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<blockquote data-quote="Doug b" data-source="post: 1304947" data-attributes="member: 59143">LOL! Ambient lighting, otherwise known as your working environment lighting,&nbsp; is a critical component of your color management setup. To a large&nbsp; degree it will influence your choice of monitor white point and monitor&nbsp; brightness, the two most important variables for monitor calibration. A reasonably dim unchanging ambient light level is recommended. Avoid&nbsp; working in conditions where strong sunlight streams in as it will be too&nbsp; bright and will change continually throughout the day and from day to&nbsp; day.Calibrating one's monitor is half of the equation. You must also have a properly calibrated printer in order to get truly accurate results. Make sure your drivers are up to date, first of all. XRite ColorMunki, profiles both the monitor and printer, so if you can afford it, I'd recommend it.&nbsp; In the U.S., Mpix.com sells a calibration kit for $3.&nbsp; It's an image on&nbsp; cd and the same image on an 8x10 print.&nbsp; After the monitor is profiled,&nbsp; open the image on the display and compare it to the print.&nbsp; For printer&nbsp; profiles simply compare prints.If you can't afford the XRite system, the Spyder3 system is also very good, but takes a bit longer to get the job done because it usually requires a couple calibration passes. Also remember that calibration usually needs to be done fairly often, depending upon the actual monitor. With time, the frequencies of a monitor will fluctuate and cause color inconsistencies, even if you don't see them right away. Most professionals calibrate a few times a week, depending upon the jobs they're doing. Doug</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Doug b, post: 1304947, member: 59143"] LOL! Ambient lighting, otherwise known as your working environment lighting, is a critical component of your color management setup. To a large degree it will influence your choice of monitor white point and monitor brightness, the two most important variables for monitor calibration. A reasonably dim unchanging ambient light level is recommended. Avoid working in conditions where strong sunlight streams in as it will be too bright and will change continually throughout the day and from day to day. Calibrating one's monitor is half of the equation. You must also have a properly calibrated printer in order to get truly accurate results. Make sure your drivers are up to date, first of all. XRite ColorMunki, profiles both the monitor and printer, so if you can afford it, I'd recommend it. In the U.S., Mpix.com sells a calibration kit for $3. It's an image on cd and the same image on an 8x10 print. After the monitor is profiled, open the image on the display and compare it to the print. For printer profiles simply compare prints. If you can't afford the XRite system, the Spyder3 system is also very good, but takes a bit longer to get the job done because it usually requires a couple calibration passes. Also remember that calibration usually needs to be done fairly often, depending upon the actual monitor. With time, the frequencies of a monitor will fluctuate and cause color inconsistencies, even if you don't see them right away. Most professionals calibrate a few times a week, depending upon the jobs they're doing. Doug [/QUOTE]

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