Color correction

[TheReveller]

Hi,

 

I was wondering how to know what are the colors we should see on the screen and all the color correction settings to get the best result.

 

I'm on a laptop, so the brightness of my screen depends on the angle, but that's not a big problem.

 

First, by default my screen has the luminosity set to 50%, but I always work with luminosity at 100%.

 

Also, my graphic card color correction default settings are :

 

Brightness : 50%

Digital luster : 50%

Contrast : 50%

Gamma : 1.00

Tint : 0°

 

(I don't know if it's the good terms, I tried to translate them)

 

But to me, with those settings, the colors aren't beautiful and I don't see some dark colors very well, so I changed it to :

 

Brightness : 50%

Digital luster : 75%

Contrast : 50%

Gamma : 1.00

Tint : 0°

 

So the grass on my wallpaper picture is a beautiful green and the sky is a beautiful blue. Today, I just tried new settings and I just noticed that I could see more details in some of my screenshots I took. For example, the armor in the screenshot in my profile was so dark that I couldn't see all the details. Then, I changed the settings to these and now everything is clear.

 

Brightness : 50%

Digital luster : 85%

Contrast : 50%

Gamma : 0.85

Tint : 0°

 

Maybe it's also because I downloaded the latest drivers for my graphic card, but still...

 

As on my old computer who doesn't have a flat screen, all the colors are really dark and some photos seems to be missed, but there are nice when I look at them on my laptop, so I don't know if I should print it or not because it seems too dark on a computer but ok on my laptop... Will it be too dark when I'll print it or no ? I never know.

 

I think there are no way to know what are the true colors...

 

Do you also change your color settings ?

[Vagrant0]

Color correction not only is dependent on the screen, but also the person's eyes which are looking at the screen. When changing color settings there should be some sort of test image, usually color bars, a spectrum wheel, or circles. You should use this image to calibrate your monitor to match your eyes.