Dark Pictures? Is it just me?

BB_TX · Aug 4, 2005

It seems many attached pictures posted in the various forums are very dark when I open them. Is it just my 'puter that has this problem? Or everyone? I sometimes copy them off and lighten them up just to be able to see the details better.

Gatorboy · Aug 4, 2005

In general, most of those photos posted look ok to me. It wouldn't be your computer, but rather your monitor. Play with the contrast/brightness.

My In-laws have a monitor that is cranked up all the way, and everything is still dark. They need a new monitor.

There are many websites that do this in one way or another, here is one to Calibrate your Monitor.

GaryM · Aug 5, 2005

Can you post a link to a thread where some of these pictures are. That we we could look at the exact same photo and see how they look. But it probably is your monitor settings.

frank_f15 · Aug 5, 2005

MOST of the pictures i view seem to be ok, on occasion one may be dark ,but that is the picture itself

BB_TX · Aug 8, 2005

I did increase the brightness of my monitor some. I work on it most of the day in Autocad, Excel, Word, etc. and it is/was fine for those. The pictures are a little lighter, but still what I would consider a little dark. I will look back and see if I can find some those attachments I was thinking of.

Gatorboy · Aug 8, 2005

<font color="blue">( I did increase the brightness of my monitor some. ) </font>

Did you visit that link I provided above? Were you able to see all 11 distinct zones?

How about the 24 unique sets of gray?

BB_TX · Aug 8, 2005

The 90% and 100% pretty much run together. And the last couple sets of grey run together. This is my work computer (where I normally log in since I am too far in the country to get high speed at home). I may see if I can get the computer gurus to get me a new monitor. Although I am not sure poor picture display on TBN will qualify as an excuse. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Spiffy · Aug 8, 2005

If your brightness is topped out and you can't tell 90 from 100, perhaps you do need to play "musical monitors".

But I have 80% blending in as well [I've needed a new monitor for several months, just can't convince myself what to get], but don't have trouble with TBN pictures....so I'm not sure.