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Mark² - 04 Apr 2007 00:34 GMT
I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.

Please indicate a whether you can read the text in each of the following:

Dark image sample:
http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/76619046/original
Light image sample:
http://upload.pbase.com/markuson/image/76628594/original

This becomes significant when discussing some aspets of photos that are
shared here.

Thanks for you input...and...no cheating!  :)

Mark

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Marutchi - 04 Apr 2007 01:01 GMT
> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Dark image sample:
> http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/76619046/original

Yes

> Light image sample:
> http://upload.pbase.com/markuson/image/76628594/original

No
Colin_D - 04 Apr 2007 01:07 GMT
> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>
> Mark

Well, I can read the dark one, but not the bright one.

But, looking at them in Photoshop, I see the writing gray level in the
dark one is 16/255 (on a background of 0/255).

The bright one has a background level of 255/255, but the writing is at
about 253/255, too close to see.  If I make the writing level 248/255, I
can read it.

If your monitor shows the bright writing without adjustment, I would
imagine your gamma is set wrongly.

On the 32-step grayscale chart I use, the first step above black is
8/255, and the last step below white is 247/255, i.e. 8 units in from
either end.  Both are discernible on my monitor.

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Mark² - 04 Apr 2007 01:41 GMT
>> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
>> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 29 lines]
>
> Colin D.

I didn't create the dark one, rather left it as it was posted by (I think)
Scott.  Could have gone darker on that one and still see it.

Here's a new dark sample, with 8,8,8 and 4,4,4 setting on the text in two
different positions.
In photoshop I can see both...In Firefox, I can barely see the 8,8,8 text,
but not the 4,4,4

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frederick - 04 Apr 2007 01:22 GMT
> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>
> Mark

I'm with the other replies.  The bright image has not enough difference
to read the text - although I can see something is there - at
253/253/253 against a white background.  Also, when you do a levels
adjustment to "cheat" you can see that the text is degraded badly by
jpeg compression (not that I think I'd have been able to read it
anyway). (PNG is better for that type of image).
I'm using a calibrated CRT with Diamondtron Aperture Grille tube.
I use the following image as a quick check of calibration / gamma - and
keep it on my website so that when I see how crappy my pictures can look
on someone else's LCD I can convince myself that it's their display, not
some big mistake I made in editing images on my site.
http://i13.tinypic.com/4hvgeux.png
frederick - 04 Apr 2007 01:42 GMT
>> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
>> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 25 lines]
> some big mistake I made in editing images on my site.
> http://i13.tinypic.com/4hvgeux.png

I take that back - I can read text on light image and dark image, but
have to look very closely to read text on the light image.
Mark² - 04 Apr 2007 01:44 GMT
>>> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
>>> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 27 lines]
> I take that back - I can read text on light image and dark image, but
> have to look very closely to read text on the light image.

That's similar to me.
The dark text was set to a higher difference, and is easier to see.
How about this dark one, set to 8,8,8...and even a 4,4,4 (I can only see the
444 in Photoshop, but see 888 and 253,253,253 in Firefox).

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Mark² - 04 Apr 2007 01:45 GMT
>>>> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
>>>> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 32 lines]
> How about this dark one, set to 8,8,8...and even a 4,4,4 (I can only
> see the 444 in Photoshop, but see 888 and 253,253,253 in Firefox).

Oops.  Here the 888, 444 one:
http://upload.pbase.com/image/76631423/original

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frederick - 04 Apr 2007 02:20 GMT
>>>>> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
>>>>> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 34 lines]
> Oops.  Here the 888, 444 one:
> http://upload.pbase.com/image/76631423/original

Right - now this time perhaps I've got it right.
No - I can't read the 4,4,4 in Firefox or IE, but I can read the 8,8,8.
(jeesh - you made me close the curtains - perhaps at midnight I'd see
the 4,4,4)
This time I open in PS and allow PS to convert sRGB to aRGB, and I this
time can read both. (unlike my mistake in the other thread) BUT if I
screen capture the image displayed in PS, the 4,4,4 has become 9,9,9,
the 8,8,8 has become 16,16,16!
Adobe is tricking us!  If I convert the aRGB image displayed back to
sRGB and save the image, then the 4,4,4 and 8,8,8 revert to their
original rgb values.
I can assume from this that the *same* image converted to either sRGB or
aRGB will show a slightly different gamma when saved with embedded aRGB
profile, and viewed in Adobe applications.  Curious.
frederick - 04 Apr 2007 02:29 GMT
There's the screen capture:
http://i3.tinypic.com/33wu0bq.png
Mark² - 04 Apr 2007 02:35 GMT
> There's the screen capture:
> http://i3.tinypic.com/33wu0bq.png

Perhaps a limiting factor applied to screen-capture image data(?).

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frederick - 04 Apr 2007 02:43 GMT
>> There's the screen capture:
>> http://i3.tinypic.com/33wu0bq.png
>
> Perhaps a limiting factor applied to screen-capture image data(?).

No - The screen capture is capturing actual displayed pixels, and side
by side with the image viewed in PS, the captured image looks identical.
(The real) Douglas - 04 Apr 2007 03:11 GMT
: > There's the screen capture:
: > http://i3.tinypic.com/33wu0bq.png
:
: Perhaps a limiting factor applied to screen-capture image data(?).

If you want the absolutely best information about RGB and it's many
variations, I suggest you try this:
http://www.brucelindbloom.com/index.html?ColorCheckerRGB.html

If you want information about how other people see your images and how to
"generalize" them for public viewing, See: http://www.normankoren.com

You can also obtain accurate colour and gamma samples. I myself use a set of
Macbeth charts especially created for the several RGB profiles I use. My
home PC monitor varies a point or two in several colours with Photoshop but
Photoshop is not what Internet viewers use to see images.

Internet Explorer is reputed NOT to have any colour management. Images you
see are true to the sRGB colourspace. Sea Monkey and the other Mozilla
derivates show images differently so they must have some form of colour
management.

Then again, Linux systems using Firefox show differently than windows
systems. As long as commercial interests are involved, there will never be a
world wide standard for Internet imaging. Some people will always see a
picture differently than you.

I understand exactly what you are on about Mark but as you'll discover when
you're done... You have no better solution than me or anyone else. Colour
balance and colour calibration is subjective to a particular system. Move
the images to another system and they may or may not look the same.

Douglas
Mark² - 04 Apr 2007 03:23 GMT
>>> There's the screen capture:
>>> http://i3.tinypic.com/33wu0bq.png
[quoted text clipped - 36 lines]
>
> Douglas

On the other hand...most here have been able to see the dark image text...
Since you could not (unless you've since adjusted your monitor), that would
indicate why some of your observations regarding on-line images were a bit
off the mark.  How you respond here is key, Doug.  You COULD respond
objectively.  I hope you will.
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(The real) Douglas - 04 Apr 2007 06:15 GMT
: > I understand exactly what you are on about Mark but as you'll
: > discover when you're done... You have no better solution than me or
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
: off the mark.  How you respond here is key, Doug.  You COULD respond
: objectively.  I hope you will.
OK ...so I totally f.cked up my perfectly calibrated system by introducing a
new (Horribly expensive and totally unwanted and unnecessary) monitor to one
of my work stations which drove my digital enlarger.

So much of a total trash job did I do on the calibration in search of your
stupid f.cking images I just had to pay the roving tech $300 to come and put
it all back the way he had it in the first place and put up with his bloody
condescending remarks about you and your f.cking bullshit. Get the f.ck out
of my space Morgan. IF you can't see my images, that's your problem.
Mark² - 04 Apr 2007 07:27 GMT
>>> I understand exactly what you are on about Mark but as you'll
>>> discover when you're done... You have no better solution than me or
[quoted text clipped - 24 lines]
> bullshit. Get the f.ck out of my space Morgan. IF you can't see my
> images, that's your problem.

????
What on Earth are you talking about?
Anyone know what Doug is talking about here?
Wow.

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G.T. - 04 Apr 2007 18:49 GMT
>>>> I understand exactly what you are on about Mark but as you'll
>>>> discover when you're done... You have no better solution than me or
[quoted text clipped - 28 lines]
> Anyone know what Doug is talking about here?
> Wow.

Wow x 2.

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frederick - 04 Apr 2007 02:41 GMT
> There's the screen capture:
> http://i3.tinypic.com/33wu0bq.png

And if you select "discard the embedded profile" (don't colour
manage)then it displays "correctly" with original 4,4,4 and 8,8,8 the
same as my web browsers.
What I don't understand is that if you select to "use the embedded
profile" which is sRGB, then PS still displays the 4,4,4 as 9,9,9.
Mark² - 04 Apr 2007 02:43 GMT
>> There's the screen capture:
>> http://i3.tinypic.com/33wu0bq.png
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> What I don't understand is that if you select to "use the embedded
> profile" which is sRGB, then PS still displays the 4,4,4 as 9,9,9.

Hmmm...

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frederick - 04 Apr 2007 02:55 GMT
>>> There's the screen capture:
>>> http://i3.tinypic.com/33wu0bq.png
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Hmmm...

Yeah - my thoughts exactly.  I wonder if there's something wrong with my
settings in PS.  It does have potential to impact on adjustments for
printed images, and in a way that I don't like - compression of shadow
detail.  Yet I'm extremely happy (perhaps I could be even happier?) with
the consistency of shadow detail displayed in soft-proofing and what the
printer actually spits out, so unless there's an explanation for why
what I've seen above can be, I think I'll avoid tampering for now.
Mark² - 04 Apr 2007 02:58 GMT
>>>> There's the screen capture:
>>>> http://i3.tinypic.com/33wu0bq.png
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> there's an explanation for why what I've seen above can be, I think
> I'll avoid tampering for now.

I doubt one would be able to discern the difference in the print
anyway...but at SOME point on the scale, the issue could become a visible
factor.

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frederick - 04 Apr 2007 03:31 GMT
>>>>> There's the screen capture:
>>>>> http://i3.tinypic.com/33wu0bq.png
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> anyway...but at SOME point on the scale, the issue could become a visible
> factor.

This really is quite curious.
I took my gradient and saved in sRGB colourspace with no embedded
profile.  Opening this in PS, and you get the option to "Assign Profile"
and then can check "and then convert document to working RGB" which is
by default Adobe RGB.  No problems with that - and if you don't check
the "convert" box, then it's displayed "correctly" - the same as any non
colour-aware application.
But, if I assign sRGB profile and save the image, then I get when
opening the option to convert (to aRGB), leave as sRGB, or not colour
manage.  The working space is of course aRGB, but I didn't expect to see
that an sRGB image displayed "converted" to aRGB would appear differently.
One screen capture of one over the other is here:
http://i13.tinypic.com/4bomgbc.jpg
(the bottom is how it "should" be, the top is how PS displays it)
So, I had always thought that embedding an sRGB profile in PS was the
"correct" thing to do when saving images for the web.  But, if you're
using PS to edit them, then that may not be the case unless you open the
image with the embedded sRGB in PS and specificy to "not colour manage"
- as otherwise PS doesn't look like it will display images the same as
most (almost all) web browsers. I don't have a Mac with OSX and safari
handy to see how that handles things...
frederick - 04 Apr 2007 03:46 GMT
>>>>>> There's the screen capture:
>>>>>> http://i3.tinypic.com/33wu0bq.png
[quoted text clipped - 39 lines]
> most (almost all) web browsers. I don't have a Mac with OSX and safari
> handy to see how that handles things...

Concluding, then using aRGB as working space for editing images that
will be converted and saved in sRGB for web display isn't the best.
Perhaps if saving images for the web is what you use PS for, then simply
changing the Color Settings Working Space from (default) aRGB to sRGB is
the best way to avoid those (unexpected by me) complications identified
above.
MrB - 04 Apr 2007 02:00 GMT
I can read the text in the dark sample, but not the light.

> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>
> Mark
cjcampbell - 04 Apr 2007 04:02 GMT
On Apr 3, 4:34 pm, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number
here)@cox..net> wrote:
> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.

On my unadjusted MacBook Pro laptop screen I can read both screens,
just barely, if I am looking straight at the screen. I can't read it
if looking at the screen from any sort of an angle.
G.T. - 04 Apr 2007 05:26 GMT
> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> Light image sample:
> http://upload.pbase.com/markuson/image/76628594/original

I can easily read the dark on this uncalibrated laptop.

If I tip the laptop screen to about 85 degrees rather than straight on
90 degrees I can read the light one.

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Andrey Tarasevich - 04 Apr 2007 06:12 GMT
> ...
> Please indicate a whether you can read the text in each of the following:
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> http://upload.pbase.com/markuson/image/76628594/original
> ...

I can easily see the dark one. With the light one firstly it looked as
if there's noting there, but after looking really hard for a couple of
seconds (no, no cheating of any kind) I was able to make out the "What
is" part and gave up.
Mark² - 04 Apr 2007 07:28 GMT
>> ...
>> Please indicate a whether you can read the text in each of the
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> seconds (no, no cheating of any kind) I was able to make out the "What
> is" part and gave up.

That's about right, actually.  It should be very hard to see...
How about this one:
http://upload.pbase.com/image/76631423/original

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gpaleo - 04 Apr 2007 08:39 GMT
Dark: easy
White: just barely with PSE
Monitor 19" Sony LCD adjusted with Pantone's HUEY
Mark² - 04 Apr 2007 08:49 GMT
> Dark: easy
> White: just barely with PSE
> Monitor 19" Sony LCD adjusted with Pantone's HUEY

The dark one should have been fairly easy.
Here's a tougher one to try:
http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/76631423/original
There are two lines of text.

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gpaleo - 04 Apr 2007 10:07 GMT
>> Dark: easy
>> White: just barely with PSE
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/76631423/original
> There are two lines of text.

The 8 8 8 OK
The other just a hint that something's there.
Nice tests!
Wolfgang Weisselberg - 04 Apr 2007 10:02 GMT
> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.

> Please indicate a whether you can read the text in each of the following:

> Dark image sample:
> http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/76619046/original

Clearly.

> Light image sample:
> http://upload.pbase.com/markuson/image/76628594/original

There is something ...

> This becomes significant when discussing some aspets of photos that are
> shared here.

... but then my monitor(s) are calibrated.

-Wolfgang
Mark² - 04 Apr 2007 10:28 GMT
>> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
>> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
>
> -Wolfgang

Your results are what you should see with your calibrated monitor.  The dark
frame is widely viewable.
Here's a tougher one:
http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/76631423/original

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Charles Schuler - 04 Apr 2007 21:57 GMT
> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> This becomes significant when discussing some aspets of photos that are
> shared here.

Yes and yes.  Samsung 191T

> Thanks for you input...and...no cheating!  :)

Well, I could see the dark one but to actually read the text I had to
slightly tip the screen.  I have learned to do that from time to time when
working with Photoshop.
John Meyer - 04 Apr 2007 22:46 GMT
> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>
> Mark

I can read both of them, no problem. The light image shows less contrast
and is a bit harder to see. Apple 23" Cinema Display, 1900 x 1200,
calibrated with Apple's Display Calibrator Assistant.

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gpaleo - 04 Apr 2007 22:53 GMT
So Mark, seems you owe us some statistics.
frederick - 04 Apr 2007 22:56 GMT
>> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
>> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
> and is a bit harder to see. Apple 23" Cinema Display, 1900 x 1200,
> calibrated with Apple's Display Calibrator Assistant.

That is further verification of what I've seen with those darned
expensive Apple Cinema displays - they are extremely good.  Even the
Imac 23 screens seem great - my wife want me to dump my PC, all my
cables and bulky CRT and get one as a "decor item", and I'm running out
of arguments to resist.
jean - 04 Apr 2007 23:08 GMT
> >> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
> >> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
> cables and bulky CRT and get one as a "decor item", and I'm running out
> of arguments to resist.

Same as drugs, just say NO!
Mark² - 04 Apr 2007 23:10 GMT
>>> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
>>> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
> cables and bulky CRT and get one as a "decor item", and I'm running
> out of arguments to resist.

They are definitely nice looking screens, but they really aren't considered
the best in terms of consistency of color/brightness across the screen...
The key there, like with ANY screen, is calibration.  Calibration won't deal
with inconsistency in the corners, etc., but it will make the best of
whatever screen you have.  Right now I just plunked a relatively cheap (for
its size) 24" LCD on my system running at 1920x1200, and after calibration,
it shows even more than my little test.  Before calibration, it was super
bright (factory defaults seem to always try and snag viewers with high
brighness and super high contrast), but couldn't see the dark text at all.
Even after calibration, it isn't quite as good as my 20" Viewsonic LCD.

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frederick - 04 Apr 2007 23:26 GMT
>>>> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
>>>> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 31 lines]
> brighness and super high contrast), but couldn't see the dark text at all.
> Even after calibration, it isn't quite as good as my 20" Viewsonic LCD.

I have this image:
http://i13.tinypic.com/4hvgeux.png on my website.  For sure it's not as
critical as the test images that you posted, but handy for me to access
when looking at screens on display at computer stores that were
connected to the www.
I was pretty impressed with the Imacs - with all other LCDs sold as
"bundles" with OEM windows PCs, the shift in gamma with change in
horizontal or vertical viewing angle was horrible.  The Imacs were very
good. (But the basic non "pro" Macbooks were truly terrible) The store
didn't have a 23" Cinema display connected, only a 30".  It made me
think that it would almost be worth redesigning my office to accommodate
it.  I know that you can get far better displays for PCs than ship with
standard - even high-end "bundles", but where I am they're seldom set up
on display in a situation where you can check them out properly, and I'm
loathe to trust reviews, as the manufacturers seem to change model name
designations and possibly their source for the panels for the same model
as the wind changes.
Mark² - 05 Apr 2007 01:35 GMT
>>>>> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
>>>>> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 50 lines]
> manufacturers seem to change model name designations and possibly
> their source for the panels for the same model as the wind changes.

Depending on how much you want to spend...there are definitely LCDs that
will deliver the goods...even if you don't see them in person.  If you're
willing to spend about $1600, a couple offerings from Lacie and NEC
(essentially the same 21" screen) are as good as it gets, shy of spending
about $4K or more.

You're right about monitors displayed in stores.  Half the time, they aren't
even being fed video at their native resolution(!!) so they look like utter
crap.  Even when they are, you have no control over what card, video
settings, gamma settings, etc. are being thrown at it.  So in that sense, I
think you're sometimes actually better off reading reviews--not from PC
reviewers, but from GRAPHICS reviewers.  -Folks who are as picky as me.  :)

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David J Taylor - 05 Apr 2007 08:29 GMT
For your interest, I have a simple program which generates grey-scales for
you to make similar tests.

 http://www.david-taylor.myby.co.uk/software/imaging.html#GreyScale

You may need the runtime libraries:

 http://www.david-taylor.myby.co.uk/software/runtime.html

One thing I discovered was that when using PNGs for transfer of images,
some viewers honoured the Gamma setting in the image and others didn't,
and it made a gross difference to the display, of course.

Cheers,
David
Rudy Lacchin - 04 Apr 2007 23:01 GMT
> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
>
> Please indicate a whether you can read the text in each of the following:

Dark - yes; light - no.

Do I win?

R.
Mark² - 04 Apr 2007 23:12 GMT
>> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
>> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Do I win?

The darker one should have been much easier to see.
Here's a tougher dark one:
http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/76631423/original
There are two lines of text.
Second line is the toughest.
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Peter Chant - 05 Apr 2007 00:13 GMT
>>> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
>>> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> There are two lines of text.
> Second line is the toughest.

Ditto to Rudy - could just discern there was something there on my Viewsonic
LCD.  Did not compare it with a CRT.

Calibration a bit of a moot point at the moment.

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Alan Browne - 05 Apr 2007 01:35 GMT
> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
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> Dark image sample:
> http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/76619046/original

Legible

> Light image sample:
> http://upload.pbase.com/markuson/image/76628594/original

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LCD Gateway/Fajouda processor adjusted for my workflow.

My own issues (for scanning film esp) are more with color rendition than
with highligh/shaddow issues when going to print.

Cheers,
Alan
Mark² - 05 Apr 2007 01:40 GMT
>> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
>> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
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> Cheers,
> Alan

Ya, right now I have a Fajouda 24" from Gateway hooked up (came with a
system at work).  It's far more susceptible to angle of view issues, and is
frankly too bright for my taste, offering less control over some aspects.  I
like the rendition of my 20" Viewsonic better, but there's no denying the
benefits of the extra 320 pixels on this 1920x1200 display.  The extra 320
means all tools are available, yet it still allows for full-height images in
Photoshop.  I've got it adjusted now so that it's very very close to my
trusty Viewsonic...  Not sure whether I'll revert back or not.

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Mark² - 05 Apr 2007 01:41 GMT
>>> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
>>> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
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> adjusted now so that it's very very close to my trusty Viewsonic... Not
> sure whether I'll revert back or not.

Make that, "Faroudia..."  :)

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Alan Browne - 06 Apr 2007 01:51 GMT
> Make that, "Faroudia..."  :)

I peeled the label off so not sure how to spell it...

Cheers,
Alan

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Mark² - 06 Apr 2007 02:40 GMT
>> Make that, "Faroudia..."  :)
>
> I peeled the label off so not sure how to spell it...
>
> Cheers,
> Alan

Ya, this monitor is about a week old, so it still has danged stickers
plastered all over it...
:)

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DoN. Nichols - 05 Apr 2007 03:56 GMT
According to Mark² <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net>:
> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
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> Light image sample:
> http://upload.pbase.com/markuson/image/76628594/original

    O.K.  I could see neither during the daytime, with light pouring
over my shoulder through a large window, and had to go to the GIMP to
tell what was there.

    And no settings of my LCD monitor (which is normally set to
allow me to distinguish both ends of a grayscale image) will bring
either into view with the light over my shoulder.  The monitor is a KDS
RAD-19, FWIW.

    However, now that it is dark outside, I can see the dark one
easily, and can just barely tell that something is present in the
highlight one.

> This becomes significant when discussing some aspets of photos that are
> shared here.

    Agreed.

> Thanks for you input...and...no cheating!  :)

    Is waiting for the Sun to go away cheating? :-) I don't have
curtains on the windows.

    Enjoy,
        DoN.

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▀Slack - 10 Apr 2007 06:15 GMT
> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
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>
> Mark

Forget the monitor test; great looking Chocolate point  
http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/73745851

I really miss mine.
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Mark² - 10 Apr 2007 09:19 GMT
?Slack wrote:
>> I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not
>> registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details.
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>
> I really miss mine.

The owner of that cat misses him too.  :(
Richard DeLuca had a TINY (26KB) image of his cat that died...and asked for
help, hoping to salvage the image for a decent print.  A number of people on
the NG sent their version of his image, and that is the one that went to
print for Richard.

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