How can I tell that my picture will look how I want it on your computer? I just edited my photo on my laptop for the free study and then viewed it on my desktop and it looked awful. It was way too saturated and the contrast was off. Any suggestions on how to know if your picture is ready for the majority of monitors?
You have no control over the voters monitors. Calibrate your desktop monitor and use your laptop to see if it still looks ok and maybe adjust for a reasonable balance.
my two cents.
ps - your choice of thread title now has that song stuck firmly in my head. Well, at least 'tis the season. :)
ps - your choice of thread title now has that song stuck firmly in my head. Well, at least 'tis the season. :)
lol me too. yeh i've had that issue with my photos looking like crap on other monitors. there's nothing you can really do, i've just gone with instict as to which moniter edit i like better. usually gets me screwed over, but still
What's really funny is when two people clash over the look of an image and both people claim that their monitors are fully calibrated. That always makes me laugh.
Calibration is mostly meant to get your images right for printing, not to make sure that everyone else in the world is seeing the same thing you are. Too many different monitors, too many different color spaces, too many different light levels, too many different sets of eyes.
Best you can do is to make sure your own monitor is adjusted as accurately as possible. If you have regular access to other computers, you can view the image on those to see how it looks.
If you're using photoshop, turn on proof colors and proof setup to monitor. This will show it looks on your monitor without color management; when you save for web and view in a browser it should look just like it does in PS.
To get it to match on your monitors, you need to calibrate them.
Ok so I'm a novice. For free, what's the best way to calibrate a monitor?
There are a few freeware calibration applications on the web. You can do a search, although I don't have any experience with them and can't tell you which ones work better than others. Some may also be dangerous (malware/trojans/etc.).
But how come my hat is luminous, shimmering yellow with orange stripes and yours is a dull blue gray--are you the Sorcerer's Apprentice, or maybe you just need to calibrate your monitor?
But how come my hat is luminous, shimmering yellow with orange stripes and yours is a dull blue gray--are you the Sorcerer's Apprentice, or maybe you just need to calibrate your monitor?
