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How do I change display settings on G5?

Apologies if this is a really stupid question but I just seem to be stuck. I have an iMac G5 and have noticed that when I order prints directly from iPhoto, they come back a lot darker than they looked on the screen.

I read in a photography magazine that this is often because computer displays have "artificially" high contrast settings to make everything look nice. They suggested that when working with photos, I should take my dark print and hold it up next to the display. I should then adjust the display brightness and contrast to match the photo - that way I will know that what is on the screen is what I will get when I send pictures off to be printed.

My problem is that I can only find how to change the screen size and not brigtness/contrast etc on the G5. Also, I would like to save my changes as a seperate screen setting so I can just use them when I am in iPhoto but not at any other time.

Any ideas?

Posted on Oct 13, 2005 2:30 PM

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Nov 23, 2005 9:58 AM in response to Matt Cross

Apologies if this is a really stupid question but I
just seem to be stuck. I have an iMac G5 and have
noticed that when I order prints directly from
iPhoto, they come back a lot darker than they looked
on the screen...
My problem is that I can only find how to change the
screen size and not brigtness/contrast etc on the G5.
Also, I would like to save my changes as a seperate
screen setting so I can just use them when I am in
iPhoto but not at any other time.

Any ideas?


In addition to the "Displays" settings in System Preferences (where you'll find a 'Brightness' slider if you've clicked on the Display button [top center of window], also have a look at the "Universal Access" settings. Under 'Display:', check the position of the slider for 'Enhance contrast'. You'll likely get best results by setting it to 'Normal'.

Good luck!

How do I change display settings on G5?

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