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TIPS & TECHNIQUES

Tips & Techniques page 3.

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Test images used to Calibrate Monitors

The test images on this page all play a roll in calibrating monitors. If you do a search of "How to Calibrate Monitors" with Google or Yahoo you will get thousands of results. If you have the knowledge and/or feel comfortable trying to adjust your monitor then you'll have plenty of websites to choose from to get advice. The test images here come from a lot of those websites and from commercial printing labs. They are presented here to give you a visual opportunity to see some of these test patterns without searching all over the internet. We aren't providing instructions on how to adjust your monitor, just the test images to give you some idea what they are like.

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White Point Calibration

You should be able to distinguish between the 95% and 100% patches in the above grayscale. If they appear to be the same, then contrast is too high, and highlights are blocked. Most monitors work fine with contrast set at 100%.

Black Point Calibration

You should be able to distinguish between the patches marked 0 and 10 in the above grayscale. Patch 0 should be perfectly black, matching the unscanned portion of your monitor, and patch 10 should be barely visible.

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You should be able to see 21 distinct zones in the image below, from pure white to pure black.

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Additional Tips & Techniques pages:

Tips & Techniques page 1 - IMAGINATION by Jim Pittman

Tips & Techniques page 2 - IDEAS – AND HOW THEY WERE DONE by Jim Pittman

Tips & Techniques page 3 - You are Here

Tips & Techniques page 4 - TCCC Wildflower Fieldtrip Guide

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