Lesson 3: Calibrating your monitor

clipped from photo-scan-basics.classes.cnet.com Lesson 3: Calibrating your monitor calibrate your monitor to ensure you’re seeing the most accurate rendition of what you’ve scanned. This process is called Gamma Correction. There is a wide difference between the typical Gamma of a Macintosh monitor and that of a PC monitor. An image created on a PC may look dark on a Mac, and conversely, an image created on a Mac may look too bright on a PC. The typical Gamma correction value for a PC is 2.2, while Macs are usually set at 1.8