Have you ever edited a digital photo on your computer, made sure it looked great on your monitor, and then printed it only to discover that the colors didn t look quite the same as they did onscreen? The problem is a common one, and it s due to a miscalibrated monitor. This leads us to the next bit of configuration, which isn t for Windows itself but rather for your computer monitor or, in the case of a notebook PC, the built-in display. In most instances, you can adjust the color and brightness controls of your display just as you would the similar controls on a television set to produce the best-looking picture possible. Here s how it works:
1. Open the Control Panel and select Display.
2. When the Display window appears, select Calibrate Color from the side panel.
3. Click the Next button; then continue clicking Next until you get to the Adjust Gamma screen
4. Move the slider until the small dots in the middle of each circle are minimized; then click Next.
5. Click the Next button until you get to the Adjust Brightness screen.
6. Adjust the brightness control on your monitor until you can just distinguish the dark shirt from the black background, and then click Next. note Few notebook PCs have brightness and contrast controls.You typically find these controls on separate computer monitors.
7. Click the Next button until you get to the Adjust Contrast screen.
8. Move the contrast control on your monitor as high as you can without losing the wrinkles and button s on the subject s shirt, and then click Next.
9. Click the Next button until you get to the Adjust Color Balance screen
11. On the next screen, click the Finish button.
12. When the ClearType Text Tuner window appears, check the Turn on ClearType option and click Next. note ClearType is a font-smoothing technology that Windows uses to improve the display of text on computer monitors; it works to reduce the jagged edges that might otherwise appear.
13. On the next screen, click the Next button. 14. When the next window appears
, click the text sample that looks best to you, and then click Next.
15. Repeat step
14 for the next three screens.
16. Click the Finish button. Your display should now look a little better than it did before.
tip For more precise calibration, purchase a professional color calibration system, such as the Pantone Huey (www.pantone.com) or Spyder3Pro (spyder.datacolor.com).These systems, which include a piece of hardware called a colorimeter that you hang in front of your monitor, typically run a few hundred dollars, and are popular with professional photographers and video editors.
Title : Calibrating Your Monitor Windows 7
Description : Have you ever edited a digital photo on your computer, made sure it looked great on your monitor, and then printed it only to discover that...
