Re: color management/gamma

by Kukla Fran and Ollie <weblists2001(at)yahoo.com>

Date:	Tue, 25 Dec 2001 11:47:44 -0800
To:	hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org
Cc:	Claus Cyrny <ccyrny(at)freenet.de>
In-Reply-To:	freenet
	todo: View Thread, Original

You are putting the cart before the horse.

You just installed Win98 with a new graphics card.  Adjust the gamma for 
your *hardware* first by using the graphics card software.  Once you have 
established a system gamma, *then* use a graphics tool to adjust *that* 
tool to your system specs.



At 07:40 PM 12/25/01 +0100, Claus Cyrny wrote:
>Hi,
>
>since Linux is not working properly right now :-( I have
>switched to Win98, where I have installed both Corel
>Photo-Paint (Select Edition) & a trial version of Paint
>Shop Pro 7. The problem I'm facing right now is, that
>despite efforts to properly adjust both the gamma &
>the colors, I have a) considerable color shifts in Photo-
>Paint, and b) the images are way too light in Paint Shop
>Pro.
>
>In the past, I was quite happy with previous versions of
>Paint Shop Pro (4 ... 6), and I have adjusted the gamma
>numerous times, but now all my old images are way too
>light in Paint Shop Pro (I have not used Photo-Paint
>before).
>
>My question: Are those color/gamma shifts due to my
>newly installed Win98 (prior to that I have used Win95).
>And what can I do that the images look "good" in both
>applications? (Oh yes, I have a new graphics card now,
>NVidia Vanta TNT2). Is a solution somewhere in the
>middle?
>
>TIA,
>
>Claus
>
>P.S.: I have put an example at
>http://www.grafik-tips.org/images/screen_capture.gif.


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