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simplyred · #9 (**permalink**) 04-23-2007

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Originally Posted by Rae

Keep in mind, unless things have changed, laptop monitors are not true to color the way a desk top monitor is. You can't/couldn't calibrate them properly.

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Originally Posted by Pesto126

Hi Rae - you are still correct. laptop monitors are notorious for not showing true colors

Can they be calibrated at all? Mine has a beautiful image but the colors are off. Something that shows up as orange/rust on my desktop (and which prints out the same way) is showing up as medium to light brown on my laptop. And I can't find any information on how to do anything with the color settings.

Pesto126 · #10 (**permalink**) 04-23-2007

they can be calibrated using all the latest calibration tools... but they will still be off compared to the latest pro LCD's or CRT's... again - it really depends on the extent of calibration you are looking for. As a pro photographer, I just cannot rely on a laptop screen for color editing... but the $900 LCD is spot on. For scrapping and general photo editing/viewing, if you calibrate using an eye one or spyder2 system, you'll get results that are very usable.