Post by Bailey on Jan 7, 2018 1:10:58 GMT
Earlier today I saw a post in another thread where the author of the post suggested to the OP to increase the exposure on their posted image because it appeared a little dark on the author's screen. I simply roll my eyes in disappointment when I see suggestions like that because no image will look exactly the same on different monitors.
The image in question looks fine on my screen, so if the OP follows up with the suggestion to increase the exposure, then the image will most probably be a little too bright on my screen.
The main reasons why photos will not appear the same (in terms of colours, brightness, tones etc) are because many (and I suspect the overwhelming majority) people do not have a properly calibrated screen on the device they are using to view photos and also anyone publishing a photo on the www has no control on the brightness, contrast, rgb and other settings on the viewers' screens.
The fact that the image in question looks fine on my screen does not necessarily mean the OP has a calibrated screen. Maybe they have or maybe it's just coincidence the image looks fine on my screen.
Imho it is unreasonable to expect an image you are viewing to appear exactly the same as on its creator's screen.
Printing photos is important to me and so I have set myself up to create my own custom screen and printer colour profiles to ensure a very close match between what I see on my screen and what comes out on paper. If printing is not of importance to someone then I can understand why they are less likely to properly calibrate their screens. But then when they publish an image on the www, they should try to remember that not everyone will see their creation the same way on their screens. The differences might be subtle, as in the case I refer to at the start of this post, but they will be there.
The image in question looks fine on my screen, so if the OP follows up with the suggestion to increase the exposure, then the image will most probably be a little too bright on my screen.
The main reasons why photos will not appear the same (in terms of colours, brightness, tones etc) are because many (and I suspect the overwhelming majority) people do not have a properly calibrated screen on the device they are using to view photos and also anyone publishing a photo on the www has no control on the brightness, contrast, rgb and other settings on the viewers' screens.
The fact that the image in question looks fine on my screen does not necessarily mean the OP has a calibrated screen. Maybe they have or maybe it's just coincidence the image looks fine on my screen.
Imho it is unreasonable to expect an image you are viewing to appear exactly the same as on its creator's screen.
Printing photos is important to me and so I have set myself up to create my own custom screen and printer colour profiles to ensure a very close match between what I see on my screen and what comes out on paper. If printing is not of importance to someone then I can understand why they are less likely to properly calibrate their screens. But then when they publish an image on the www, they should try to remember that not everyone will see their creation the same way on their screens. The differences might be subtle, as in the case I refer to at the start of this post, but they will be there.
