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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 16:58:56 -0500
Yes, the brain has shrunk too.  But I think its color comprehension is 
still OK.  :-)

Chuck Norcutt


On 3/7/2012 11:57 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> Brains then.
>
> Joel W.
>
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012, at 11:52 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> 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.
>
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