Monitor Calibration (1 Viewer)

mjmw

formally known as mw_aurora

• Apr 20, 2006

• #1

I have a ColorVision Spyder and software that I use to calibrate my 19" CRT and 19" LCD monitors.

I prepare the majority of my images for web viewing, rather than print. However, when I view images that are mainly grey (e.g. Grey Plover on a pale beach, taken on a bright cloudy day - see attached!) the image looks to have a blue cast on other monitors (e.g. my work Laptop).

So firstly, do others see this image with a blue cast (I would appreciate comment from those with calibrated and non-calibrated monitors)?

Secondly, if this is just due to difference in colour profile through calibration, has anyone any advice on how to minimise the difference?

Cheers

Mark.

 

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hannu

Well-known member

• Apr 20, 2006

• #2

Yep, very slightly blue cast towards the top of your photo !
one link:
http://www.aim-dtp.net/aim/calibration/index.htm

 

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normjackson

Well-known member

• Apr 20, 2006

• #3

Takes time to train eyes to new monitor or new monitor settings ie. what you "see" on another monitor may not be the same as someone who is accustomed to using it.

Possibly your "greyish" image could potentially look more "cold" than a uniform grey square because of our own preconceptions about what colours the subjects should have or how they should be interrelated : shouldn't sand be yellowish, we might think, or at least if it is grey sand shouldn't that bird have much warmer browns.

Where the tones and hues are more subtly distanced from a neutral grey, perhaps there is something to be said for placing a neutral grey border around the picture. Having done that, I find it helps me observe, for example, that towards the top of your picture in the background there is a slight move towards blue.

 

RAH

Well-known member

• Apr 20, 2006

• #4

The image looks pretty blue on my laptop sceen, especially the top part.

 

Tannin

Common; sedentary.

• Apr 20, 2006

• #5

A bit bluish for me too.

 

IanF

Moderator

• Apr 20, 2006

• #6

The top section (above the head) is a very slightly pale blue for me - my monitor isn't calibrated.

 

bob hastie

Well-known member

• Apr 20, 2006

• #7

slightly blue towards the top - uncalibrated monitor

 

Mickymouse

Ubuntu Linux user

• Apr 21, 2006

• #8

Very, very slight blue at the top slopping down to the right on my uncalibrated TFT screen, wouldn't have noticed if it hadn't been mentioned before.

Mick

 

JohnZ

Well-known member

• Apr 21, 2006

• #9

Same as Mick for me. I most certainly would not have noticed had it not been suggested. Perhaps it may be better to post another image, that you believe to have a colour cast, and ask the folks on here what colour cast they can see rather than telling them beforehand.
I am also using a TFT screen allegedly calibrated using Adobe Gamma.

 

mjmw

formally known as mw_aurora

• Apr 21, 2006

• #10

Thanks everyone - the top of the shot is/should be slightly blue (water), but on my laptop the whole picture has a clearly visible blue cast, including the bird. A couple of other people mentioned it to me which prompted me to check and start this thread!

I have other images, but all are taken in similar lighting conditions and similar locations, all showing the same cast on certain monitors. Oh well - they look fine to me, so I am happy

Cheers

Mark.

 

Saphire

Christine

• Apr 21, 2006

• #11

Slight blue for me at the top.

 

condyk

Well-known member

• Apr 21, 2006

• #12

On my uncalibrated second monitor in dual monitor system there is the very faintest blue tint that I would not normally even mention. Switch the image across to my big LCD (calibrated) it is fine and same on my calibrated laptop. I use GretagMacbeth Eye-one 2.

 

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Leif

Well-known member

• Apr 22, 2006

• #13

On my calibrated CRT the image looks like a nice birdy on a grey background. I s'pose I might be pursuaded to agree to a slight faint bluish tint at the top. But the colours look very natural.

My CRT had a blue cast before calibration (since images processed before calibration appeared too warm afterwards). At the last place I worked a colleague had a Dell TFT screen with an obvious pink cast. These days TFT screens are getting better. But colour casts are commonplace no matter what type of screen you use.

The only way to minimise the difference is not to view the image on uncalibrated monitors. If someone does use an uncalibrated monitor, well its hard cheese.

Leif

 

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Michael McKee

Well-known member

• May 14, 2006

• #14

I have an LCD monitor calibrated with Eye-one and your photo does appear to me to have a slight bluish cast. I played with your photo a bit in Photoshop and a colour adjustment of Cyan-Red +8 and Yellow-Blue -7 gave a better colour cast to my eyes.

I'm not sure why your callibration could be out. It might be worth checking for a more recent version of your software and try recallibrating. You should also let your monitor warm up for a while before callibration.