Windows 7 - colours

[june_daley]

<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>I just updated my system from Windows XP to Windows 7. My monitor was not calibrated previously and I h have not made any changes to any settings. I might be imagining it, but all my photos look different - somehow they appear to have too much contrast, shadows and light areas look out of whack etc. Has anyone else had this problem?</p>

[brad_smith8]

<p>With a previously uncalibrated monitor, there will be differences. Do you mean it's currently uncalibrated too?</p>

[june_daley]

<p>Yes, it has never been calibrated and still isn't.</p>

[brad_smith8]

<p>Is the hardware the same? Same video card?</p>

[greg_peterson3]

<p>Assuming that the hardware is the same, it may well be that installing Windows 7 changed the video driver, and that's what's making the difference. </p>

<p>But fixing that sort of problem is what monitor calibration is all about.</p>

[brad_smith8]

<p>I found <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-7-High-Color-Support-98741.shtml">this by Binging 'Windows 7 color difference'</a>.</p>

<p>"... Windows 7 plays nice with rendering content beyond the 8 bit limit, taking users into the visual territory of High Color, namely display capabilities involving high precision, High Dynamic Range, and support for gamuts superior to sRGB. Users of Window 7 will be able to take advantage of the new High Color capabilities when it will come down to handling HD photos, digital photographs in RAW formats, HD photo and Blu-ray videos...."</p>

[kerrick_long]

<p>You can calibrate your monitor by eye-balling it if you'd like. Just search for "Calibrate display color" in the start menu and go through that. Of course, using calibration hardware is better, but more expensive.</p>