Mmm, icons

[triskellian]

Last night, I uploaded my fiftieth icon <points at icon>. Well, it's actually my more-than-fiftieth, because I've had others that I've abandoned, but it fills my last icon slot, which is a sad thing in a way, although there are a few of my existing icons that I don't much like, and will be happy to ditch when the time comes.

But this rambling sort of has a point. I made this icon on my laptop (flat screen, Mac), on which the colours and brightness look fine. Now, on my work puter (CRT, PC), it's far too dark, so I need to know how it looks to you guys...

[Poll #303301]
Hmmm. Some people use polls all the time, and seem to consider them the killer app for paid accounts. This is probably only my second or third poll ever - icons are the killer app for me, all the way ;-)

Comments

[al-fruitbat.livejournal.com]

The sad truth is that currently, LCD screens suck for making decent art. Your best bet would be to get a testcard which looks good on your CRT, then use it as a comparator on your laptop. Something like Photoshop's Image>Adjustments>Levels allow you to play with the general output until they look similar.

Alternatively, use the testcard to set your laptop screen to a lower brightness... but then you get a dark 'puter ;-(

[triskellian]

LCD screens suck for making decent art
Yeah, I figured it was something like that. I do use Photoshop to fiddle with levels and stuff, but it's not much use if the screen I'm viewing the image on is lighter than average ;-) I'll have a look at testcards, too - ta!

[zandev.livejournal.com]

Also note that on a Mac, in System Preferences -> Displays there is a colour calibration utility.