 Brandon Currey |
Calibrating a Monitor: Spyder Help I am trying to calibrate my monitor with a Colorvision Spyder. I was able to get the RGB colors and luminosity within the specified ranges. I have the monitor set to 6500 degrees. Even though everything is correct, my white still doesn't look truly white. Any ideas as to what the problem might be? Thanks for your help.
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John G. Clifford Jr |
Set your monitor to 5000 degrees, and use a gamut of 2.2. Windows and sRGB are designed/optimized for those settings.
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Cyndee Wanyonyi |
Does anyone know the settings for a MAC? Cyndee ><>
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John G. Clifford Jr |
Macs are designed for Adobe RGB '98, and a gamut of 1.8.
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Cyndee Wanyonyi |
gracias! I hope I can figure out what that means ;). Cyndee ><>
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Ivan Berger |
The setting John C. describes is "gamma," not "gamut." That may help. The color temperature setting usually quoted for Windows is 6500 degrees, not 5000 (which is the norm for Mac). If your whites are too blue at 6500 you might try 5000; if they're too red at 5000 try 6500.
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Jon Canfield |
Hi - I'd recommend using a temp of 6500 (sometimes referred to simply as D65), and regardless of whether you're on a Mac or Windows, a Gamma of 2.2 is most appropriate for photo editing. Best wishes,
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Li Su |
Some monitors use different gamma. For example, my 22" NEC MultiSync FP1370 CRT monitor is designed for gamma 2.5. Therefore, check your monitor manual if 2.2 doesn't work for you.
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