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 Posted: Wed Jul 13th, 2016 17:29
Robert



Joined: Mon Apr 2nd, 2012
Location: South Lakeland, UK
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For iPads, iMacs and Mac Laptops I don't worry, in my experience they are all pretty well the same calibration but the plethora of monitors out there are all different. Just walk into PC World and see that almost every computer with a separate screen will be a different shade of blue, or what ever is the standard desktop hue of the day.

I accept that everyone will see my images according to their calibration, or lack of it, all I can do is try to provide a 'correct' image as I see it. I seem to remember you remarked about one of my images here being 'off' a while back, can't remember the details but if my monitor is calibrated to standard colours and the white and black tones are clearly distinguishable, which they aren't at the moment, if anybody is viewing my images and not seeing what I intended, I can't do any more.

When I set the white point, I expect any shades of light grey to be light grey on my monitor but in practice I don't see any difference until it's about 8% grey, it's only then I can see any difference in tone, that's almost 10%; to me that's like the high end of the sound spectrum missing in a piece of music. With sound that can be the critical bit, with 'proper' music anyway. It could make a cloud, a wedding dress or a shirt appear entirely white, when in fact there are several % of light grey tones in the image.

That is what I am seeking. At present I have the equivalent of a violin with the thin strings missing!



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