Laptop Color Calibration

[holly]

hey all - as you all know...I have this great new laptop. The screen isn't one of those standard screens - it's a 15.4" Diagonal Wide-screen XGA Display w/TruBrite™ (1280x800)....so, it's sorta slick. however, my colors seem way more off on here even though when I pop in a DVD it's really crisp. How do you all callibrate your laptop monitors?

[MarshaZepeda]

Uh, good question! lol! I'd like to know, too.... :thinking2

[Laura_A]

I take it in to the shop and pay someone. LOL Actually, I've never had to deal with this... wish I could be more help.

[jplaw55746]

Look on this page for the Color Control Panel Applet.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Professional-level photographers and designers know that getting consistent, accurate color from file to screen to print and beyond is a requirement for great results. On Microsoft Windows XP, the means to obtain great color is built right into the operating system via Image Color Management (ICM) 2.0. ICM 2.0 is an International Color Consortium (ICC)-compliant color management system exposed through Win32 API functions, so it is readily available to any application, device driver, device calibration tool, or Color Management Module (CMM). Windows itself and many Windows-based software applications use ICM 2.0 "under the covers" to improve the appearance of pictures and graphics.

However, until now Windows has lacked a central Control Panel interface for managing ICC color profiles and ICM 2.0 color settings across the system. The new Microsoft Color Control Panel Applet for Windows XP addresses this by adding a Color tool to the Windows Control Panel, making it easier for you to manage Windows color settings.

[hawaiianbrat96]

I was going to say, I have no clue on what I did to get the awesome colors I have on both my main computer or laptop.

Then I checked that link out above...

And that was it!! LOL

My brother installed all that for me when I got both of my computers!!

I think he installed all of those PowerToys goodies.

We are technie nuts out this way!

[Deena]

Bumping this, cause i found it, and thought someone else might benefit from it!!

[Cynnder]

thank you off to check it out...i have been messing with the idea of bying one of those monitor calibration devices..like the pros really use....but alas...i spent my cash on antoher lens instead..!LOL

[Deena]

Ok so im stupid....Not really, just self taught, and have no idea how to use this, or what to do with it, its downloaded, but what now?

[Cynnder]

lol with you there Deena...i thought it was a new color profile... i thinkits just soemthing to manage them with...I need to snoop more later@ keep ya posted on what I find!