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| Author: | cabe [ 30 Sep 2006, 19:11 ] |
| Post subject: | How do I calibrate my monitor!?!? |
I have looked into monitor calibration quite a bit recently, and have found that while there are basic tools like Adobe Gamma and expensive software suites that come with colorimeters, there isn't much in between. I don't have a professional colorimeter, nor the spare cash to shell out for one, so what I've used is this: http://www.hex2bit.com/products/product_mcw.asp It seems to work better than Adobe Gamma, which is the only other monitor calibration I've ever used. I've got two questions: 1. Is there any better software/perceptual calibration tool out there? -&- 2. The ICC profile that this thing creates doesn't seem to affect video, and I don't know if it affects games or not. How do I make sure that it affects everything? Is there some way to wire the ICC profile into the video card drivers so that the color calibration is applied to *everything*? (I'm more concerned with answering this one than #1) Thanks guys! -Chris |
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| Author: | BongoTrumman [ 30 Sep 2006, 19:51 ] |
| Post subject: | How do I calibrate my monitor!?!? |
For calibration take a look here: Tools: Screen Adjustment, Pixel Checking, Dial-in & More |
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| Author: | cabe [ 30 Sep 2006, 21:16 ] |
| Post subject: | How do I calibrate my monitor!?!? |
Thanks! I checked it out, an interesting read. Also, I've done a bit of "independant research" with BSPlayer to see which modes Monitor Calibration Wizard (MCW) affects. I also noticed that in some of the modes, black ended up as a dark gray. MCW Y/N: Y = MCW affected video color, N = MCW did not affect video color BLK Y/N: Y = Black was black, N = Black was dark gray MCW BLK -Y- -N- Internal renderer DirectDraw surface -N- -Y- Internal renderer overlay (default) -Y- -Y- Internal renderer RGB mode -Y- -N- Internal renderer RGB overlay -N- -Y- Overlay mixer -N- -Y- VMR7 -N- -Y- VMR7 Renderless -Y- -N- VMR9 -Y- -N- VMR9 Renderless (Mode 1) -Y- -N- VMR9 Renderless (Mode 2) Interestingly enough, it seems only one mode is affected by MCW's calibration AND still maintains a true black. Thoughts? |
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