Why are my digital Photos dark on PC compared to a mac

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How do I set my PC to show my digital photos true colours
I have an Olympus 770
Coz I have been editing them but what I see on the screen isn't the true
colours of the pic

Regards
 
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Matroy wrote:

> How do I set my PC to show my digital photos true colours
> I have an Olympus 770
> Coz I have been editing them but what I see on the screen isn't the true
> colours of the pic


You need to get a 'spider' device that reads the screen to calibrate the
monitor properly. It needs to be re-done periodically as the monitor ages.
 
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Google Normal Koren and read up on his site about calibraing your
monitor(s).
 
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"Matroy" <matroy@ihug.com.au> wrote in news:ct315q$ham$1@lust.ihug.co.nz:

> How do I set my PC to show my digital photos true colours
> I have an Olympus 770
> Coz I have been editing them but what I see on the screen isn't the true
> colours of the pic

The Mac uses gamma 1.8 and the PC uses gamma 2.2.

Gamma 2.2 is used by sRGB which your camera outputs.
Your PC (if correctly callibrated) is more true
according to what your camera outputs.


/Roland
 
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Matroy wrote:
> How do I set my PC to show my digital photos true colours
> I have an Olympus 770
> Coz I have been editing them but what I see on the screen isn't the true
> colours of the pic
>
> Regards
>
>
You can spend a lot of money on a spider to calibrate your monitor, or you can adjust the monitor's controls to make the
image brighter. My Samsung monitor came with excellent software for making adjustments. If you have adjustment software for
your mpnitor, I suggest you start be setting the gamma to 1. Then set the brightness to what you like.
 
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:36:30 +0000, Matroy wrote:

> How do I set my PC to show my digital photos true colours I have an
> Olympus 770
> Coz I have been editing them but what I see on the screen isn't the true
> colours of the pic
>
You can calibrate your monitor at this site.

http://www.jasc.com/support/kb/articles/monitor.asp

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