From: "Elgenper" <elgenper@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:23 Subject: Re: just sharin.... Well, they certainly aren´t high key shots, but I have no difficulty to see all details on any of my machines. Are you sure your monitor is correctly set up? (There is a simple monitor setup test on my site; hint, hint...) a few freeware tools for us windows users that may be of help. Nokia Monitor Test Nokia Test is a freeware utility by Nokia that will guide you through testing and adjusting any monitor for an optimum display. There are test patterns for Geometry, Convergence, Resolution, Moiré, Brightness, Contrast, Focus, Readability, Color and Screen Regulation. You put up the test pattern and then make the adjustments to your monitor. Nokia Test runs under all versions of Windows and can be used on any computer display. There is nothing to install. Simply extract the zip file into a directory of your choice and a Nokia Test directory will be created. You can run the program directly from the directory... etc http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Other-VIDEO-Tools/Nokia-Monit or-Test.shtml Monitor Calibration Wizard Monitor Calibration Wizard is an easy-to-use tool for calibrating the colors displayed by your monitor. Most monitors have flaws, they may be too dark, too bright, or they may have a color tint like green or blue. All these problems can be easily fixed through Monitor Calibration Wizard. Support for an unlimited number of profiles. For people who use more than one monitor with their computer, you could create a custom profile for each monitor. The same goes for gaming. Many games are set in very dark environments where a brighter profile can help you see the campers sitting in the dark corners :) http://www.hex2bit.com/products/product_mcw.asp QuickGamma is a small utility program to calibrate a monitor on the fly without having to buy expensive hardware tools..Monitor gamma values usually range between 1.4 and 3.2. Because only a gamma value of 1 resembles a linear relationship, a gamma correction is necessary to achieve maximum reproduction quality. A monitor gamma value of 2.2 has become the de facto standard for Windows, the Internet and the digital photography. Under Windows a gamma correction is already automatically applied blah blah.. http://quickgamma.de/indexen.html QuickMonitorProfile is a tool to create ICC / ICM monitor profiles to be used for color management. Starting with Version 2, QuickMonitorProfile supports multiple monitors http://quickgamma.de/QuickMonitorProfile/indexen.html k
