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noisechannelrocker · Posted 06-18-2016, 12:25 AM

Lately I've discovered that while looking at certain art pieces I've drawn while using my laptop monitor looks really wonky when I pull up the completed image on my phone and that got me thinking - what are the best monitors for digital artwork?

Do you guys have a monitor brand/type you'd like to recommend for digital artists? Let me know your thoughts!

Coda · Posted 06-18-2016, 01:53 AM

That's fairly common, and it's actually more likely that your laptop monitor is at fault, or possibly your Photoshop configuration.

What kind of laptop do you have? How are you exporting your pictures?

noisechannelrocker · 01:45 PM

@Coda

I use Paint Tool Sai and I export/save files as .PNG. I use Photoshop to sharpen images on occasion, and I do the same for that.
My laptop is a HP laptop I bought back in Dec 2014. I don't remember what model it is though :c

Coda · Posted 06-18-2016, 10:57 PM

Long story short, the problem is gamma correction. PNG files can save gamma information inside them, which is SUPPOSED to give instructions on how to adjust the colors to look the same on any display, but in practice different screens have different color curves and trying to correct just makes everything worse.

I think web browsers these days turn gamma correction off, so you might even get different color behavior if you look at the picture in a browser as opposed to looking at it directly in Paint Tool SAI.

For your own use on your own computer, you can calibrate your screen, your image editor, and your printer, and you'd be able to have the printouts match what you have on screen fairly closely. But if you want the images to look exactly the same on different screens, you're looking at a hopeless cause.

What you CAN do -- though I don't know how to TELL you how to do it because I'm not familiar with the tools you use -- is turn off gamma correction. Then the colors in the images will be consistent relative to other colors displayed on the screen, even if the whole image is colored a little differently than it would have been if it were shown on your laptop.

noisechannelrocker · 01:40 AM

@Coda
Thank you for bringing that up! I'll look into it as that may be what's wrong with the colors on my laptop vs colors on a phone.

noisechannelrocker Barrel of Monkeys		[Discussion] Computer Monitors and Digital Art	#1
	Lately I've discovered that while looking at certain art pieces I've drawn while using my laptop monitor looks really wonky when I pull up the completed image on my phone and that got me thinking - what are the best monitors for digital artwork? Do you guys have a monitor brand/type you'd like to recommend for digital artists? Let me know your thoughts!
		Posted 06-18-2016, 12:25 AM

		#2	Coda Developer
That's fairly common, and it's actually more likely that your laptop monitor is at fault, or possibly your Photoshop configuration. What kind of laptop do you have? How are you exporting your pictures? Games by Coda (updated 4/15/2024 - New game: Call of Aether) Art by Coda (updated 8/25/2022 - beatBitten and All-Nighter Simulator) Mega Man: The Light of Will (Mega Man / Green Lantern crossover: In the lead-up to the events of Mega Man 2, Dr. Wily has discovered emotional light technology. How will his creations change how humankind thinks about artificial intelligence? Sadly abandoned. Sufficient Velocity x-post)
	Posted 06-18-2016, 01:53 AM

noisechannelrocker Barrel of Monkeys			#3
	@Coda I use Paint Tool Sai and I export/save files as .PNG. I use Photoshop to sharpen images on occasion, and I do the same for that. My laptop is a HP laptop I bought back in Dec 2014. I don't remember what model it is though :c Last edited by noisechannelrocker; 06-18-2016 at 01:45 PM. Reason: fixed grammar
		Posted 06-18-2016, 01:45 PM

		#4	Coda Developer
Long story short, the problem is gamma correction. PNG files can save gamma information inside them, which is SUPPOSED to give instructions on how to adjust the colors to look the same on any display, but in practice different screens have different color curves and trying to correct just makes everything worse. I think web browsers these days turn gamma correction off, so you might even get different color behavior if you look at the picture in a browser as opposed to looking at it directly in Paint Tool SAI. For your own use on your own computer, you can calibrate your screen, your image editor, and your printer, and you'd be able to have the printouts match what you have on screen fairly closely. But if you want the images to look exactly the same on different screens, you're looking at a hopeless cause. What you CAN do -- though I don't know how to TELL you how to do it because I'm not familiar with the tools you use -- is turn off gamma correction. Then the colors in the images will be consistent relative to other colors displayed on the screen, even if the whole image is colored a little differently than it would have been if it were shown on your laptop. Games by Coda (updated 4/15/2024 - New game: Call of Aether) Art by Coda (updated 8/25/2022 - beatBitten and All-Nighter Simulator) Mega Man: The Light of Will (Mega Man / Green Lantern crossover: In the lead-up to the events of Mega Man 2, Dr. Wily has discovered emotional light technology. How will his creations change how humankind thinks about artificial intelligence? Sadly abandoned. Sufficient Velocity x-post)
	Posted 06-18-2016, 10:57 PM

noisechannelrocker Barrel of Monkeys			#5
	@Coda Thank you for bringing that up! I'll look into it as that may be what's wrong with the colors on my laptop vs colors on a phone. Last edited by noisechannelrocker; 06-20-2016 at 01:40 AM. Reason: Spelling
		Posted 06-20-2016, 01:39 AM

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