eric_ertman2 Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Is it at all possible to edit digital captures on a TFT screen? I have ordered a D70 but am wondering how I will be able to edit my pictures on my Powerbook as I understand a TFT screen is not well suited for this. Any advice or suggestions welcome. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william_carter1 Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Possible? Sure. Desireable? No. The screen itself is not terrobly accurate, and any slight change in viewing angle will result in a color shift. What I did was buy a display. I got the 20 inch Cinema Display, but the 17 inch is good. (I've also heard good things about Formac displays). There's an added benefit of going the powerbook + display route: you can use a dual screen setup and have your tool pallettes and such on your powerbook screen and use the Cinema Display (or whatever display you get) to display only the image you're working on. Or have Photoshop on one screen, with Illustrator on the other. Etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_macman Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Edit for what? When are people going to understand that no one can possibly answer if they use the right tools in the first half of the process if they don't specify what the hell is the final destination of their pictures? Web? Photo inkjet? Color separations? Mag? Newspaper? There are applications for which you couldn't care less about an uncalibrated screen, and some others which are more critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_macman Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 BTW, isn't there a ColorSync profile for the D70 ? (hint) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_su Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 I do all my photo work on my Powerbook. It works fine for most purposes. Maybe for super critical color management you'd have to be careful. But you'd have to be careful anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beauh44 Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Hi Eric, I have a Dell laptop with their (for now) top of the line display - UWXGA. At first, I got screwy results, color-wise, but after getting a gretag-macbeth colorimeter and calibrating it, I've been able to get some quite nice prints from files that were not manipulated anywhere else. Macman has a good point - if it's super critical work, then your laptop display can certainly be improved upon. If 90 percent of what you do is for the web or snapshots, you'll be fine. See if you can't beg borrow or steal a colorimeter if possible. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johann_fuller Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 TFT's are very contrasty and tend to blow out the highlights - they are also difficult to calibrate. Ok that's the bad side - the good news is that CRT's are dirt cheap and you can run one from your powerbook - also good news is that half descent screen calibrators like those from pantone are cheap also - simply run yor laptop through a 19" CRT that has been profiled and you are there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_ertman2 Posted June 29, 2004 Author Share Posted June 29, 2004 Looks like I will just have to place an order for the just announced 30" inch Apple Cinema Display - to be delivered in my next life or when I lay the golden egg! Maybe someone would like to donate me one out of charity ;-). I?m not a pro, but I do print most of my stuff, so I?ll see how far I get on the TFT screen. Anyway, thanks to all for helpful advice and suggestions. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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