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[Bob G]

I need help to callibrate.

Quick Question
What do you experts set the white point at when callibrating your monitor.

5,000k ?, 6,500K ?, 7500k ?

Suggestions and reasons for choice would be helpful.

Thankyou


Bob G

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bob .... what sort of screen do you have, are you on mac or pc....... and are you using a spyder......... or similar........

[Bob G]

Bernie
I have an LCD screen. Dell 19" ultra sharp to be precise.
On PC - It's my business background keeps me there.
Using Gretagmacbeth eyeone display2.
Been googling since I posted and 6500k seems popular.
Do you agree?

Incidentally -I have just performed the advanced profiling using 6,500 k and I'm finding the newness of it requiring a brainshift

Bob G

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sounds right........ but I need to hook up my eyeone to check, will do so tomorrow bit late now...... are you also making profiles for your printer......... if so there was a software upgrade not long ago....... great tool

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Incidentally -I have just performed the advanced profiling using 6,500 k and I'm finding the newness of it requiring a brainshift .........

have a look at the gretag site as there are very good instruction videos for use of the eyeone......

[Steffen]

The colour temperature of the white point you calibrate the monitor to is surprisingly unimportant. The eye will almost instantly adjust to a different colour temperatures, even when looking at the monitor image next to a light box for viewing prints.

You shouldn't stray too far from the monitor's native colour of white, or you will lose brightness/dynamic range. For most modern displays this is reasonably close to 6500K. I use either 5000K or 6500K for monitor calibration.

The important bit is that you profile the monitor after making the calibration choice, and don't change the calibration after profiling. Also, you should try to achieve the white point calibration using analog controls, rather than the video card's or LCD's internal LUT. This is normally only possible with CRT displays.

Cheers
Steffen.

[Bob G]

Bernie

I am going to do profiles for Epson archival matt and hahnemuhle cotton rag through Jeremy Dalder at Image Science in Melbourne via mail/ email return.

I use an Epson 2400 printer. I paid for the two icc print profiles in a package deal already - so might as well use them. The supplied software from gretagmacbeth seems to be multipurpose but I haven't looked at any of that yet.

Bob G