spacediver
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Just picked up a fw900 (interesting story that I'll share on the official fw900 thread), and trying to calibrate it.
I've let the monitor warm up, chosen the 6500k temp, and done the image restoration (which was fantastic!).
I'm running win xp, and have an nvidia geforce 9800GT.
I want to start calibrating using a third party software (i don't like the built in nvidia display optimization wizard), but before I do so, I need to clear up some confusion.
From what I can tell, on the software end of things (i.e. not using my monitor controls), there are at least two separate places where I can influence brightness, gamma, etc.
A the nvidia control panel has a "adjust desktop color settings" section where you can control five sliders (brightness, contrast, gamma, hue, and digital vibrance)
B the nvidia control panel also has a display optimization wizard.
I've run the wizard and hated the results, so I have just done a clean reinstall of the drivers.
If I were to run a third party calibration tool (such as Monitor Calibration Wizard 1.0), would it interact with the settings in A?
And does anyone with experience in these matters have any recommendations for alternative third party software? I've heard of displaymate, but I'd rather go with a free one (unless I can be convinced otherwise). I also don't currently own a photometer so it would have to be done by eye.
I've let the monitor warm up, chosen the 6500k temp, and done the image restoration (which was fantastic!).
I'm running win xp, and have an nvidia geforce 9800GT.
I want to start calibrating using a third party software (i don't like the built in nvidia display optimization wizard), but before I do so, I need to clear up some confusion.
From what I can tell, on the software end of things (i.e. not using my monitor controls), there are at least two separate places where I can influence brightness, gamma, etc.
A the nvidia control panel has a "adjust desktop color settings" section where you can control five sliders (brightness, contrast, gamma, hue, and digital vibrance)
B the nvidia control panel also has a display optimization wizard.
I've run the wizard and hated the results, so I have just done a clean reinstall of the drivers.
If I were to run a third party calibration tool (such as Monitor Calibration Wizard 1.0), would it interact with the settings in A?
And does anyone with experience in these matters have any recommendations for alternative third party software? I've heard of displaymate, but I'd rather go with a free one (unless I can be convinced otherwise). I also don't currently own a photometer so it would have to be done by eye.