Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, what may work for on screen display on unknown un-calibrated computers through (most) browsers that are not colour space aware anyway, is different to what you need for soft proofing for printing. Any laptop screen is in any case a compromise that you need to deal with for the convenience of the other attributes you want (eg portability) 2009/8/26 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff Alles was eine gute Kamera braucht / Everything a good camera needs: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman