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11 years ago
Someone showed me some art they liked and mentioned the color. I initially didn't find it that interesting but then remembered the person played a lot of video games.
I turned up my brightness, contrast, and gamma. The piece took on a whole new life.
It raises an interesting problem for digital display of artwork. I keep my monitor calibrated as though I imagine I might one-day print art. This is likely a lot different from the settings most people use to view art.
I'm guessing more talented artists have already considered this problem and have a solution for it.
I am interested in knowing what methods others employ.
I turned up my brightness, contrast, and gamma. The piece took on a whole new life.
It raises an interesting problem for digital display of artwork. I keep my monitor calibrated as though I imagine I might one-day print art. This is likely a lot different from the settings most people use to view art.
I'm guessing more talented artists have already considered this problem and have a solution for it.
I am interested in knowing what methods others employ.
When watching art, I often cycle through the 6 defaut settings
I had to fix this recently. My monitor's contrast setting was only 5 points too high, but as a result, all my art looked washed-out to other people even though it was fine on my PC.
There's also a gamma/color balance calibrator in Windows you can use to get better results.
One important note is that intense brightness/vibrance/contrast is not necessarily "better" ... it can look nice to the eye but it's inaccurate and may make a picture look bad on someone else's monitor. Always best to run a calibration tool.
Also, I'd advise anyone creating art to invest in a monitor with an IPS panel (look for a 178˚ viewing angle on the tech specs if the manufacturer doesn't outright advertise it's IPS)
Better, more accurate colors and significantly less color shifting issues. Look at your monitor from a very low angle. If the colors invert, it's a TN panel.
Just find a setting where yellow isn't practically invisible on white backgrounds, there's no white-ish grey tint to the screen or colours and when you look at a colour swatch/palette you shouldn't see two squares of pure black. You should be able to tell the difference between the last two shades if even a little.