Happy Thanksgiving

[Photo-John]

Earning the turkey on the annual Turkey Day Ride. Seven miles and over 2000 feet of climbing before the top. I hate it. But I sure am thankful when I get to the top

[Photo-John]

Experienced riders know - hydration is important.

[Peter_AUS]

I tell you what John. Looking at the photos now on a secondhand Dell 21" (20" viewable) P1110 CRT monitor and profiled with an eye-one calibrator (and doing it correctly which I haven't been doing for the past year), really makes a big difference and I must say a huge inprovement for me to see them much better and clearer.

My Mitsubishi monitor was just fuzzy and I didn't realise it until late last weekend when I was looking at the LCD display I had just bought for my youngest daughter as her monitor was failing after he computer power supply blew up litteraly.

So I hope that my images are going to look a whole lot better than maybe they have been looking.

Happy Thanksgiving to you John and the family.

[Old Timer]

Some really great images John. Looks like a real fun way to spend Thanksgiving.

[Photo-John]

Congratulations on the new, profiled monitor, Peter. I hope it makes a huge difference. These photos were set up on my laptop, which, although calibrated, isn't nearly as accurate as my desktop. The laptop is a bit brighter, more contrasty, and saturated. So images I set up on it can be a bit dark and flat. So don't evaluate your new system completely by these images.

[walterick]

John,

These are hilarious! The reflection of you in the top of the whiskey flask is a riot. Keeping hydrated, indeed!

Looks like a fun ride!

Rick

[SLinBend]

Funny you mention that. I've got an older 20" monitor at home that I thought was fine. Did some photo editing on it, posted pics to a site, and the next day, viewed them on my work LCD monitor. Whoa! What a difference. It really enlightened me on how poorly that old CRT monitor displays color... at least on its current calibration. I also realized my pics were incorrectly color corrected. Not a good thing. Yup... I'm a rookie.

To that end, do you have any suggestions on a home remedy to calibrate a monitor?

I tell you what John. Looking at the photos now on a secondhand Dell 21" (20" viewable) P1110 CRT monitor and profiled with an eye-one calibrator (and doing it correctly which I haven't been doing for the past year), really makes a big difference and I must say a huge inprovement for me to see them much better and clearer.

My Mitsubishi monitor was just fuzzy and I didn't realise it until late last weekend when I was looking at the LCD display I had just bought for my youngest daughter as her monitor was failing after he computer power supply blew up litteraly.

So I hope that my images are going to look a whole lot better than maybe they have been looking.

Happy Thanksgiving to you John and the family.

[Photo-John]

I've got an older 20" monitor at home that I thought was fine. Did some photo editing on it, posted pics to a site, and the next day, viewed them on my work LCD monitor. Whoa! What a difference. It really enlightened me on how poorly that old CRT monitor displays color... at least on its current calibration. I also realized my pics were incorrectly color corrected. Not a good thing. Yup... I'm a rookie.

To that end, do you have any suggestions on a home remedy to calibrate a monitor?

Question: How do you know which monitor is closer to correct? There's really no way to know without using some type of outside reference. Your home monitor might actually be the better one. Technically, CRTs are still more accurate than LCDs - at least if you have a good one that's calibrated well. But LCDs have a snappier, more contrasty look that people like better. That might be what you're seeing.

The easiest way to get a quick and dirty monitor calibration is to use the Adobe Gamma wizard that comes with Photoshop. It's not perfect. But it's decent and most people will end up making some monitor adjustment with it.

The right way to do it is to use a monitor hardware profiling device and profiling software. Here's a link to reviews for that equipment on this site. The descriptions and reviews on those pages should help you understand better: http://www.pcphotoreview.com/cat/col...S_4332CRX.ASPX

There's also an article from ColorVision on why you should calibrate your monitor: http://www.pcphotoreview.com/colorvi...tlightcrx.aspx

Hope that stuff helps. And welcome to the site!

[SLinBend]

Great question. I suppose I don't! The LCD surely does look snappier, like you said.

As suggested, I used the Adobe Gamma on the home CRT monitor. Made a noticable difference. I like the ability to show the before and after color mgmt. Really makes you realize what you've been missing! Thanks a bunch for the info. It's helped a lot.

PS: Great photos btw. I'm an MTBR follower and always enjoy your posts. That's what got me here actually.

Question: How do you know which monitor is closer to correct? There's really no way to know without using some type of outside reference. Your home monitor might actually be the better one. Technically, CRTs are still more accurate than LCDs - at least if you have a good one that's calibrated well. But LCDs have a snappier, more contrasty look that people like better. That might be what you're seeing.

The easiest way to get a quick and dirty monitor calibration is to use the Adobe Gamma wizard that comes with Photoshop. It's not perfect. But it's decent and most people will end up making some monitor adjustment with it.

The right way to do it is to use a monitor hardware profiling device and profiling software. Here's a link to reviews for that equipment on this site. The descriptions and reviews on those pages should help you understand better: http://www.pcphotoreview.com/cat/col...S_4332CRX.ASPX

There's also an article from ColorVision on why you should calibrate your monitor: http://www.pcphotoreview.com/colorvi...tlightcrx.aspx

Hope that stuff helps. And welcome to the site!