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Author Topic: HDTV Calibration Jennifer Pan THE JEN! Posts: 1219 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: Nov 2003 posted 10-14-2008 03:14 AM                        In this day and age its not possible to avoid if you want accurate colors, etc. Computer monitors are calibrated too, definite in my line of work.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-14-2008 08:49 AM                     It's not as difficult to properly adjust HDTV or computer monitor displays as some would like to make it seem. It's certainly not worth jobbing it out to some guy from a store for hundreds of dollars. I like my TV set for its capability to have individual adjustments for each signal input. The settings that work best for Blu-ray aren't necessarily going to be proper for the PC monitor input. One thing is certain, the factory default for many HDTV sets sucks it big time. My Sony KDL52XBR4 came out of the box set to "Vivid". Garish beyond all hell. With regard to computer monitors, there's a lot more going on there if you depend on getting accurate color out of printers. In my job, colors have to look consistent with what's coming out of a large format printer, be it the 54" printer in my office or an 18' wide billboard printer in Dallas or Lubbock. You also need a very good quality monitor and professional graphics software. Microsoft Publisher and some $199 display from Office Depot isn't going to cut it. A colorimeter system, such as X-Rite, can be a good investment. It's a labor intensive process to develop custom profiles for monitors and printers, but it's the most dependable way to get spot-on color accuracy. Companies like Adobe have made the situation a lot easier to handle when moving artwork from one application in the suite to another or sending files to be output elsewhere. Still, it's a good idea to list color references (example: "the yellow is supposed to look like Pantone 123C") just in case.  |  IP: Logged Jennifer Pan THE JEN! Posts: 1219 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: Nov 2003 posted 10-14-2008 02:30 PM                        PANTONE colors are off the chain!  |  IP: Logged

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