The Importance of Terminology and SRGB Uncertainty

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16 pointskelsolaar3 comments

Normal people would be better off ignoring this super-detailed stuff and simply calibrating their monitors, ideally using a calibration device. You don't need to calibrate often, so one group of friends could buy one calibrator for $100 and share it. This will get you 90% of the way to having accurate color reproduction on your screen, so at least when you view the work of professionals you will see approximately their intent.

Agreed! This is a really specific topic and the entry is mostly aimed at technical artists working in the game or VFX industry and / or people having an interest in colour science.

Except calibration doesn't impact colour transformation, so calibrating does very little, doubly so if your display isn't an accurate sRGB display.

Strictly in terms of calibration, it can only impact the VCGT tag of your video card, or curves. It will _not_ assure you anything on the colour reproduction front.

To properly adjust colour, which is a portion of the post's information discussed, you would need to characterize / profile the display, and then implement the resulting data.

TL;DR Calibration doesn't do a heck of a lot.

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