Tagged with calibrate - Personal View Talks http://personal-view.com/talks/discussions/tagged/calibrate/feed.rss Sun, 05 May 24 23:46:42 +0000 Tagged with calibrate - Personal View Talks en-CA Rookie Monitor Calibration Question - Is it really important? http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5996/rookie-monitor-calibration-question-is-it-really-important Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:38:00 +0000 matt_gh2 5996@/talks/discussions Here's a rookie question. Is it really necessary to calibrate the monitor you use when editing? I ask this because I guess when the editing is being done...whether you have a calibrated monitor or you don't...it seems you still have to export your footage and view it on the all the types of screens your audience would view it (computer monitors, hdtvs, standard def tvs, iphones, ipads, theater screens).

I currently edit in Adobe CS6 on a PC laptop with a less than stellar screen (one of those ones that looks kinda washed out). I often will connect the Laptop to a 62" HDTV or a 42" HDTV to edit as well. So I've basically just been exporting footage and viewing on a variety of screens...and adjusting as necessary.

My only guess is that a properly calibrated monitor can be defined as one that somehow sits in the middle/average of what all the different audience members screens are?

All advice is much appreciated.

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