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Answer» I have two Samsung Syncmaster B2330H's, use Windows 7 on a Gateway DX4850, [emailprotected] w/ 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 graphics card. I am just converting from film cameras to digital cameras and digital processing thru Lightroom and CS5. I do not have any experience dealing with making sure the color on my screens will be close to what returns from the print labs. I am afraid that the color in my photos my be badly off. The screens look a bit green and I can't seem to get rid of it. I have read that there may be a color BALANCE issue with these monitors. I have played around with the NVIDIA control panel, the display calibration CONTROLS(it say it uses a wide gamut color profile...not helpful) and even adjusted the gamma levels with "Quick Gamma." Should I be messing with the WCS and ICC Profiles? How can I test the color balance? I don't want to edit photos only to find out that the edits way off and have the prints return from the lab "off color" and then have to try to adjust color balance on the monitors to match the labs. I can't even set the color temperature! Somebody help me!I think Samsung monitors have a pretty good colour scheme going right out of the box. Don't change the colour schemes of your videocard unless you have a very good reason to and know what you're doing.
You might want to take a look at the preset profiles on the monitor itself. I swap between those all the time and you can easily go back to "Custom" which is the only profile you can alter. Thanks Raptor. I have "MESSED with" the color scheme and the schemes on the videocard. My only good reason is that, to my eye, the colors were greenish out of the box. I have read reviews on this monitor and several comments have indicated that most felt that this particular model of Samsung has an "out of the box" color problem. It has been described as needing "major color adjustments." I guess for me the crux of this situation is that the color balance not only needs to look correct to me but match up reasonably well with a print labs. I am aware that there are products to correct gamma levels but I am unaware of any product that can help with color balance. These monitors do not seem to have very many color balance adjustments. I wonder if someone has CREATED "profiles" for the color and gamma balances that could be used as a guide to correct the color problems. Better yet, I wonder if there is anyone who also uses their Samsungs for photographic editing and has information about these problems as they pertain specifically to photography? There's a device for that, some kind of spider-like device that you clamp onto your monitor.
I think this is it: http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/spyder2pro.html
Never used it, just saw it lying around a client's computer. Must say it looked better out of the box but that's probably PEBKAC. I do some webdesign and GIMP'ing but no printed works.Thanks again Raptor!! This is the direction I need to be looking in. Curious to know how it'll work out for you if you decide to buy one of those devices.I will update as this progresses. The more I read about color management in monitors, printers, editing software, operating systems and cameras the more I realize the need to understand the total scope of color management. Total color management cannot be addressed with just one approach. I have some studying to do!
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