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Originally Posted by Mutt
thanks
the Spyder thing looks cool but really it won't tell me how the photo looks to anybody else will it? which is why I posted the samples here on GFY to see how others see the photo on their monitors.
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Mutt'ster....everybody is going to see that pic a little differently because people have different size monitors, monitors made from different manufacturers and monitors that are new and old. Your monitor probably doesn't look the same right now as it did only a few months ago. I have a book called "
Real World Color Management" and it's the bible in regards to getting good consistant color using computer equipment. One thing that it discusses is how monitors colors can drift over time and that's the reason to use the Spyder. The only thing that the spyder can do for you is give you some consistancy. So you know that your monitor is giving you the same gamma and color today that it did 6 months ago. That way you'll have a consistant workspace to do your color corrections etc. There's no way that you'll ever be able to see a pic the way that "everybody" see it, but with the Spyder (or something similiar), you'll have more control over your workspace from month to month.
I bought the
Greytag Macbeth Eye-One Display last year and have it setup to remind me on the first of each month to calibrate my monitors. Each time I calibrate my monitors I have to "tweak" them slightly which tells me that even within just a months time the colors can drift slightly...just like the book I mentioned earlier describes.
The problem you described sounds like color space and/or profile issues just like Wanton suggested. He and I have had many many discussions about these problems over the past few months. Seems we are always fighting the color drift demons
