How to do Color Editing?

What is a good monitor to use that will display the most accurate color when editing digital pictures?

• I have become interested in learning to take and edit digital pictures but need a monitor that will help me acheive the best results and display the truest colors. When editing now I often get completely different results from a print than what was displayed on my monitor. I am about to purchase a new monitor and was wondering which would give me the best editing results.

• Answer:

  Pros use a good quality CRT type monitor, with color set to the highest performance and resolution. LCD's are not as color accurate. However, a new monitor may not solve the problem. It is a complex process to get the view on the screen to match the output of a printer. These devices use very different technologies. Monitors project light from the back and make colors out of combinations of red/green/blue. Printers put down ink that make colors out of reflecting four other different colors. And each may be using different color standards. Ugh! All is not lost, though. There is a process to get the monitor and printer reasonably close. It will take some dedication and experimentation by you. Take a look at: http://www.normankoren.com/index.html#Tutorials Look at the articles on color management. (These may not be the best for you; they were just the ones I ran across first. I am sure that there are other descriptions. Search on "color management") Basically, the process is to : . Calibrate your monitor . Match the color management standards between monitor, printer and photo editing software . Set up a non-distracted viewing area (dim room, no direct light on monitor, bright direct light to view prints) . Adjust until satisfactory results. The process really does work, but is time consuming. I get great results now, even with an LCD monitor. Good Luck!