This page is courtesy of and Copyright (c) 2002 Stanley Rowin Photography
Boston, Advertising, Editorial, Studio, Location, Stock Photographer It has
been here since 1994. Please do not reproduce without permission. Please make your screen wide enough to see both arrows on this
line:
The point of this page is to tell you whether your internet
provider, your software, and hardware are conspiring to take away from perfect
viewing.
The image below should appear as a rainbow starting and ending
with red. There should be a smooth transition from color to color with no
banding and no little dots, or noise. The background for this page is
gray.
The following images are not a smooth transitions. If you have
only limited colors the above rainbow would look something like these:
If that's the case, you probably need more video RAM, or a
different video board.
That's color, now let's deal with gamma, and contrast.
Below are
some boxes, one should be absolute black. Nothing on your monitor should be
darker than the black box. Look at the black border around your monitor. It
should be as black as that box. And nothing should be lighter than the white
box.
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"Crossover" is when your monitor's R, G and B guns don't have linear curves.
The chart below has boxes that go from black, to gray, to white. No colors
should be visible: no pink, yellow or green cast at all!
If the boxes pick up a color, one of your monitor's guns is out of
adjustment.
Gamma (or contrast) is next.
Step back from your monitor. One of these numbered boxes is about the
same shade as the surrounding. That's your
"screen gamma." Many photographer's web pages are designed for 1.8 Gamma.
"Wintel" computers and TV monitors are calibrated for 2.2 Gamma. Photoshop, and
Apple's Quicktime offer ways to change your gamma, if you so
desire.
How did you do? Contact me if you want help "tweaking" your screen. Stanley Rowin Photography or call us at
(781) 259-0064
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