{"id":166,"date":"2013-02-27T17:23:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T15:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icefront.info\/wp\/?p=166"},"modified":"2017-11-27T23:49:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T23:49:12","slug":"monitor-adjustment-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icefront.info\/index.php\/2013\/02\/27\/monitor-adjustment-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitor adjustment charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a quick check of the monitor&#8217;s correct brightness\/contrast adjustment, here are some simple, downloadable charts.<\/p>\n<h3>Why do you need to check the brightness\/contrast adjustment of the monitor?<\/h3>\n<p>When working with graphics you need to be able to view the very dark (5%) and the very light (95%) shades of colors or gray. Otherwise your newly created graphics or adjusted photos will tend to be very dark or very light.<\/p>\n<p>Note that this isn&#8217;t a monitor calibration! To calibrate a monitor you need a special device that reads the monitor colors and creates an icc profile, specific for the monitor.<\/p>\n<h3>How to use the adjustment charts?<\/h3>\n<p>View the chart image and adjust your monitor and\/or video card settings until you see and you can distinguish all the squares, especially the 5% and 95% ones.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download the chart that&#8217;s the most appropriate for your monitor&#8217;s resolution. If the needed resolution isn&#8217;t listed, download a smaller resolution image.<\/li>\n<li>Open the image in an image viewer that has the possibility to view images in full screen and also \u2013 if needed \u2013 it&#8217;s able to display the remaining areas around the image in black (examples: <a title=\"FastStone Image Viewer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.faststone.org\" target=\"_blank\">FastStone<\/a> or <a title=\"XnView\" href=\"http:\/\/www.xnview.com\" target=\"_blank\">XnView<\/a>). Or simply set the image as wallpaper with desktop color set to black.<\/li>\n<li>Play with the monitor brightness\/contrast settings. If you can&#8217;t achieve good results with this, activate the desktop and open the display or video card properties \u2013 depending on where you can adjust brightness\/contrast\/gamma. Make visible the image and play with the settings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Notes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You may not be able to distinguish the fully saturated and the 95% red, green or blue colors just by adjusting brightness\/contrast, due to the monitor abilities.<\/li>\n<li>This process isn&#8217;t a monitor calibration! Linearizing the color\/grayscale transitions isn&#8217;t possible with this method.<\/li>\n<li>Your monitor may be well adjusted from the factory. Thus, every attempt to make it better may lead to worse settings&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can download the charts here:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icefront.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mcc_1920x1440.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-175\" alt=\"Monitor adjustment chart 1920x1440\" src=\"http:\/\/icefront.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mcc_1920x1440-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1920&#215;1440<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icefront.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mcc_1920x1200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-174\" alt=\"Monitor adjustment chart 1920x1200\" src=\"http:\/\/icefront.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mcc_1920x1200-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1920&#215;1200<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icefront.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mcc_1920x1080.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-173\" alt=\"Monitor adjustment chart 1920x1080\" src=\"http:\/\/icefront.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mcc_1920x1080-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1920&#215;1080<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icefront.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mcc_1680x1050.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-172\" alt=\"Monitor adjustment chart 1680x1050\" src=\"http:\/\/icefront.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mcc_1680x1050-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1680&#215;1050<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icefront.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mcc_1280x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-171\" alt=\"Monitor adjustment chart 1280x1024\" src=\"http:\/\/icefront.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mcc_1280x1024-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1280&#215;1024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icefront.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mcc_1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-170\" alt=\"Monitor adjustment chart 1024x768\" src=\"http:\/\/icefront.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mcc_1024x768-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1024&#215;768<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a quick check of the monitor&#8217;s correct brightness\/contrast adjustment, here are some simple, downloadable charts. Why do you need to check the brightness\/contrast adjustment of the monitor? When working with graphics you need to be able to view the very dark (5%) and the very light (95%) shades of colors or gray. 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