{"id":1165,"date":"2014-10-20T15:50:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T19:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2014-10-20T15:50:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T19:50:20","slug":"how-to-color-calibrate-your-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=1165","title":{"rendered":"How to Color Calibrate Your Monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Excerpts from Digital Photography School<\/a>…<\/p>\n

“If you want to obtain accurate colours in your photos in Lightroom<\/a> (or indeed any other software), no matter what you may read elsewhere, you need to calibrate your computer monitor. If you don\u2019t, the colours in your photos won\u2019t be accurate, and you will never produce a print (or any other form of output, such as a Blurb book) that matches the colours on your screen.”<\/p>\n

“Mac owners will be fine. The Mac operating system (OS X) works very well with colour. Every program you use works with the monitor profile and displays accurate colour. It\u2019s one of the reasons that many professional photographers use Apple computers.<\/p>\n

If you have a Windows PC however the story is different. The operating system knows the monitor profile is there, but not all programs use it. It\u2019s possible to have the same photo open in two programs, and for the colours in one to appear different to the other. One program is using the monitor profile, and the other isn\u2019t.”<\/p>\n

“Colorimetric devices are made by several manufacturers. The main players seem to beDatacolor<\/a> (who make the Spyder models) and X-Rite<\/a> (which makes Colormunki).<\/p>\n

For many photographers, the least expensive model in each manufacturer\u2019s range is probably sufficient. That\u2019s good news because it means that you don\u2019t have to spend a lot of money in order to calibrate your monitor.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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