Brains then.
Joel W.
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012, at 11:52 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I just realized that I don't have to wait until I get back home to
> compare images processed using the old monitor against viewing on the
> new one. I only need to compare what was processed in the month of
> December on the new monitor with what I see today on the old monitor.
>
> I, of course, can't do a direct comparison since both monitors are not
> in the same place. But, after checking a few images done last December
> against what I see now on the old monitor I'm perfectly happy with the
> way they look. If the old monitor's color is off it's not by much. But
> the horizontal size has definitely shrunk a bit.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 3/7/2012 9:18 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> > I'm guessing monitor. But then it could be my monitor, though it
> > profiles well, it pretty new, and seems close to other reference points
> > in most respects.
> >
> > That's the problem with the web. We have no account of what other
> > people actually see. Furthermore, I am slightly disturbed by variances
> > in programs and their rendering of color saturation. For example, I am
> > now using Sagelight fairly consistently because I like some of its tools
> > very much. However, its rendering of the image color is slightly
> > different from PS once I pull the image into PS for some final
> > processes. But how much of that is illusion? Sagelight does everything
> > it can to maximize the image on the screen, and its background is black.
> > PS uses top and bottom real estate so that the image is smaller, and
> > the background is gray. Nevertheless, even when I minimize the effect
> > of these variances there seems to be a slight saturation loss in PS
> > compared to what I might have had looking about the way I wanted in
> > Sagelight.
> >
> > Then sometimes I'll come back to something I had been working on
> > previously and wonder "Who killed a rabbit on my photo?"
> >
> > Maybe it *is* brains.
> >
> > Joel W.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012, at 07:49 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> >> Aging eyes, brain or monitor. Could be any of them or all. When I last
> >> profiled this monitor a few weeks ago the software complained about
> >> inability to achieve a proper black level. Also, the horizontal size
> >> has shrunk about 5% since then. The vertical size as well but not so
> >> much. No color effects from that but it does indicate the electronics
> >> are aging and changing values.
> >>
> >> It will be interesting to view the images I've processed on this old
> >> monitor here in Florida when I get back to my new Dell IPS panel when I
> >> get back home.
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