The problem is that simply converting to SRGB doesn't make it look
right. The low contrast, low brightness CRT has a totally different
look from modern high contrast LCDs (and the contrast ratios keep
going higher) regardless of the color space. I even see a
significant difference between the three LCDs I use (one older
Samsung, one newer Samsung, one Lenova laptop) and the additional one
that my son uses (Toshiba laptop.) But it's nowhere near the
difference between any of the LCDs and the calibrated CRT.
At 02:47 PM 9/7/2006, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
On 9/7/06, Jeff Spirer <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
At 08:27 AM 9/7/2006, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
>Do you edit so it looks bad on your own screen knowing that's what
>makes good printed results? Or is it mostly a size issue, just
>shrinking the files causing trouble?
I prepare for printing in a specific color space on a calibrated
CRT. I find that in the uncalibrated web browser on LCD screen,
which is how most people view these days, the photos don't look
nearly as good. I usually prepare web photos on a laptop CRT.
The normal solution there is to convert to sRGB color space for the
web version -- that's more of an average of uncalibrated monitors,
perhaps better than exactly matching your one laptop.
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