Re: [Leica] Re: PAW and conflicted with PhotoShop

["Keith R. Wessel" <keith@wbalaw.com>]

Thanks Eric,

These links are very helpful. Unfortunately I can not turn up the brightness
on my ViewSonic CRT at home to see all of the gray scale in the calibration
link.  I am going to try it on the half dozen different monitors I have at
my office.

Keith

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric" <ericm@pobox.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 3:31 AM
Subject: [Leica] Re: PAW and conflicted with PhotoShop


> Keith:
>
> >I had my screen set
> >so that the blacks are very deep so the picture looked the way I would
print
> >in a darkroom.
> >
> >This just brings me back to how does one anticipate other screen settings
> >and what will be seen?
>
> The histogram display is your friend.  You can see where your range of
> values fall.  If the histogram shows you don't have any absolute black
> values, yet you see them on the screen, it's time to adjust your monitor.
>
> Scroll down to the "small experiment" section here:
>
> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/accessories/sony-artisan.shtml
>
> That will show you well you can distinguish between blackest black and
> blacker black.  :)
>
> I borrowed this (with permission) from John Brownlow, aka Johnny Deadman:
>
> http://canid.com/calibration.html
>
> If nothing else, it's an easy way to see how much of the gray scale you're
> seeing.
>
> --
> Eric
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>
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