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saajjj
08-14-2003, 04:13 AM
hello,
First, i'm a student :)
I do all my work at home and then just bring it in to give the teacher updates. The problem is that th emonitors at school are really messed up brightness/contrast-wise so what looks perfect at home looks terrible at school.
I'm just wondering how the industry people out there check for issues like these, i.e. making a 3d commercial/comp which would look good on all television sets?
and as to my story.. shadows i did for a car came out light grey at school where as they're really dark grey at home. *sigh*

cheers
frumpy_bunyin
08-16-2003, 05:33 AM
You need to calibrate your monitor, as does your school.

To do this properly a probe is best. Though you can do something that is generally good enough by visually setting your black point to make a not quite true black square disappear on a true black bg by adjusting your brightness. (with full contrast)

you may also find this usefull,

http://www.aim-dtp.net/aim/aim_new3.htm

Got to the section marked
27th, May, 2000

it links to

http://www.aim-dtp.net/aim/download/mccp_v1.5.gif


http://www.hudsonprinting.com/pdf/MonitorCalibration.pdf

May be useful also.
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