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calibrate monitor or other problem,help???

Nov 4, 2005 12:48AM PST

Hi ,please bear with me,I am new to photoshop cs and I am also using paint shop pro 9,my questions are:
1. in psp9 when I open up my pics this is what I get:name of pic@17% background, is this correct or did I change something while exploring the program (no tint to pics here)
2.when I open up pics in photoshop these same pics open up different,it reads: jpg@16.7%(RGB/Cool & also has a tint to them(pinkish)
someone said I have to calibrate my computer but I am not sure what I have to do here.
If I have to calibrate(?) will this affect everything on my computer & does anything have to be changed back each time I use a different program?
I am using win.xp,Dell xps
any help is so much appreciated
thank you so much
normae

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Adobe Gamma
Nov 4, 2005 8:06AM PST

When you installed Photoshop it should also have installed Adobe Gamam. Run that and follow the instructions carefully. Save the monitor profile when you are done.

You will probably have to do this periodically.

It's also possible that you got some calibration software with your monitor (on a CD perhaps). That is another option.

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Adobe Gamma
Nov 4, 2005 2:51PM PST

Edh, Good info. Usually Photoshop works on this until the monitor starts to go south.
Maybe there is also software that came with his monitor that will adjust it. At home. my Viewsonic Graphic Series G90fb has a Viewsonic Wizard software to adjust the monitor. I did not need Adobe Photoshop for this at all. Nice!
The best is a unit that attaches to the monitor and that will adjust the calibration read-outs. Kind of high end and very, very expensive. Mostly used with high-end computer graphic studios so everyones monitors are adjusted precisely the same.

Ed, the monitor I use at work is best a junk yard dog.
On the other hand, my Viewsonic at home is sharp as a crystal and my color is right-on.

If someone does not have Photoshop to adjust the monitor, what is the best way to do it? Eyeball it?
What the heck would you do to the monitor if one was color-blind?
Any software out there for adjusting a monitor if it did not come with the original monitor?

-Kevin

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This might be useful
Nov 5, 2005 12:37AM PST
http://www.easyrgb.com/calibrate.php

There is also monitor calibration software that one can download. A little Google searching will find you some. I don't know if tghere is any freeware but there might be.