MVPix photographs have been post-processed on properly calibrated monitors. If some colors appear too dark, or some photos are hard to see, it may be caused your monitor settings. Please use these samples to verify the calibration of your monitor.
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This color bar should be red at both extremes with a gradual transition between colors. The right-hand side may appear slightly more orange, but the very last pixels should be red.
If your video card is configured with a limited number of colors (16 or 256), the color bar above may appear dithered or blocky like one of these two. You should adjust your color pallette to use High Color or True Color in your Display Properties. If these choices are not availble, your video card may have insufficient memory - consider upgrading your video card.
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This image shows seventeen separate tones of gray, from pure black to pure white. Adjust your monitor's contrast and brightness until you can clearly distinguish all seventeen tones. This usually means turning the contrast setting all the way up (the contrast dial is often represented with a circle that is half white and half black), and then adjusting the brightness setting to clearly show all seventeen tones.
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The following image shows a black, white, and two grey boxes. There should be no color tint in any box (yellow, pink, blue, etc.). Adjust your monitor's color settings to fix any color cast.
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Move back from your monitor several feet to determine which box is (approximately) the same shade as the surrounding area. The matching box will reveal your "screen gamma". Most photography web sites are designed for 1.8 Gamma. "Wintel" computers and TV monitors are calibrated at 2.2 Gamma. Photoshop and Apple's Quicktime offer ways to configure your screen gamma.
Thanks to Stanley Rowin Photography for several of these images.
