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Calibrating monitor
I’m doing a project for broadcast, though the set-up’s rather limited, and without a video card I’m having to use a second flat-screen monitor rather than a proper client monitor. But I want to calibrate it as well as I can. It’s a Samsung Syncmaster 181T, and has only brightness control when using DVI input. The main monitor is a standard Apple cinema display. Using the onboard calibration tool I can select 1.8 or 2.2 gamma, and various colour temp options. What’s best so I can vaguely predict the real colour/gamma output? Or are there any of the onboard profiles I should be using instead? Nothing I do makes it as bright or colourful as the Apple display, but I don’t know if I should have any faith in that either.
Any help gratefully received!
Cheers,
Bernard
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5 Replies
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A very good monitor calibration device is the xRite Eye One Display2. It’ll create an ICC profile for the monitor.
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You cannot calibrate this monitor to accurately display colors for broadcast use. For that you really need to use a video capture card and a monitor that’s made specifically for this purpose.
Arnie
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Yes, I know. But there isn’t one here and there isn’t going to be. Just wanted to know what settings to use to do the best I can!
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I’d use 2.2 gamma and 6500K color temp. Put up some NTSC bars on the monitor and set the brightness to get proper black levels on the PLUGE pattern. Given the constraints of your setup, this is probably the closet you can get. If you can, I’d at least try to output your program to a DVD at a few points along the editing process, so you can watch it on a well calibrated consumer TV.
Matt Lyon
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Matt so far has the best cheat for you.
I would add that you should use both color bars and faces with perfect previously color corrected skin tones during your setup. Make a DVD with both and display that on a TV and try your best to match that. Then, as Matt suggests, CC some of your stuff and make a DVD and see how it looks, as that will be the closest thing you have to display to that comes even close to an accurate display.
David Roth Weiss
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