monitors

[JohnMF]

what websites do people use to calibrate their monitors?

ive just bought a TFT monitor and im having real trouble calibrating it, just cant seem to get it right

does anybody know if TFT need to be calibrated in a different way than normal monitors?

thanks

 

[Artemis]

Ive never callabtrated mine...I need to callabrate it? dpreview has something at the bottom for callibration...

 

[Menard]

This webpage on monitor calibration may provide some assistance.

 

[JohnMF]

ok, thanks for your help, ive sorted it now. It was the adobe gamma correction that caused the problem. I had fiddled about with it when i first bought the monitor and left it set at a stupid low amount, so everything i looked at had no details in the shadows or midtones. The difference now its sorted is unbelievable, still not perfect but i will sort that out.

Artemis, your monitor might be ok but it is worth checking with some of the online calibration websites just to make sure. It makes a hell of a difference. If you doing a lot of digital imaging, i would say it is vital