[ Info ] What you use? (Editing and Post Processing)

[albertri]

will this work???

http://www.wikihow.com/Calibrate-Your-Monitor

 

[motionstills]

will this work???

http://www.wikihow.com/Calibrate-Your-Monitor

Many thanks for the info, my challenge has been getting a linux driver for colorimeter like Spyder, however, step 10 of the article listed a software new to me, Monica for linux , i shall give it a try...:thumbsup:

 

[albertri]

Many thanks for the info, my challenge has been getting a linux driver for colorimeter like Spyder, however, step 10 of the article listed a software new to me, Monica for linux , i shall give it a try...:thumbsup:

NO Probs bro I am also trying to calibrate my LCD. Windows 7 I think Vista also has calibrate function but I think the problem is my eyes hehehe anyways tried to calibrate both my Desktop and laptop and i shows some similrities now when viewing photos...

 

[elgkh]

Since there are interests to know what everyone uses, thought a poll would be good to be kept as a record on who uses what, on what platform, so that users will have a better idea. Especially for the newbies.

If your software is not on the list, then select "others" and post your reply.

This is a multiple choice poll, so select what you are using.

Coincidently, there is a similar thread running elsewhere on this forum. Will be interesting to see the difference between Oly users and others, given that nothing else except the Oly software can give the same Oly colours.

Can also add option for Oly Viewer 2?

this hobby of mine getting expenssive... I am planning to get 9 -18mm now might nee to get this also :bheart::sweat::cry:

There is a 9-18mm for sale in the B&S :devil:

 

[albertri]

There is a 9-18mm for sale in the B&S :devil:

yeah been eyeing on that lens in B&H site... locally one shop quoted me Cash and Carry 800 bucks which I think very good price and 820 for CC

 

[Mikefellh]

If your software is not on the list, then select "others" and post your reply.

Except you forgot the "Others" selection, unless you meant the "Gimp and other freeware" which wouldn't include other commercial software.

Also I forgot earlier that I use Irfanview for qiuck edits or viewing (which would fall under Gimp and other freeware, although "other freeware" should be separated from "Gimp").

 

[marky]

ME using Adobe Photoshop CS4 currently.. the one and only software i use.

 

[spidey89]

Looks like you have never calibrated your screen before. You need to do that.

Most of the old timers here have calibrated screens.

Maybe at one of the kopi sessions, they can bring their calibrators and help those with laptops calibrate their screens. Makes a whole world of difference. If you find that helpful, then you should actually invest in one. Prices varies, buy what you can afford.

Buy buy buy bug bites again....:devil:

Probably can be done next kopi session :bsmilie:

 

[albertri]

Looks like you have never calibrated your screen before. You need to do that.

Most of the old timers here have calibrated screens.

Maybe at one of the kopi sessions, they can bring their calibrators and help those with laptops calibrate their screens. Makes a whole world of difference. If you find that helpful, then you should actually invest in one. Prices varies, buy what you can afford.

Buy buy buy bug bites again....:devil:

Hi Bro,

After I've calibrated my laptop LCD and Desktop wow the photos that came from my cam (without processing done) is very nice I dont feel doing touch-up anymore just maybe cropping or tilting it... :lovegrin::sweatsm:

 

[albertri]

Probably can be done next kopi session :bsmilie:

I've downloaded a freeware and simple gamma screen calibration software and things looks different now :heart:

 

[spidey89]

I've downloaded a freeware and simple gamma screen calibration software and things looks different now :heart:

IIRC,its not accurate,hahahah, cause I remember Microcosm told me before, we all see colours differently,which is quite true, my friends see colours differently from me and we end up arguing about the colour :bsmilie:

 

[bousozoku]

IIRC,its not accurate,hahahah, cause I remember Microcosm told me before, we all see colours differently,which is quite true, my friends see colours differently from me and we end up arguing about the colour :bsmilie:

I've got things calibrated manually so that what I see comes out on my printer with the correct colours, as much as is possible with 8 ink cartridges. Whether other printers do as well, I don't know since I don't hand out my photos.

 

[spidey89]

I've got things calibrated manually so that what I see comes out on my printer with the correct colours, as much as is possible with 8 ink cartridges. Whether other printers do as well, I don't know since I don't hand out my photos.

:think::dunno: I ever read in a book about colour and photography that our brains also make a fool out of us, like some things we know to be of a certain colour, our brains are too tired to actually process the actual colour and just tell us its so and so colour though it might have a colour cast:think:

 

[bousozoku]

:think::dunno: I ever read in a book about colour and photography that our brains also make a fool out of us, like some things we know to be of a certain colour, our brains are too tired to actually process the actual colour and just tell us its so and so colour though it might have a colour cast:think:

Mine has a colour cast of millions, 48-bit for part, 24-bit for other parts, and 32-bits in-between. :bsmilie:

 

[albertri]

:think::dunno: I ever read in a book about colour and photography that our brains also make a fool out of us, like some things we know to be of a certain colour, our brains are too tired to actually process the actual colour and just tell us its so and so colour though it might have a colour cast:think:

I think photographers should go for color test.. did this few years back (it's more like color blindness test) and passed it so hopefully i could see colors correctly hahaha.

what i did also is compare the printed photo I've printed (those photo printing shops) versus my LCD and try to adjust e.g. brightness, contrast gamma etc until both images are pretty close to each other.

 

[spidey89]

Mine has a colour cast of millions, 48-bit for part, 24-bit for other parts, and 32-bits in-between. :bsmilie:

:bigeyes::bsmilie:

I think photographers should go for color test.. did this few years back (it's more like color blindness test) and passed it so hopefully i could see colors correctly hahaha.

what i did also is compare the printed photo I've printed (those photo printing shops) versus my LCD and try to adjust e.g. brightness, contrast gamma etc until both images are pretty close to each other.

I just did a colour test last year when I enrolled into school and I won't be surprised I have to do another one when I go for NS checkup in a few months time. Anyway, unless you print at the same shop all the time, its not going to be useful since the profiles for different shops differ, I changed my printer a few months back into the 5 ink kinda, and it has 4 or 5 profiles -_-" Now having problems getting accurate colours and exposure, printed at a Kodak shop, the violet was kinda pinkish and printed at fuji, it was a deeper pink colour, but of course, back then I hadn't calibrated anything :bsmilie:

 

[bousozoku]

I just did a colour test last year when I enrolled into school and I won't be surprised I have to do another one when I go for NS checkup in a few months time. Anyway, unless you print at the same shop all the time, its not going to be useful since the profiles for different shops differ, I changed my printer a few months back into the 5 ink kinda, and it has 4 or 5 profiles -_-" Now having problems getting accurate colours and exposure, printed at a Kodak shop, the violet was kinda pinkish and printed at fuji, it was a deeper pink colour, but of course, back then I hadn't calibrated anything :bsmilie:

Well, that's not much different than when we used film. I used to joke about the colour of the boxes relating to the colour of the photos when I worked sell cameras.

The Kodak Ektachrome 50 had a lot of blue on the box and the slides had a blue tint. The Kodacolor boxes had orange and the photos had an orange tint. Then, we had those Fujifilm boxes, which were green, and those photo prints had a green cast to them.

Times have changed but photo labs have not. :bsmilie:

 

[spidey89]

Well, that's not much different than when we used film. I used to joke about the colour of the boxes relating to the colour of the photos when I worked sell cameras.

The Kodak Ektachrome 50 had a lot of blue on the box and the slides had a blue tint. The Kodacolor boxes had orange and the photos had an orange tint. Then, we had those Fujifilm boxes, which were green, and those photo prints had a green cast to them.

Times have changed but photo labs have not. :bsmilie:

Seriously? :bsmilie:

 

[bousozoku]

Seriously? :bsmilie:

Dead serious.

 

[spidey89]

Dead serious.

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