What is “Monitor Calibration”?
It is the process of assigning a lookup table between two triplets of R, G, B digital command values: the command that once (or maybe on another display) produced a particular color, and the command that actually produces that color now on your monitor. Once you have calibrated your monitor, the same commands (e.g., from a digital photo) will produce the same colors reliably on your monitor. How is a monitor calibrated? A set of command values are input, a colorimeter (such as the Spyder2PRO™) measures the resulting displayed colors, and software produces a lookup table that takes the color you get into an intended target color. Target colors are denoted by three values X, Y, Z, which are called tristimulus values and represent the eye’s response to the light. The lookup table, called a profile, is stored when the monitor is turned off and re-installed when the monitor is turned back on. For continued color fidelity, the monitor profile should be updated regularly by re-calibration. Wh
Monitor calibration is the process of defining the settings for a computer monitor to allow the most efficient screen display. Effective calibrating involves adjusting the combination of white and black points so that the screen resolution is optimized for the environment where the computer resides. The screen calibration settings may be different in an office than in a home setting. Most computer monitors are shipped from the factory with a monitor calibration that is ideal for an office setting, particularly a workstation located in a cubicle. This setting works very well for viewing documents, creating spreadsheets, and entering data onto a template. However, this predetermined setting may or may not provide the best color clarity that can be achieved with an adjusted calibration. In order to adjust the black and white pixels that form the basic view of the screen, nothing more is required than to read the instructions that come with the monitor. Anyone can access the display settin
