| The
images on this comunity look best on a calibrated monitor
and in a low ambient light room. To achieve a good "gamma
calibration" of your monitor, please follow the steps
outlined below. You should also have a system capable of producting
16-bit (high color) or 24-bit (true color) color depth.
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| This
gamma test works best with MS Internet Explorer while
using a standard monitor. Problems with the above image,
have been experienced with the Netscape browser.
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Squint
your eyes or stand back and adjust the monitor brightness
control until the middle square (2.20) closely matches its
background. The 2.00 square should be darker and the 2.40
square lighter. The technical term for this is 'gamma adjustment'.
This image sets your monitor to an approximate standard gamma
for photographs on a PC.
If
you want to read in-depth information about gamma, there are
FAQ here:
The
gamma FAQ
Also
Robert W. Berger goes into explaining monitor gamma:
Robert
W. Berger's great explanation of monitor Gamma
If
you feel you need a tool (Win95/98/XP/NT) with which you can
control the gamma, check out:
PowerStrip
2.50 - (shareware) 656KByte download
Contrast
You
should be able to see a difference between both the bright
squares 1 and 2, and the dark squares 10 and 11. |
