Sijun Forums :: View topic - why ls my pic looks difference in my LCD and other monitor?

J-D Leon · Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2002 5:39 pm

hi everyone, talented members:

i am drawing a picture in corel draw 10, draw, not paint.

anyways, in my lcd monitor, red looks like red, but in my conventional monitory, it looks like a color mix with green and red,

why is that, and how do i fix it?
any tutorial about color profile?

my lcd: toshiba 13 inch laptop monitor from satelite 8500.

conventional monitor: view sonic PF775, 17"

Dr. Bang · Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2002 6:22 pm

RETURN IT!!! LCD MONITORS MUST HAVE BETTER QUALITY THAN THE CONVENTIONAL CRT TUBES CAUSE THEY'RE NEWER AND MORE FLAT!!! RETURN IT !!!!!!!

FSME · member Member # Joined: 25 Jun 2002 Posts: 70 Location: UK

JD, I noticed the same with some of my pics. I'm waiting impatiently for someone to explain this...

StrangeFate · member Member # Joined: 20 Feb 2000 Posts: 199

Dr. Bang already delivered the answer if you can see through the sarcasm.

Forget lcds for remotely accurate colors.

Dekard · member Member # Joined: 01 Nov 2001 Posts: 274

Also you will get different image color quality from windows machine to windows machine. The best you can do is run adobe gamma on both machines or a similiar program that will try to get the colors right on most monitors.

Macs don't have this problem, hence one of the big reasons why they are so used in the graphics world.

Frog · Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2002 5:34 am

Despite the fact that Macintosh computers do have built in colour management features, they often do suffer from this, believe me

eyewoo · Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2002 5:39 am

I believe you...

[ August 13, 2002: Message edited by: eyewoo ]

J-D Leon · Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2002 7:05 am

quote:
Originally posted by Frog:
Despite the fact that Macintosh computers do have built in colour management features, they often do suffer from this, believe me

i believe you

and could u explain color management and gamma, a color profile?
i am confused. many option on the table but i dont know what they mean.

(why is monitor in japan doesn't show exactly what we see in north america's monotor)

B0b · Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2002 8:29 am

quote:
Originally posted by Dekard:

Macs don't have this problem, hence one of the big reasons why they are so used in the graphics world.

try it on a non-apple tft :/

most 'cheap' tft's are cheap for a reason u know

Frost · Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2002 9:09 am

Dr.Bang: I bought some of those new gamma corrected pencils and paper from a sarcastic little guy in an art store that said it would increase the quality of my drawings. But I don't see a difference. (why aren't you on #eatpoo anymore?)

Dekard · member Member # Joined: 01 Nov 2001 Posts: 274

How bout color management is 'better' on apple's that is one reason why they are used more widely for publishing and graphics work.. ?

I've only worked on a few apples and never seen the issue much, although I'm a Windows guy myself and red looks different on everybodies monitor..

B0b · Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2002 12:05 pm

quote:
Originally posted by Dekard:
How bout color management is 'better' on apple's that is one reason why they are used more widely for publishing and graphics work.. ? I've only worked on a few apples and never seen the issue much, although I'm a Windows guy myself and red looks different on everybodies monitor..

it all depends on how the monitor is calibrates, or not in most cases..

some pple have the brightness of the monitor up to the highest position it will go.. others have it to low.. its all to do with if the hardware is set up correctly...

Dr. Bang · Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2002 11:05 pm

quote:
Originally posted by Frost:
Dr.Bang: I bought some of those new gamma corrected pencils and paper from a sarcastic little guy in an art store that said it would increase the quality of my drawings. But I don't see a difference. (why aren't you on #eatpoo anymore?)

cause i'm busy and stuff, yeah, busy. i swear

flatline01 · Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2002 11:55 pm

hey all, new here, but anyway,
the colors will be different from machine to machine and monitor to monitor. if you have two monitors of the same brand, with the same settings, then the colors will be the same. that is the only way.
you can get close. adobe does make color profiles for most of the major market good - high quality monitors.
also, you can calibrate the monitor. laCie makes a product that will calibrate your monitor, printer and scanner. but expect to pay around $500.
as for the apple / pc thing, same thing happens on both. just that since apple makes both the machine and the monitor they are calibrated by apple. with pc's and non-mac monitors, there are just too many combinations, that there aren;t built in color profiles.
and lastly, if you're using a lcd monitor, don;t use a cheap one. there is a reason that the sgi, apple and other high end lcds cost so much.

as far as solutions go, a quick search on google gives you a few calibration sites and resources:
calibration page 1
google search