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    For those with AUO screen and Nvida...

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by tehkryptonite, Sep 9, 2007.

  1. tehkryptonite

    tehkryptonite Notebook Consultant

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    The only small thing about this AUO screen I have on my Vostro is the "dirty white" color it. However, if you have a Nvida video card, you can change the Gamma, contrast, and brightness. The problem is, I don't know what to set it as since I have nothing to compare my screen with. If you have an AUO screen and you changed any of the settings in the Nvida Color correction, can you post what percentage of the Gamma, contrast and Brightness it's on right now?

    Thanks!
     
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    zhefei Notebook Guru

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    Do you have Adobe Gamma in your control panel? My Thinkpad came with a bluish tint, and I was able to fix it enough using that. I have a NVidia card and the Nvidia Color Correction also, but it seemed to be a shot in the dark to get a neutral color.

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    Adobe Gamma comes with Photoshop, so never mind, unless you have PS.

    You can get a simple inexpensive calibrator, like a Pantone Huey or Spyder2Express.
     
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    I'm pretty sure if you download the Photoshop trial, you get Gamma forever.
     
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    Nope, I don't have the Adobe Gamma. However, on the NVIDIA color correction, you can still change the gamma for specific colors or just the whole screen color. This AUO screen has a yellowish tint to the screen.

    I have a friend that's going to let me borrow the Photoshop CS disc. Would it be in there? Thanks Lithus, i'll look for the Photoshop trial. I've been looking around for the Adobe Gamma, and you have to buy the program in order to use it.
     
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    I also have Adobe Gamma from the Photoshop Elements I loaded. The way I calibrated mine was to set up the laptop right next to my Dell desktop LCD, which I had calibrated using a Sypder 2. I opened up gamma on the laptop and adjusted each color channel until the two screens matched in brightness and colors. It improved the AUO screen 200%. Where it did have a bluish, overly bright, washed out look, the colors are now rich & saturated. Certainly good enough to do photo editing with. What really amazes me about the AUO screen is how sharp & bright it is compared to my Dell LCD ultrasharp. It's a fantastic screen.
     
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    Adobe Gamma should install automatically with PS CS (won't be asked for it; it'll just be there).

    If you have a yellow color cast to the screen, increase blue values in NVidia. However, this isn't very accurate.

    Neither is Adobe Gamma, but it's better than NVidia tool, and good enough for me to do some photo editing.
     
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    Ok, I just got a Photoshop 7.0 disc and I just installed it. Where's the Adobe Gamma? I can't seem to find that. Is it under the "color settings?"

    Thanks
     
    tehkryptonite, Sep 11, 2007
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