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LCD more saturated than real picture?

Started Mar 19, 2017 | Discussions thread
JaKing
JaKing Veteran Member • Posts: 6,300
Re: LCD more saturated than real picture?
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Mate, none of these devices are "accurate"!

Some are more so than others.

Using even a cheap spider type hardware calibrator improves one's chances a lot 😋.

Your monitor sounds OK. 98%+ of aRGB is better ...

Even with everything as right as you can get it, you will still see some inconsistencies. My touchstone is to hold a print next to a flower in much the same lighting (or put on the car bonnet ... ) and not want to puke! The print will never be exactly the same, but should be acceptably (very) close.

PS: make sure the brightness of your monitor is set somewhere in the middle of the scale, and your room lighting remains relatively constant.

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