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Why is my picture so Red after using Spyder4TV?
Posted by Raphael Graf on 26 July 2012 09:55 AM
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When a display is shipped, it contain excessive amounts of Blue. This is to help it sell in the retail show room. However, this excessive Blue also makes people on screen appear cold, sick and ghastly. Some displays perform a ""trick"" where Red is added just to the portions of the gray scale where human flesh tones are located in order to make people look more alive and natural. This is also known as ""Red Push"". When we then optimize the image using Spyder4TV, and remove the excessive Blue to make the color more natural, the display may still be putting extra Red color into human flesh tones, making them TOO Red. What was previously a feature to help with sales is now a big problem in the home viewing environment. Without low-level hacking of your display's color decoder, this ""Red Push"" can not be fixed. Our recommendation for displays with Red Push is to turn the ""Color"" control down a few clicks until flesh tones are no longer overly saturated. We have provided a tool to assist you with this process in Spyder4TV. Click on the ""Tools"" menu and select ""Color Verification"" and you will be given instructions on how to use the Spyder4TV BD/DVD Before and After test patterns to visually improve Red Push using human flesh tones as a guide. | |
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