[Leica] MacBook display calibration

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> Mark,
> I concur with the suggestion of several people about using the Display
> calibration procedure in the System Preference panel to adjust your new
> MacBook. When you open the calibration program, click on the Expert box. 
> The
> computer takes you through a step by step procedure, taking no more than
> five minutes, to set the display up the way you like it, Overall display
> color and brightness contrast can all be adjusted. Incidentally Apple's 
> move
> to a higher contrast display is to compete with the displays of PC laptops.
> Side by side, the PCs appeared to have more "punch" than the Powerbooks,
> color fidelity be damned. The sales force demanded it. Regrettably few
> salesmen are photographers. This is reminiscent of the war between Fuji and
> Kodak about the color rendition of slide film a generation ago.
> 
> Larry Z

Everything looks like Jello!

- if the trend is for everyone's screens to be much more contrasty then I
should just make it look good on my screen is one thought...

I just got CS4 design suite upgrade and will be redoing my website.
I guess if I have to re tweak all my images harder later I will.
I'll see if can check histograms.

I'm sure the minute I go out and get a screen which can be calibrated right
they're going to change the software so you can make your screen softer like
it used to be. So  you can do stuff and send it in from a Starbucks.


Mark William Rabiner