A fully color calibrated workflow would be even better, beyond just gamma. If your image is to be shared to other uncalibrated monitors, i. The sRGB standard was developed to represent the average monitor in use at the time, and it adheres closely to a gamma of 2. Note that while the sRGB formula uses an exponent of 2. I'm not aware of any surveys to see how well a typical modern monitor matches sRGB, and it's possible that your monitor is closer to average than the standard is, so leaving it at its native gamma could be acceptable.
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Possible duplicate of What is the standard gamma value? Actually I'm not looking for a standard gamma value. My reading with a Spyder3 vs. ColorMunki are somewhat inconsistent, but the pure white-point of my UHM seems to be somewhat cooler than the rest of the grayscale especially shadows and mids. Of course I understand that a calibration target is needed, but why all software out there only offers a native white-point if at all , but no native gamma is somewhat beyond me.
Why not just change the gray-patches to match the selected white-point aka keep at least one RGB channel unchanged or maybe first profile the native gamma and then take that as a target?
This should allow minimal if any banding of grayscales, since at least one RGB channel of specific gray-patches will stay unchanged and in some cases maybe two or even all three. It takes well over two hours with the Spyder3, compared to less than 15 minutes with the Colormunki, because shadows and dark mids take forever being measured.
But I tried three different commercial applications including my former favorite Quato IColor Display and all of them lead to very visible green and red tints throughout the tonal range. So thumbs up for providing the real deal and making it accessible via a GUI! You can measure the average gamma and take that as a target menu options, "report on uncalibrated display".
The reason that it's not possible to follow the true native response throughout the grayscale is that this choice is not available in Argyll CMS.
Also, usually you also want calibration to fix nonlinearities that may exist in the native response, which may not be possible when following the native response slavishly. Are you a serious amatuer? I suggest 2. Anyone agree with me?!
Jan 28, PM in response to julesselmes In response to julesselmes Ok thanks. Well, I guess the 2. The interesting thing is though, looking at my iPod Touch, images on it look more similar to my iMac when the iMac is set to gamma 1. So maybe all the iPod Touchs and iPhones have their gamma set and fixed to 1.
I am posting this in case you subscribe to your questions or someone does a search in at a later date Set your Mac up to 2. Then set up your Mac to the prefered working 1. You will not see the changes when your image is in Grid mode This way you can very quickly swap between Gamma's to see how you image will look on the different platforms.
Top Tip: Get in the habit of checking that it is set on the right one every time you use Aperture! Reply Helpful 2 Thread reply - more options Link to this Post. User profile for user: scott nichol scott nichol. Feb 5, AM in response to julesselmes In response to julesselmes i disagree. Feb 5, AM in response to julesselmes In response to julesselmes Are display profiles suitable for use as output profiles?
On the original question, 2. Originally Posted by TonyW. I use the x-rite i1 display pro to calibrate my monitor, an Apple Mac. Originally Posted by dje. Part of the issue might be that your monitor brightness might be set too low? Re: choosing the "right" gamma value Just a thought - but might it not be an idea to invest in a better monitor if you are concerned about profiling for printing and consistency?
Re: choosing the "right" gamma value dje, creating profile for gamma 2. Assume that you have an 8bit LCD which does not have gamma correction at all or does not allow the gamma to be set enough closely to taget and also does not use editable internal 1D LUT. If you calibrate your LCD for gamma 2. Therefore your LCD won't even be 8bit anymore more like 7,5bit, for example. If your entire workflow is 16bit there is zero sense in creating 1D LUT. Creating 1D LUT for video card 8bit to 8bit will only cut your colour depth.
Meanwhile I've found an interesting article that approach this dilemma. Please read the chapter Setting gamma correctly. At this point, not so sure if the gamma specification called BT. Last edited by bitdepth; 21st March at PM.
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