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Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

I do it till the 2% bar is just visible. It will change after you start doing grey scale and you go back and forth a bit till"you" feel the blacks look good. At least thats how do it.

Athanasios

**kal** · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject:

delphiplasma · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 14

Hi,

I think I may have mis-heard the commentator on the 'DVE' disc. I have now adjusted the first bar to become 'just' invisible.

I find the 'black level' deep enough, already without loosing shadow detail.

Thanks

**kal** · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 2:48 pm Post subject:

Andrew Low · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 28

Kal - tried to catch you via email too.. but will post here while it is on my mind.

Reading through the guide, it seems to recommend using the Spyder2 without the filter.
However, you also recommend using the LCD setting for measurements.

My experience (http://www.lowtek.ca/roo/?p=44) indicates that you probably want to have CRT mode if you are not using the filter.

Am I confused? Seemed pretty black and white to me.

Roo

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12026 Location: Fort Collins, CO

I believe CRT mode is intended only for when you place the Spyder directly on a direct-view CRT monitor.

I just did a test of my Spyder vs. a Minolta colorimeter, in LCD mode with the filter, and it matched the Minolta very well.

warrick · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject:

Kal,

From the GREYSCALE CALIBRATION FOR DUMMIES guide
what does the following mean

**kal** · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 1:00 am Post subject:

That should be simply "GLUE" instead of simply "BLUE". I've fixed it already... (I'm the king of the typo's) Smile

Kal

**Joust** · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 1:27 am Post subject:

typical engineer.
the spell checker missed that or it auto corrected it with an inappropriate word.

MikeEby · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 5238 Location: Osceola, Indiana

My grayscale has glue hump! Mr. Green

Mike

LastButNotLeast · Joined: 15 May 2008 Posts: 13 Location: 08077

**kal** · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:01 pm Post subject:

Greyscale, grayscale, colour, color... can't we just all get along? Smile

Kal

johndal · Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 14 Location: Melbourne Australia

I am at the age where I can forget what I read walking from the PC to the HT, but I am having trouble printing the guide. Despite my best efforts at getting the printer to fit to the page in portrait mode I lose a portion of the RH side of the page.

Can it only be printed in landscape mode or am I missing something here?
John.

**kal** · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 3:37 am Post subject:

You can cut and paste it any way you like into something like Word. I seem to have made the images too wide for the print feature to work nicely.

But I have to ask: Why is everyone printing this out? You need a PC to run the ColorHCFR software to do the readings, so simply have one window open with ColorHCFR and other open with the guide in a web browser. It has to be easier to read in the dark than printed paper, no?

Kal

Gino · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 4:39 am Post subject:

Ahhh... you need to print with this Kal

warrick · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 7:47 am Post subject:

**kal** · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 2:08 pm Post subject:

That is neat!

Kal

LastButNotLeast · Joined: 15 May 2008 Posts: 13 Location: 08077

**kal** · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject:

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12026 Location: Fort Collins, CO

So if you don't have wireless, do a File - Save Page As - Web Page, Complete (or however your browser does it). Then carry the laptop into the HT and view your saved copy of the guide.