sep 19, 2008 at 2:40:55 pm
It's great to know how to do the 'Basic' adjustments for color, hue, brightness and contrast, but if you really need to perform a "Gray Scale' calibration. Otherwise, you will not be seeing accurate color. This is critical for color-correcting.
Re: calibrating external monitor by Rafael Amador on Sep 19, 2008 at 3:11:50 pm
I completely agree with you Ernie.
But a bad adjustment is better than no one.
I also prefer to recommend the system that uses the 90% of the people with a monitor in this world, than the services of a company that the most part of the people with a monitor in this world can not access at all.
Cheers,
rafael
Re: calibrating external monitor by Ernie Santella on Sep 19, 2008 at 3:20:57 pm
You could always buy yourself a calibration kit. (Probe and software) It's not that expensive. I've been on the fence to buy a setup for myself. I just have a good friend who is an ISF calibrator and he does it for me.
Have you considered buying a setup and doing that as a side business? If there's no one in your area, you could clean-up doing all the video companies. Not to mention all the Home Theater owners.
