Dual LCD monitor probs....

[kenmo]

On my graphics editing computer I have a dual 19 inch LCD monitors. One is a Neovo F-419 and the other is a BenQ FP91G+... The Neovo is connected on the vid cards dvi connector, the BenQ on the vga.

The colours on the Neovo seem much more vibrant and darker, while the BenQ are lighter and less colourful.... How can I tell which one is closer to the the truth when I'm editing photos I've shot with my digital cameras? I use Paint Shop Pro ver 9 and Artweaver for most of my photo editing...

And how can I have photos appear the same regardless of monitor?

My video card is MSI Nvidia GeoForce 7300GT

Thanks muchly...

Kenmo

[edDV]

On my graphics editing computer I have a dual 19 inch LCD monitors. One is a Neovo F-419 and the other is a BenQ FP91G+... The Neovo is connected on the vid cards dvi connector, the BenQ on the vga.

The colours on the Neovo seem much more vibrant and darker, while the BenQ are lighter and less colourful.... How can I tell which one is closer to the the truth when I'm editing photos I've shot with my digital cameras? I use Paint Shop Pro ver 9 and Artweaver for most of my photo editing...

And how can I have photos appear the same regardless of monitor?

My video card is MSI Nvidia GeoForce 7300GT

Thanks muchly...Kenmo

The answer is neither is correct. There are several philosophies for monitor calibration depending on the application. You fall into the desktop publishing model where the reference for calibration is the printer and the print.

Standardized test charts are used to characterize the printer. Then, the monitors are adjusted to match the printer with the goal of "what you see is what you get" (WYSIWYG).

Photoshop includes calibration software. It assumes NVidia default settings then offsets colors with a start program that loads when Windows is booted. You should ask in the Paint Shop Pro forums how it is done there.

The camera to monitor path remains uncalibrated since each camera achieves white balance by it's internal means. To add calibration from the source scene a different type of chart is used.

This chart is included in the scene. Software filters exist that convert this chart to the printer calibration reference.


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In video production, standard test charts are used as the reference and all equipment including monitors are adjusted to these standard charts. It is near impossible to adjust a computer monitor to proper video levels so in most cases a separate calibrated video monitor is used to achieve WYSIWYG.

[rallynavvie]

Yeah, color space is a tricky thing and really depends entirely on your method of output. I know with Adobe applications you need:
Correct driver/ICC profiles for the exact printer model you're outputting to
Correct media profiles for the type of media that printer is printing on
Drivers specific to your display that support color profiling
Then you go into the color space settings of the Adobe application you're using and set all these up.

But that's not all, you also need to set you white value to the type of lighting you use around your computer which can be specific to your monitor type.

For my print work I use ViewSonic CRTs that are set up for CMYK or CcMmKY. I now have a Dell widescreen LCD but I've not been impressed by its ability to do color spaces so it's been relegated to Pantone work