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    any recommendations on color calibration?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by raymondjchin, Apr 6, 2012.

  1. raymondjchin

    raymondjchin Notebook Consultant

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    I feel like the colors are off... I did the windows calibration and I think I made it better but still not satisfied. Any recommendations on programs?
     
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    There aren't any programs that will do a great job. You really need an external calibration unit like the Spyder 3 (or any of a large number of others). If you don't have one or don't want to buy one, you can always see if a local college or firm may have one you can borrow/pay to use.

    Either that or contact your retailer to see about sending it in.

    Software calibration never works as well as an external unit because your eyes can't tell the difference as easily and the software itself has no way to tell how the colors are being output.
     
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  3. Support.3@XOTIC PC

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    You can also try some of the color profiles posted by Sager here custom gaming laptops - Welcome to Sager Notebooks click on the NP8150 link and download the profiles they have listed. While they list Nvidia GPU you can still give it a shot with your 6990M
     
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    zakazak www.whymacsucks.com

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    RugbyPlayer Notebook Consultant

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    if i had the same screen as you id offer to end you a color profile but it looks like the above did anyways, but as others have said, calibrating it by eye isnt going to do the job great by any stretch of the imagination, I use the Spyder 4 pro on all of my rigs and so far as i can tell its done a great job
     
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    Gear332 Notebook Evangelist

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    I just found a free utility a couple days ago on a photography blog that helps you calibrate your display. It works pretty well, actually, but won't do quite as good of a job as using a Spyder will. I used it and was happy with the improvement, but will probably be picking up a Spyder sometime soon to get it perfect.

    Calibrize
     
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