Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Adjusting color on a CRT

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Adjusting color on a CRT

ronviers@gmail.com

2007-09-17, 6:14 pm

Hi,
I am having trouble adjusting the color on my monitor. This only
happened since I started using two monitor side by side which invited
the comparison. The problem is; the monitor on the right always looks
correct and I never have to change it. But with the monitor on the
left it seems that if I set my white to white then the middle gray
looks blue. Does anyone know why I am unable to get the color adjusted
correctly across the board? Btw, I do not have any calibration
hardware and getting something like that is out of the question.
Thanks,
Ron

Mike Russell

2007-09-17, 6:14 pm

<ronviers@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I am having trouble adjusting the color on my monitor. This only
> happened since I started using two monitor side by side which invited
> the comparison. The problem is; the monitor on the right always looks
> correct and I never have to change it. But with the monitor on the
> left it seems that if I set my white to white then the middle gray
> looks blue. Does anyone know why I am unable to get the color adjusted
> correctly across the board? Btw, I do not have any calibration
> hardware and getting something like that is out of the question.

Gamma. See if your video card has an individual gamma adjustment for each
color, and adjust the gamma of the blue channel for your second monitor.
That should get your midtones in very close. If no such adjustment is
possible from the video card, try getting a second PCI video card to drive
that monitor - teenage gamers do a lot of upgrading, and are a good source
of video cards. Or rely on the monitor controls for the second monitor.

PS - be sure to save your current settings for the good monitor!
--
Mike Russell - www.curvemeister.com

ronviers@gmail.com

2007-09-17, 6:14 pm

On Sep 17, 3:49 pm, "Mike Russell" <RE-MOVEm...@Curvemeister.comRE-
MOVE> wrote:
> <ronvi...@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in message
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> news:1190055679.766443.156640@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
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> Gamma. See if your video card has an individual gamma adjustment for each
> color, and adjust the gamma of the blue channel for your second monitor.
> That should get your midtones in very close. If no such adjustment is
> possible from the video card, try getting a second PCI video card to drive
> that monitor - teenage gamers do a lot of upgrading, and are a good source
> of video cards. Or rely on the monitor controls for the second monitor.
>
> PS - be sure to save your current settings for the good monitor!
> --
> Mike Russell -www.curvemeister.com

Mike! that was so easy!! I have been messing with this thing for days.
I played around with gamma quite a bit but not with the individual
channels. I adjusted the blue channel and it's now it's just like the
other one.
We are so lucky to have you in this group.

Thanks!
Ron

KatWoman

2007-09-17, 10:14 pm

ronviers@gmail.com

2007-09-17, 10:14 pm

On Sep 17, 6:16 pm, "KatWoman" <spamf...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> <ronvi...@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in message
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> my old crt had that in the manual controls, the buttons on the front
> you could press a button and get gamma temp shape etc
> degauss color channels etc

Thanks KW, this monitor doesn't have that but my graphics card has all
kinds of nifty things to play with - even a temperature gauge:)

KatWoman

2007-09-18, 10:14 pm

<ronviers@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in message
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> On Sep 17, 6:16 pm, "KatWoman" <spamf...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks KW, this monitor doesn't have that but my graphics card has all
> kinds of nifty things to play with - even a temperature gauge:)

yes getting the vid drivers is so important and the good cards and companies
have so much better drivers than your OS provides.
I have a Radeon and use ATI catalyst drivers
but this LCD monitor comes with software for gamma, color, temp, too
I didn't want to load it but to get the magic rotation feature I had to
so now I have so many options to change my display

this monitor also gives you a button to change the white brightness and tone
on the fly
custom ( I use this)
movie
internet and text (white is softer)
sports (white is bluish)
game (bright)
and movie (warm yellow white)
it is like a good substitute for proof color in PS , kind of simulates the
paper white better?

the ATI gui
THE MONITOR gui
and the adobe gamma (still using CS)

I got CS3 DL on my hubby's comp and it died and he got a new one
so now it's trapped in there
one day when I feel like dealing with new stuff
I'll plug the old monster back in, copy it over and install it

ronviers@gmail.com

2007-09-19, 6:14 pm

I am using the Catalyst too KW. I will just be glad when the novelty
where off and I stop screwing around with it. I have the same dilemma
of where to set what. I did remove the Adobe gamma thing from startup.