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Re: [OM] Color saturation (was "Re: IMG: Who Needs a Windsock?")

Subject: Re: [OM] Color saturation (was "Re: IMG: Who Needs a Windsock?")
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:52:44 -0500
I just realized that I don't have to wait until I get back home to 
compare images processed using the old monitor against viewing on the 
new one.  I only need to compare what was processed in the month of 
December on the new monitor with what I see today on the old monitor.

I, of course, can't do a direct comparison since both monitors are not 
in the same place.  But, after checking a few images done last December 
against what I see now on the old monitor I'm perfectly happy with the 
way they look.  If the old monitor's color is off it's not by much.  But 
the horizontal size has definitely shrunk a bit.

Chuck Norcutt


On 3/7/2012 9:18 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> I'm guessing monitor.  But then it could be my monitor, though it
> profiles well, it pretty new, and seems close to other reference points
> in most respects.
>
> That's the problem with the web.  We have no account of what other
> people actually see.  Furthermore, I am slightly disturbed by variances
> in programs and their rendering of color saturation.  For example, I am
> now using Sagelight fairly consistently because I like some of its tools
> very much.  However, its rendering of the image color is slightly
> different from PS once I pull the image into PS for some final
> processes.  But how much of that is illusion?  Sagelight does everything
> it can to maximize the image on the screen, and its background is black.
>   PS uses top and bottom real estate so that the image is smaller, and
> the background is gray.  Nevertheless, even when I minimize the effect
> of these variances there seems to be a slight saturation loss in PS
> compared to what I might have had looking about the way I wanted in
> Sagelight.
>
> Then sometimes I'll come back to something I had been working on
> previously and wonder "Who killed a rabbit on my photo?"
>
> Maybe it *is* brains.
>
> Joel W.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012, at 07:49 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Aging eyes, brain or monitor.  Could be any of them or all.  When I last
>> profiled this monitor a few weeks ago the software complained about
>> inability to achieve a proper black level.  Also, the horizontal size
>> has shrunk about 5% since then.  The vertical size as well but not so
>> much.  No color effects from that but it does indicate the electronics
>> are aging and changing values.
>>
>> It will be interesting to view the images I've processed on this old
>> monitor here in Florida when I get back to my new Dell IPS panel when I
>> get back home.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>
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