at the mo' it's the Monaco optix XR & DTP94 as I'm only calibrating screen based stuff. I was wondering how you actually calibrate the projector - reflected light from the screen or via placing a semi opaque screen in the beam. Most stuff I've seen mentioned in AV forums seems to rely on simple eyeballing - 'bout as good as Adobe gamma I guess!!
If you are working with a DLP projector you will have a big trade off between color gamut and brightness, depending on which color preset you choose in the projector menu. There are usually settings like "Theatre," or "Movie" that give you more saturated colors - at the cost of brightness. At the other end of the spectrum are settings like "Dynamic" or "Presentation" that are very bright, but don't have much color in the screen. These later are generally the default settings, so if you are looking for more color you would want to change your defaults.
The Eye One system will produce a profile from the projector screen in much the same way as when profiling your monitor, obviously reflected light, however as I mentioned it is very room/location dependant.... to be honest the only times I spend a lot time over the calibration and profiling of a projector is for the final judging of WPOY....
Probably best to eyeball it, get the 'brightness' and 'gamma' something like right and you should be OK, for the most part your viewers brain/senses will correct for colour inacurracy..
HTH
Phil
When I am giving a talk it really is simpler to eyeball,
Turned off all the picture 'improvement' gizmos and ran a calibration - out of the box, the manufacturer's colour temp settings where miles off (setting for 6500K producing nearly 9-10K ). Movies and DVD's must look rubbish to most people using these things! There must be a fortune for someone to make setting these things up for home users...
Anyway, after sorting out the colour temp & running a profile, the setup looks good enough given that viewing conditions will vary. It's not perfect by any means, but 100% better than straight out of the box with a lot more detail rendered. A Lapwings plumage now looks decent .
Phil, how do you hold the colorimeter in place? The arms start aching after a bit
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5 repliesPhil (will look in again tonight, have been kinda busy with last couple of days)
at the mo' it's the Monaco optix XR & DTP94 as I'm only calibrating screen based stuff. I was wondering how you actually calibrate the projector - reflected light from the screen or via placing a semi opaque screen in the beam. Most stuff I've seen mentioned in AV forums seems to rely on simple eyeballing - 'bout as good as Adobe gamma I guess!!
The Eye One system will produce a profile from the projector screen in much the same way as when profiling your monitor, obviously reflected light, however as I mentioned it is very room/location dependant.... to be honest the only times I spend a lot time over the calibration and profiling of a projector is for the final judging of WPOY....
Probably best to eyeball it, get the 'brightness' and 'gamma' something like right and you should be OK, for the most part your viewers brain/senses will correct for colour inacurracy..
HTH
Phil
When I am giving a talk it really is simpler to eyeball,
Turned off all the picture 'improvement' gizmos and ran a calibration - out of the box, the manufacturer's colour temp settings where miles off (setting for 6500K producing nearly 9-10K
Anyway, after sorting out the colour temp & running a profile, the setup looks good enough given that viewing conditions will vary. It's not perfect by any means, but 100% better than straight out of the box with a lot more detail rendered. A Lapwings plumage now looks decent
Phil, how do you hold the colorimeter in place? The arms start aching after a bit