Hi, questions. what tutorial video can you recommend to calibrate your monitor? There are so many out there I can not figure out what is the best one, that's why I am asking you nice people who are experts.
Next question, I can't get used to the color wheels, so I am using curves. Is there a better way of adjusting the curves rather than selecting red, blue, green separately? See attached.
For calibration I'd get a hardware device like an i1Display Pro (used) or the current model or similar. It comes with software to standardize the monitor's color. Get it to 120 nits brightness or so. If it has a Rec709 color mode go with that for video (my monitor lets me create a few calibrations for photo, video, etc.) If the monitor has an extended gamut it won't look right in VEGAS in the regular 8-bit full SDR mode- colors will appear oversaturated.
For curves that's how it works at the moment. I'd start with white balance and use the dropper or sliders to get close to the desired values. Unless there's a particular color cast (say fluorescent green shadows) this might be enough.
For calibration I'd get a hardware device like an i1Display Pro (used) or the current model or similar. It comes with software to standardize the monitor's color. Get it to 120 nits brightness or so. If it has a Rec709 color mode go with that for video (my monitor lets me create a few calibrations for photo, video, etc.) If the monitor has an extended gamut it won't look right in VEGAS in the regular 8-bit full SDR mode- colors will appear oversaturated.
For curves that's how it works at the moment. I'd start with white balance and use the dropper or sliders to get close to the desired values. Unless there's a particular color cast (say fluorescent green shadows) this might be enough.
Thank you. That device is a little over my budget, I seen videos that used color cards and matched them up with a Phone that color is more accurate for colors.
I got the i1 pro for closer to 100 USD. See if there are other options from Datacolor too.
Don't waste time with anything requiring a visual match.