Color Profiles

[W. eWatson]

I bought a new Dell LED monitor several days ago. A friend told me that
I should probably adjust the color. He didn't say how, but I did find a
MS site that has a lot of words about color adjustment. There's an
implication that the color can be set optimally, but no button on the
site that I can presently see that will do it. It has the standard
monitor buttons to adjust color/contras and a few multimedia whatever.

Comments?

 

[Paul in Houston TX]

I bought a new Dell LED monitor several days ago. A friend told me that
I should probably adjust the color. He didn't say how, but I did find a
MS site that has a lot of words about color adjustment. There's an
implication that the color can be set optimally, but no button on the
site that I can presently see that will do it. It has the standard
monitor buttons to adjust color/contras and a few multimedia whatever.

Comments?

Your video software / drivers do that.
Right click on your desk top and open the vid settings and see.

 

[Rob]

I bought a new Dell LED monitor several days ago. A friend told me that I should probably adjust the color. He didn't say how, but I did find a MS site that has a lot of words about color adjustment. There's an implication that the color can be set optimally, but no button on the site that I can presently see that will do it. It has the standard monitor buttons to adjust color/contras and a few multimedia whatever.

Comments?

Monitor calibration can be tricky. A lot depends on how far you
want to go; If you want to ensure you see the same colours on
screen, printer and from a scanner, it takes a lot of effort.
Here's a good page to learn about some of that, together with
calibration images to help.
http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html

HTH

 

[W. eWatson]

Monitor calibration can be tricky. A lot depends on how far you
want to go; If you want to ensure you see the same colours on
screen, printer and from a scanner, it takes a lot of effort.
Here's a good page to learn about some of that, together with
calibration images to help.
http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html

HTH

It's not critical to me, but thanks for the link. I'll take a look.

 

[Ken Springer]

Your video software / drivers do that.
Right click on your desk top and open the vid settings and see.

Some do, some don't.

--
Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 7.0.1
Thunderbird 7.0.1
LibreOffice 3.3.4

 

[Ken Springer]

It's not critical to me, but thanks for the link. I'll take a look.

Just to chime in, Rob's reply is right on the money, IMO. Many years
ago, Corel Draw 4 actually provided you with a photograph to use for
color calibration.

--
Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 7.0.1
Thunderbird 7.0.1
LibreOffice 3.3.4