"Air Display"?
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/14/2011 11:08 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> I feel like I'm forever fighting an unwinnable battle with an unknowable
> enemy. I try to set tonalities while looking
>> straight on at my monitor, 2/3 of the way up, 'cause that's supposed to be
> what it's designed for, I think. When I stand
>> up, everything looks too light. Slump down in my chair, and it all gets
> darker.
>
>
> YES!!!! LCD's are the bane of our lives.
>
> So, here is what I do in this situation.
>
> Have reference image available. I've done this for years in the darkroom and
> now do the same in the "lightroom". Not always, though, and it seems that
> everytime I fail to use my reference image I screw up the tonalities. With a
> reference image, it really doesn't matter if the screen is calibrated or
> not, because you are adapting the eyeball calibration to the changing
> situation.
>
> The background of my laptop display is the Millerslab calibration/reference
> graphic. When I'm working up a picture for printing, I have the identical
> graphic next to me as printed by Millers. It seems like a crude setup, but
> it actually works.
>
> The iPad is also quite decent for previewing images on. It's just a touch
> overcooked, but remarkably close. Ctein wrote about that last year and I
> concure. I use "Air Display" to extend my computer's display onto the iPad.
>
> AG
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