I think the bottom one is better

I think it's time for Nully to Color Manage. :(

I tried already, actually... I'll give it another shot

Laptop monitors are notorious for that. unfortunately.

Yeah... they really are

You should see the stuff I submitted for digital art design class or something.

Stuff was a bit too... dark when viewed with a CRT screen. :( But I passed.

I think the bottom one is better actually, I just like it more for some reason.

Ehn, looks like a clash between facets. Cold facet versus warm facet..or some shjit like that.


I've had this issue too- not sure what the pic will look like on other comps. Enh!

Shouldn't be a problem though.. I mean, the difference is so miniscule.

Oh trust me.. You've got it easy.. Both look fine, considering.

I switched from a standard CRT (tube) moniter to a 2 foot LCD beauty... The problem is that no matter how many times I run through color management or install new profiles, everything I make on the LCD looks way darker, and greenish everywhere else. Not only that, but photoshop doesn't mix well with the profile, and my greyscale blacks are purplish... Yet my RGB blacks are closer to normal.. and I'm just getting warmed up.

Color management hurts my brain!

oh man, that must suck considering how much you must love your screen. x.x
It's doubly damning for you too, because you're a colorist, right?

*nods* Yup.. Right on both counts. Color is part of my lively hood too. I got a cold sweat the first time I made a website for a client, then saw it on their monitor. The colors were all off. But I love this monitor.. ;_; Not to mention it cost me $1400 bucks. Anyways.. Now I just have my old monitor hooked up to my second output.. I design one the big LCD, and spot check the colors on the old CRT. :p

If you find a working solution for your problem, let us know. Might help me too. ^^;

The top one looks normal to me, but then I'm on an LCD screen too :/

what does the bottom look like then?

Darker! But to me the top one is the normal one

I'll be honest, I like the top one. It looks softer with the more muted colours, where the other one has more dramatic lines. But then, I might not notice it so much if it weren't for the contrast between the two versions.

I'm looking at it on a 15" IBM laptop screen. I can't see any difference at all between the picture versions. XD
I had to wonder - does my stuff look at all odd on CRTs? The best I can do with PowerStrip is lower the gamma to get deep blacks.

i like the richer bottom one better, looks more alive and vibrant :)

I noticed that things look darker on CRTs then they do on my LCD. In fact, things that look fine on my monitor look like shit on the CRTs at the office, Then again our company is cheap. :P

This is why I haven't gone flatscreen, LCD monitors are very suseptable to viewing angle, and it's amost impossible to see the entire image from the exact 'good' angle at once, you'll keep unconciously moving your head and eye to bring each piece into proper focus as your attention shifts there.

Ah yes, coloring on laptops. I remember having lots of fun with that when I was doing Furball's last coloring contest. It was awesome how my version would appear to be anywhere from bright pink to dark blue depending on viewing angle.

Number two looks richer.

I like the 2nd one even more :3

Each version has its benefits.

The top one has a softer, more relaxed feel to it, and carries a subtle glow.

The bottom one has a more intense sensation to it, but the reds come out to be a bit too strong.

For the record, I'm on a 17" CRT.

Haven't read the journal yet, will do it tomorrow (Tired), but I thought the title of it said "Color Condom" XD

My computer has this handy color scanning tool.

Well, it looks like both images have equal RED channel percentages.
But the image on the top has +%10 in the GREEN and BLUE channels (bringing the color closer to white, thus being more washed out.
If you have photoshop, go to the channels pallette and reduce opacity in the GREEN & BLUE channels by %10 to compensate. Doing this will make the top image closer to what the bottom image looks like.

*This solution has not been tested.

You should be able to compensate with gamma correction. Most video cards give you the option to bring up a color adjustment screen and with that you should be able to get the laptop displaying a bit less washed out. Mine does the same thing, unfortunately :(. I think most people's do.

I do think the bottom is a little better

Well, out of thoose two the second one looks better. >> The top one looks bleak on this monitor, which is a CRT. :/

I'm on an LCD, and both of them look exactly the same to me. :/

hehe i like both of them they seem to just be difrent stiles ^~^"

Try this:
http://www.aim-dtp.net/
Read through the Calibration section. It's very helpful in understanding why things are happening and how to fix them. Helped me a lot.

the bottom one is better I think