Posted: 2/9/2010 8:12:18 AM EDT
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That is one of the most frustrating things to me as a semi-amateur photographer. I do 99% of my editing on my relatively new laptop (one year old HP in March) and everything looks great on there. When I put stuff up on Flickr it still looks good on my iPhone as well. But when I go to my desktop computer, which has a flat screen 17" Dell monitor, I start to see some differences. This is kind of a problem because I run Photomatix HDR tone mapping on my Dell and I make it look great on there but it loses some when it goes to my laptop/iPhone. Then I come up to campus and use the computers in the lab and my Flickr page looks atrocious. Everything looks like the saturation and contrast are cranked way up and makes my stuff look really bad. It frustrates me to know there are people out there who see my photos that way (probably thinking that I have no idea what I'm doing). I try tweaking the settings on the monitors but I still end up with the gross saturation look. It's particularly noticeable on my HDR photos, where I usually take the saturation down a little bit. They look normal on other computers.  |
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You need a monitor calibration system. True, but it won't matter to the 99% of the computer monitors that aren't calibrated... as in everyone else. There's just not much you can do about how other people view your pictures, unless you only show them on your equipment. |
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You need a monitor calibration system. True, but it won't matter to the 99% of the computer monitors that aren't calibrated... as in everyone else. There's just not much you can do about how other people view your pictures, unless you only show them on your equipment. At least with all your working machines calibrated correctly you'll have some consistently. More than likely any calibration tool is going to adjust all the monitors to get them as close as possible. |
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You need a monitor calibration system. True, but it won't matter to the 99% of the computer monitors that aren't calibrated... as in everyone else. There's just not much you can do about how other people view your pictures, unless you only show them on your equipment. At least with all your working machines calibrated correctly you'll have some consistently. More than likely any calibration tool is going to adjust all the monitors to get them as close as possible. Right... but what I gather the OP's complaint to be is that OTHER people see crap pictures on their monitors. I use a high end calibrated monitor to do all my work on, but viewing MY website at friend/family member's homes makes me cringe, more often than not. Just pointing out that there's NOTHING that can be done about how other people view your work, unless you only show your work on your terms (your equipment/prints/etc). |
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Quoted: Right... but what I gather the OP's complaint to be is that OTHER people see crap pictures on their monitors. I use a high end calibrated monitor to do all my work on, but viewing MY website at friend/family member's homes makes me cringe, more often than not. Just pointing out that there's NOTHING that can be done about how other people view your work, unless you only show your work on your terms (your equipment/prints/etc). This is exactly right. Not much I can do about it. Just kind of venting. |
Ahhhh Color Management.
Just ask any one in the offset printing business...its the great color circle jerk .
One way to look at it so to speak is... the color you see,~can you see & judge color? I can't but I know several people who can. the color your camera captures,~ is it set for Adobe 1998 color space or for sRGB color space? Do you shoot RAW or .JPG? Both will make a difference in the color management process. the color your monitor displays & ~some monitors can display Adobe 1998 color space. You do pay for that ability! 
the color your printer prints, ~again some printers can print in Adobe 1998 color space. Is your printer a 'dye' or 'pigment' based ink? Again all this matters if near perfect or consistent color is what your after. will all be different unless you take a complete approach to color management. If it matters to you get a monitor calibration tool w/ software. The new Huey is cheap & it works. The new Spyder's & Color Munki's are prolly the best in the $500 or less price range for managing color of cameras, scanners, monitors & printers. If you quiz the pros in the printing industry they're using hardware & software that is easily $1,200 + because of the customization they have w/ the profiles they make. Google up Eddie Tapp & the 90% Method. (okay I did it for your her toy goes ) This is a simple way of getting close for color management. 7mm |