2-fold thread: Calibrated with Spyder Pro.... and a grabshot (sorry)

Paul Iddon · 20th of November 2008 (Thu)

So I have just used Spyder Pro 3 to calibrate my monitor to Gamma 2.2 and 6498K (recommended is 2.2 and 6500K) so very close.

But my screen to me doesn't look particularly white on my whites, and somewhat duller than I had it previously.

So I grabbed the camera and flash, and fired off a shot of my lass mucking about in the living room, hence the grabshot bit.

In the first I have imported the RAW direct from LR unchanged and converted to sRGB in PS for the website, and in the second, the same but using LR's AUTO button, but then tweaked by myself in LR to what I thought was better using a few of sliders. Finally, in the 3rd, I did all the adjustments in LR first myself, then exported to PS and used curves, levels, contrast, and finally saturation to get her blue PJ's more to what I saw them like with my eyes (lost the blue in the first two because of the flash I guess, even though it was diffused).

So the questions are:

Is it either looking as it should on someone elses monitor?

Is the 2nd image, tweaked better or worse than the first?

Is the 3rd, my interpretation, better or worse than numbers 1 or 2?

Or are all 3 not good...?

Paul.

James Salenger · 21st of November 2008 (Fri)

#2 looks about right. It is hard to judge the accuracy of the calibration without
seeing the actual subject.

20th of November 2008 (Thu)	#1
Paul Iddon Goldmember Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Preston, Lancashire, England Posts: 2,268	2-fold thread: Calibrated with Spyder Pro.... and a grabshot (sorry) So I have just used Spyder Pro 3 to calibrate my monitor to Gamma 2.2 and 6498K (recommended is 2.2 and 6500K) so very close. But my screen to me doesn't look particularly white on my whites, and somewhat duller than I had it previously. So I grabbed the camera and flash, and fired off a shot of my lass mucking about in the living room, hence the grabshot bit. In the first I have imported the RAW direct from LR unchanged and converted to sRGB in PS for the website, and in the second, the same but using LR's AUTO button, but then tweaked by myself in LR to what I thought was better using a few of sliders. Finally, in the 3rd, I did all the adjustments in LR first myself, then exported to PS and used curves, levels, contrast, and finally saturation to get her blue PJ's more to what I saw them like with my eyes (lost the blue in the first two because of the flash I guess, even though it was diffused). So the questions are: Is it either looking as it should on someone elses monitor? Is the 2nd image, tweaked better or worse than the first? Is the 3rd, my interpretation, better or worse than numbers 1 or 2? Or are all 3 not good...? Paul. __________________ My site: http://www.pauliddon.co.uk Canon Users: http://www.canon-fodder-forums.com/ 5D MkII, 50mm f/1.8 \| EF 100mm macro \| EF 70-200L \| 17-40L Want your own website? Go to www.zenfolio.com and use referral code 7MV-BHC-YKY to get a 10% discount!

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21st of November 2008 (Fri)	#2
James Salenger Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,647 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: 2-fold thread: Calibrated with Spyder Pro.... and a grabshot (sorry) #2 looks about right. It is hard to judge the accuracy of the calibration without seeing the actual subject.