LCD or Plasma

[Matthew Kirkcaldie]

In article <4688afdd$0$16207$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
"Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote:

"James" <dotatdot@tpigglet.com.au> wrote in message
news:46886d3d$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
I was at one of the establishments today and the Apple HD Cinema display
IS
what one of the graphic artists and the production manager were using. The
others were using what looked to be run of the mill 19" displays.

Which just proves you can use *anything* that your are happy with, if you
are prepared to put your name on the work

Well, actually it shows that the people doing the design are not the
people who are most concerned with colour accuracy. For critical work,
that would usually be entrusted to a prepress agency who colour-correct
images on calibrated monitors before they go to press. Designers often
bypass prepress these days because automatic profile-based colour
matching is good enough 90% of the time. For serious work requiring high
quality, you wouldn't find the designer doing it him/herself, nor would
you find the colour correction being done on an Apple display or similar
mid-range LCD. Or an LCD at all, most likely (with the exception of
that LED backlit thing whose manufacturer I can't recall).

Cheers, MK.

 

[Mr.T]

"Matthew Kirkcaldie" <Matthew.Kirkcaldie@removethis.utas.andthis.edu.au>
wrote in message
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..

Which just proves you can use *anything* that your are happy with, if
you
are prepared to put your name on the work

Well, actually it shows that the people doing the design are not the
people who are most concerned with colour accuracy.

It shows no such thing, just THOSE people.
There is just as much variation among professional peoples decisions,
quality of work, and cost, as the community at large. Why would you expect
anything else?

For critical work,
that would usually be entrusted to a prepress agency who colour-correct
images on calibrated monitors before they go to press. Designers often
bypass prepress these days because automatic profile-based colour
matching is good enough 90% of the time. For serious work requiring high
quality, you wouldn't find the designer doing it him/herself, nor would
you find the colour correction being done on an Apple display or similar
mid-range LCD. Or an LCD at all, most likely (with the exception of
that LED backlit thing whose manufacturer I can't recall).

Mostly true, but still depends on each individual and their definition of
"critical work".

MrT.