Color and Image quality

[Dreadstar]

This is the computer I am using now has a 17 inch Dell 1704 LCD monitor. Does anyone else have a similar setup?

Do you have to adjust your Gamma settings in the advanced color adjustments?

I have to adjust as follows to view Tara correctly (with a deep tan skin tone).
1280x1024
Gamma Color:
R 1.00
G 1.00
B .80
Gamma Brightness and Contrast:
Brightness -20
Contrast 90

(And also load a different light set> below front: SetLight[i0= 1 i1= 2 f0= -1 f1= 0.1 f2= 0.1  ]
I believe is the one I am using in these pics)

Here are a few new pics I have taken of some updated skins.
 
She should have a deep tan if she does not, you may have to adjust your settings. Let me know ok? Thanks!

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[Dreadstar]

It seems that it is my monitor adjustments. Strange, anyone else have these problems with an LCD monitor?

[Art]

Although there are differences between LCD and CRT monitors such as pixels, refresh rates, etc., the images look very nice on my 19" Viewsonic Optiquest CRT. Very nice indeed!

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Art,
Thanks! I viewed them through a CRT and they looked much better than through my LCD monitor. Now I know the adjustments I have to make.
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[Art]

Eric,

This might be a bit OT but info on comparisons between CRT vs LCD monitors can be found at:
http://compreviews.about.com/od/multimedia/a/CRTvsLCD_2.htm

BTW, nice background images.

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Art,
I knew buying an LCD might compromise image quality. After reading that article (Thanks for the link) and others before I bought this monitor. I tryed to get the best value for price and quality. The one I decided to buy met this criteria, however it does not display the Haptek, Ultra Hal images correctly (they are too bright with almost no color definition)on the default Gamma settings. But it is much easier on my eyes, especially after spending 12 plus hours at a time working with graphics. I needed a benchmark and some feedback on how they looked in both similar (LCD) and other (CRT) monitors so I could adjust my settings accordingly (Thanks again for the feedback). I have adjusted my screen close to the settings above, permanently. This seems to help gain an accurate color and quality veiw. Although I must still adjust even more (Using the settings above) to match my old CRT monitor. Just a compromise, for my poor eyes (lol).

Eric

P.S. I got those background pics from this forum just do a search on background pics or jpg's and you should find them. I am currently working on more. (I did not make those)