How to Calibrate Your Monitor
To calibrate one's monitor means to reset it to an accurate display of light and color. To make sure your seeing your own images accurately, you may want to calibrate your monitor every couple months. ( This link provides a 'test page' of black and whites that may help you decide whether to perform a calibration. Handy instructions are provided: http://www.photofriday.com/calibrate.php Calibrating your monitor can be a simple and free process. If you have Adobe Photoshop installed, you will already a calibration tool, Adobe Gamma, installed as well. To access it on a PC (scroll down for instructions for Mac): Go to your Start button (lower left corner of your screen), /Control Panel/Adobe Gamma . Move the pop up box to a lower or upper corner (this will make sure it not covered up by the monitor settings overlay in the next step). Then just follow the on screen directions. The pop up box will walk you through adjusting you...