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MONITOR CALIBRATION TOOLS

All the images and movies on this site, and many other sites, has been carefully color balanced. Why miss out by having an incorrectly set monitor? If you cannot afford expensive calibration hardware or professional video equipment, there are a few tricks to get you close...

If you own Adobe Photoshop, you can run the Adobe Gamma tool. If you have a newer Mac, you can use the Monitor Calibration Assistant. Some PC graphics cards include the Colorific color wizard. All these tools will help automate the calibration process. If you don't have access to these, or are short on time, you can use the charts below to appropriately adjust your monitor's brightness and contrast.



17 distinct lines of gray should be distinguishable above (including absolute white and black).



At the same time, a small square should be visible within the center of every larger square.



Ultimately, this gray swatch should be smooth from one end to the other. If not, check your display settings to make sure you are running at least 24 bit depth (16.7 million potential colors). The higher the bit depth, the better.



Here's an approximation of NTSC colorbars, standard to North American color television...



Note that the 7.5 unit Pluge Bar, outlined by red in this detail, should be visible.

If you'd like to learn more about color theory, visit the Color Space Page. Or, if you want to witness of the horrors of fine art reproduction on the web, visit the Hall of Poorly-Reproduced Magrittes.


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