Okay so I've been looking over the net to find out how to calibrate my monitor, but either I'm really impatient or it's really complicated to do. I would like to edit in photoshop and be able to share it with others without the brightness and etc being all messed up on their monitors. Can anyone hook me up with a link to a simple monitor test and instructions on how to fix it? Don't hate me because I'm sure there are a trillion of these posts on this site! Thanks everyone.

It's a tough scenario, even though you calibrate some other viewer may not have his and/or hers calibrated which in turn still throws it off. Ugh!!

I bought a monitor calibrator and have been happy with it. Newegg sells them Right Here .

Hope that helps some.

Thanks Randy, but are there any free calibrators? If not then I might try the one you have suggested...

Almost everything is free in this world, right?

yep, the Huey wins hands down for bangs for the buck as far as hardware calibration goes. if you're feeling flusher - go for the pantone spyder or gretag developed Eye One kit. there is also a colour and monochrome calibration chart available in the tutorials here to help you adjust your display manually.

Not that I'm aware of. The unit mentioned actually comes with a CD ROM and a unit that sits by the monitor calibrating light changes in your room.

Perhaps someone else will chime in as I know there's some basic images and possible test, but you use your own eye for that...and maybe your eyes might be different than someone elses.

There's THIS THANG . Maybe something that could help??

That THANG is what Uncle Phil was talkin' 'bout...in the tutorial section.

Yeah, I saw those in the tutorial, but how the heck do ya use em? Sorry, you all are probably all pointing at me thinking "what a n00b" hahah

set your monitor and printer to the same icc profile. print the test chart. adjust the monitor color settings manually to visually match the print. or just adjust the colour/brightness/contrast on your monitor with the chart set as your desktop so that it is visully correct - cyan looks like cyan, green looks like green etc etc.

ahh okay, well thanks for all of your help Phil and Randy, I'll see what I can do. The Huey looks pretty useful so I might look into that! Thanks again.

What if one is red/green color deficient like me? ;-) (don't answer it).

the box top from Sweet Ernie's Ice cream is known world wide for possessing the exact colors needed to adjust monitors .. just hold it up to the side and spin those monitor knobs till they match

of course, Sweet Ernie's Ice cream hasn't been made for, about, 50 years, and you'll have to find a box on Ebay, or something .. most auctions close around the $500 mark .. more, if there is still traces of ice cream in the box

good luck to you

lol thanks

Why stop making ice cream though?

Mojave, I had a similar problem with NEF images...my photos looked faded after saving.

Yes, make sure your monitor is calibrated to the web, sRGB.

Also in Photoshop you can change the color profiles, you have the option of converting all your images to different profiles (Edit>Color Settings) Also, when you save, you have the option to include the color profile with a checkbox, fiddle with it and see if you get different results.

OTHER INFO: Many LCD monitors are calibrated to "Monitor LCD" and not sRGB (Web Standard)

Can you change the LCD monitor to sRGB?

MAC

System Preferences > Displays > Color Menu at the top > sRGB in list

WINDOWS

Go to Start > Control Panel > Display > 'Settings' TAB > Advanced > 'Color Management' TAB > Add... > Select sRGB and make sure it's the default.

Good Luck!

Thanks for all your help Jason