karapetkov
10-17-2007, 09:35 AM
I have been battling this for about a week and I'm a bit frustrated.
I work on a Dell 2405, which is a very good monitor for the price, according to many respected people here. My video card is NVidia 6200.
Now, what's my situation. I have shot a short on the HVX and I have to color grade it on the desktop. For the moment I can't afford to buy\hire a real Video monitor. So I have to get something decent done on the Dell. I also have an old Samsung CRT 959NF which sucks and I can preview on a regular TV set which is also not a good option.
Main problem is monitor calibration. I tried using many free stuff as QuickGamma or other tips from the net.
I read some posts here that don't work for me. For the SMPTE option - I don't have Chroma\Hue control on the Dell or in the Nvidia controls, and also no Blue Gun key.
I meddled a lot with the QuickGamma and nvidia options but I always get some kind of tint - red usually. It frustrates me and I'm not satisfied with what i achieve as calibration.
Can anyone tell me what to do to be able to grade properly on the dell. If there's a free software or method that allows tweaking Chroma\Hue and gives Blue Gun option, that would be nice. Also some accurate SMPTE bars. I know that hardware calibrators\software is the best, but it's also unavailable for me now.
All this is well done in Adobe OnLocation's internal calibration, but it works only inside the OnLocation's own field monitor, it can't be used to calibrate default monitor balance.
Please help.
I work on a Dell 2405, which is a very good monitor for the price, according to many respected people here. My video card is NVidia 6200.
Now, what's my situation. I have shot a short on the HVX and I have to color grade it on the desktop. For the moment I can't afford to buy\hire a real Video monitor. So I have to get something decent done on the Dell. I also have an old Samsung CRT 959NF which sucks and I can preview on a regular TV set which is also not a good option.
Main problem is monitor calibration. I tried using many free stuff as QuickGamma or other tips from the net.
I read some posts here that don't work for me. For the SMPTE option - I don't have Chroma\Hue control on the Dell or in the Nvidia controls, and also no Blue Gun key.
I meddled a lot with the QuickGamma and nvidia options but I always get some kind of tint - red usually. It frustrates me and I'm not satisfied with what i achieve as calibration.
Can anyone tell me what to do to be able to grade properly on the dell. If there's a free software or method that allows tweaking Chroma\Hue and gives Blue Gun option, that would be nice. Also some accurate SMPTE bars. I know that hardware calibrators\software is the best, but it's also unavailable for me now.
All this is well done in Adobe OnLocation's internal calibration, but it works only inside the OnLocation's own field monitor, it can't be used to calibrate default monitor balance.
Please help.