Consultation Services: Monitor & Projector Calibration
The Test Image shows the three RGB color strips and a Grayscale.
Use this test image to verify that your monitor is calibrated. The best way to view this test
image is to right click on it (control click on a Mac) and save it to your hard disk. Then open it with Photoshop (or another image editing program) and view it at 100% at full screen.
The test image should show 21 different shades of black/gray/white. The 0% gray rectangle should be black. The 5% rectangle should be slightly lighter than black. The 100% gray rectangle should be pure white. The 95% gray rectangle should be slighly darker than white.
The Adobe Gamma control panel is the best method to adjust a phosphor tube monitor. We will be using a gamma of 2.2. The Adobe Gamma control panel is included with full versions
of Photoshop. If you do not have the Adobe Gamma control panel, manually adjust the brightness and contrast on your monitor until the test image looks best. If you use Photoshop, set your color profile to sRGB.
