How to adjust the white color of the monitor. Practice: how to set up your monitor for gaming

The purpose of monitor setup is accurate color reproduction

The manufacturer, as a rule, does not give the highest priority to color accuracy. For good sales, it is more efficient to place emphasis on price, design, and some additional (often unnecessary) opportunities. Therefore, the most accurate color reproduction without additional adjustment is either an accident, or some very expensive special models, or simply people's indifference to such an important parameter on which eye health, emotional state and freshness of thought depend.

However, no matter what category of buyers you belong to (pros, amateurs, advanced users, etc.), most likely you will strive to achieve the highest possible quality from the monitor in accordance with the capabilities of a particular model. It is no secret that this desire is largely due to the difficult economic situation, forcing one to pay close attention to every ruble spent on equipment, especially when it comes to monitors for professional or gaming needs.

Initial monitor settings (brightness, contrast, temperature)

Of course, there are a lot of people who prefer not to get into the monitor settings menu for fear of "spoiling something", laziness, or simply ignorance of such features. As a rule, their monitors have excessive brightness, which can hardly be called useful for the eyes. At the same time, people forget that our vision is a unique adaptive tool that flexibly adapts to different conditions. It is unlikely that you will need more than half an hour (and sometimes 5 minutes is enough) to fully get used to the new conditions of reducing the brightness from maximum to sufficient.

A parameter that usually does not require additional adjustment is contrast. However, as polls have shown, the vast majority of users are trying to change it in one direction or another (with respect to factory settings). This is fraught with various unnecessary distortions. As you zoom in, you can start to blend light midtones and decay gradient transitions. And with a decrease, the depth of the black field decreases. Needless to say, gamma curves change and color fidelity deteriorates? Unfortunately, not everyone pays attention to this.

An important indicator of monitor settings is color temperature. The benchmark is the level close to 6500K. This value is considered close to the reference values ​​for the perception of the image from the screen. Of course, in ordinary life it is rare, and our vision adjusts to any value of the color temperature, but if you strive for the ideal, then the color temperature in the room should not differ from the white color on the screen by more than 500-700K. Otherwise, you may be "bored" by the contrast of temperatures on the screen and in the surrounding space. One way or another, almost everyone has encountered this phenomenon. It must be remembered that this issue is not difficult to solve, and in modern models of monitors, as a rule, there are several ready-made settings (5-10) for color temperature, covering most typical situations. Well, if this did not help, then manual configuration options will come to your aid.

Monitor setup methods (manual, software, hardware).

Very often users think about setting up a monitor without using special devices, that is, "by eye". Such a desire is quite understandable, since it does not imply the expense of funds for the purchase or rental of measuring equipment. But this method does not provide the necessary accuracy, since human vision, as mentioned above, is very flexibly adjusted to different conditions.

A slightly more advanced way of setting up is to use special software. It appeared about ten years ago and still has its share of fans among users who are not prone to excessive, in their opinion, spending. (See also) Indeed, these tools help a little to rectify the situation, but you will not achieve a fundamental improvement with their help. We are talking about internal edits in the data of the video card - Look Up Table (LUT). In this case, you will not be able to accurately adjust the brightness level and color temperature, although you will be able to eliminate the imbalance in the RGB color channels. How to ennoble the color balance of shades of gray and a better display of the color palette in terms of brightness (this is achieved by adjusting the gamma curves). But, you need to understand that in the final, the accuracy will be determined by such subjective parameters as the peculiarities of your vision, emotional background, inner concentration and lighting of the room at the time of setting.

The main disadvantage in setting up using special software is the impossibility of creating a full-fledged profile containing data on the color potential of the monitor, which in turn reduces the efficiency of working with software that uses a color management system (CMS). The color gamut of the device will be absent in the data and, accordingly, changes in the parameters to the level of compliance with the specified standards will be incorrect.

Professional adjustment of the monitor is carried out using special devices - colorimeters and spectrophotometers. This allows the monitor to be fine-tuned to the standard level. Works include two types of actions:

• Calibration;
• Profiling.

Calibrating and profiling your monitor

The initial stage of such a setup is devoted to the internal parameters of the monitor, which are adjusted through its OSD menu. Using a measuring device, it is necessary to adjust the brightness and color temperature indicators. They will depend on the ambient light conditions. (See also) As a result, the optimal variant of the saturation gamma should be formed.

The next step is to make automatic measurements of a large array of color shades. These indicators will be compared with the reference values, as a result of which an ICM | ICC profile will be created and recorded, containing the final edits to the LUT of the video card. The profile contains information about how the display reproduces colors. Programs using a color management system (CMS) will access this data so that, in accordance with the features of the monitor model, it is possible to adjust the color spectrum to a specified standard at the software level.

To solve this problem, you can try: either select a gamma mode from among the available ones, or select an appropriate contrast value that affects the gamma curves, or use a tool like "Black Equalizer". If all these actions do not lead to a positive result (and possibly worsen the picture), then there is no choice but to work on the correction using the LUT of the video card. As for the LUT monitor, the overwhelming majority of the models on the market do not support changes. Unfortunately, in this situation, negative aspects in the form of distortion of gradients cannot be avoided.

Configuring the monitor through the video card driver

Another opportunity to make changes to monitor settings is provided through the video card driver. But this path is only recommended for laptops. Since for them the use of hardware settings for the matrix is ​​not implemented, and only by software can you influence the color rendition. Let's analyze a few samples with setting edits using the NVIDIA driver.

We will use the Calibration Tester software tool, which will help to detect changes in the LUT of the video card that have arisen due to the correction of brightness, contrast and gamma. In the graph, the X-axis represents the hue parameters from 0 to 255, while the Y-axis data illustrates their brightness. Since the dependence is specified in linear format, it does not affect the output signal by default. But when making adjustments to the basic parameters, the image does not undergo significant changes. Moreover, the magnitude of the change exceeds similar steps performed in the monitor OSD.

An example of such unwanted distortions is the transformation of light halftones into completely white, while the black color is transformed into dark grayscale. If you reduce the contrast, the effect will be much the same, but here the white color will acquire a gray component. Your eyesight will probably thank you for reducing the load in this way, but you have to pay for it by cutting the range of colors, which fundamentally contradicts the idea of ​​accurate color reproduction.

Using someone else's profile in monitor setup

In any field of activity, there are people who seek to "cheat the system." Not without such attempts as regards the processes of setting up the monitor. One of the misconceptions in this direction concerns the use of color profiles that someone once created on another monitor of the same model. The temptation to use a ready-made solution from the outside is great enough. But, as a rule, the effectiveness of this step tends to zero.

Many people are convinced that absolutely every monitor needs to be set up. In many ways, this opinion was formed under pressure from companies and individuals providing paid services for calibration and profiling of monitors. Also, a significant contribution to the dominance of this point of view is made by those users who were helped by the setting to radically "change the picture" on their monitors. You can agree with these views or not, but if we talk about the recommendations of professionals in this area, they have a number of ideas about the need (or not) to work on setting up monitors.

Setting up your monitor for creativity

It is quite logical that the purchase of a monitor with a high-bit LUT, where there is direct access, implies the calibration for which these capabilities are implemented.

Don't rely on calibration if you're working with colors behind a TN + Film display. Better, nevertheless, to replace such a monitor with another with an IPS matrix, where the color rendition is stable over the entire screen area and does not depend on the working viewing angles. Calibration will also not solve problems with low stability, uneven backlighting in a white / dark field, Black-Crush, Glow, Cross-Hatching effects.

Reconfiguring Your Monitor

Over time, a monitor that once had good color reproduction may gradually deteriorate this important parameter. It is common, and if so, calibration can put things back on track. For maximum accuracy, it is recommended that you calibrate once a year or six months. Some purists insist on repeating this procedure every few days. However, this is overkill.

The effect of calibration can often be minimally noticeable. It manifests itself most vividly on monitors, which initially showed themselves poorly in accuracy testing based on the results of factory settings.

When monitor setup won't help

If your monitor has a wide color gamut, but for some reason you are not working with programs that support CMS, then calibration and profiling will not help you to solve the problem of obtaining accurate colors. Only if you switch to MacOS, where the CMS will function at the operating system level, which, unfortunately, has not yet been implemented in Windows. ()

If you get tired quickly, your eyes hurt, you cannot work at the monitor for a long time, and at the same time have already tried to lower the brightness and change the color temperature, then you should not count on the fact that calibration will save you from these problems.

Rely on the brand, but don't do it yourself.

Today, the monitor industry continues to advance towards improving product quality with an increasing focus on factory settings. However, it has not yet been possible to achieve any stable result suitable for each user. Therefore, customizing monitors does not lose its relevance these days. Your monitor can be made better, more comfortable and more accurate when it comes to some specific color solutions. You should not perceive the monitor as something finished - forever frozen in the final phase. All people are born different, feel and see the world in different ways. Adjusting the monitor to suit your tasks and preferences means making the world even more convenient and beautiful, because nowadays what you see on the screen is directly correlated with the surrounding space. The computer is part of life. And the desire to make existence more pleasant is a natural process. Customize your monitors and have fun!

Even the outstanding technical characteristics of a monitor do not guarantee that the image on the screen will be perfect. The quality of the picture depends on the setting of the display no less than on its electronic "filling".

Factory settings in most cases do not allow the monitor to reach its full potential. There are three reasons for this.

1. Saving... The cheaper the display, the less attention the manufacturer pays to customizing it. And even quite expensive models (10-15 thousand rubles) are often far from ideal.

2. Individual differences between displays of the same model... At the design stage, monitor components - matrix, backlight, control electronics - are matched to each other: backlight lamps are selected according to the radiation spectrum and transmittance of the matrix subpixels, the control electronics sets the shape of the gamma curves, etc. However, the parameters of the components of a single monitor always differ slightly from those specified in the specifications, as a result, the characteristics of the image also “float”.

3. Background lighting... The factory settings are focused on operating the display with a specific color and brightness of the background lighting. However, users have to work at the computer in the daytime, when sunlight prevents them from seeing at least something on the screen, then in the late evening, straining from the excessive brightness of the image. And the color of external lighting can change from bluish in fluorescent lamps to red in the "Ilyich lamp". As a result, the shades on the screen will also be perceived differently (the explanation is -
(see the phenomenon below).

Incorrect adjustment results in a "crooked" color reproduction. Most users don't notice how implausible the colors are on the screens they use every day. The human sensory system adapts to color distortions, and he eventually ceases to see them. But if you put a “lying” monitor next to another, high-quality and correctly configured, the difference in the image is shocking: you may unexpectedly see that the faces in the photographs have an unhealthy blue tint, the grass is acid green, etc. In addition, when processing photos on a monitor with incorrect color reproduction, the following unpleasant effect may occur: the user adjusts the colors in the photo, unknowingly compensating for the display flaws, and as a result, the image is correctly reproduced only on this device. For example, if the monitor displays a picture with a blue tint, the user will turn down the brightness of this color in Photoshop and the photo will be yellowish on other displays.

The second blow is taken by the perceived contrast: setting the electronics with incorrectly set gamma curves makes the image faded and faded, or, conversely, unnecessarily dark.

Fortunately, these shortcomings can be corrected. Most monitors allow wide adjustment of the image parameters, and even in cheap models, color rendition and contrast can be significantly improved. As for expensive displays, they can be adjusted with jewelry precision, which will allow them to be used even for professional work with color.

A well-tuned monitor is important not only for design, digital graphics and printing professionals. The pleasure of playing games or watching movies, as well as comfort when working with text and even the user's health depends on the correct setting. We owe chronic eye fatigue not only to constant sitting at the monitor, but also to poor image quality.

Preparatory actions

Before you start setting up your monitor, let it run for about 15-20 minutes. During this time, it will have time to warm up, the backlight lamps will enter normal operation. In addition, you should clean the screen from dust and touch marks. For this, use special wet wipes soaked in an alcohol-based composition. They do not leave streaks and not only remove dirt well, but also provide antistatic protection for a while, keeping the screen free from dust. It is helpful to read the manual that came with your monitor to understand the controls and available adjustments. Pay attention to the ability to move the menu from the center of the screen to its peripheral part - this may be needed when setting up.

V Display options Windows needs to set the correct values ​​for the basic image settings. In Vista, to access these options, right-click on Desktop, in the drop-down list, select "Personalization" and in the window that opens, click on the link "Display settings". In Windows XP, it is enough to select the "Properties" item in the same context menu.

1. Move the slider in the "Resolution" section, setting the value corresponding to the "native" display resolution (in most cases it is the maximum). Otherwise, the image will be very blurry.

2. In the "Color quality" menu, set the value to "Highest (32-bit)".

3. Click on the "Advanced" button and in the window that opens, go to the "Monitor" tab. Select the maximum value from the drop-down list.

4. Close all windows open in the previous steps by clicking on the "OK" button.

Adjusting the Monitor Using the OSD Menu

The easiest way to set up a monitor is to dig deeper into its on-screen menu. Unlike the "ancient" displays on cathode-ray tubes, the best models of which have a "spreading" set of options, modern LCD monitors have an order of magnitude fewer adjustments available to the user (first of all, the image geometry settings have disappeared). Three of them are found in the menu of the overwhelming majority of models and allow you to adjust the picture by eye, without using auxiliary "software" or additional hardware devices, although it is impossible to achieve a significant improvement in image quality in such a simple way.

1. Brightness ... This parameter sets the overall intensity of the image backlighting.

and equally affects both its darkest elements, up to black, and light ones, including pure white. Insufficient brightness makes the picture too dark, the difference between shades of similar intensity in the shadows becomes almost imperceptible (“shadows” and “lights” are terms from professional photography that denote dark and light areas of an image), they merge with black. And too much brightness on displays with low contrast accentuates the "unreliable" black color. By increasing the brightness using the menu, it is necessary to achieve optimal reproduction of black color on the screen, in which it remains quite thick, but shades close to it will be clearly visible. A photograph with a night scene taken with a flash is perfect for this purpose.

2. Contrast... This setting should not be confused with contrast as a characteristic of the display.

Editing the appropriate OSD option will not deepen the blacks on the screen, but will only change the shape of the gamma curves. If the contrast is too high, the picture looks too bright, "hits the eyes", which is especially noticeable when working with standard text (absolutely black letters on a bright white background). Because of this, the user gets tired quickly, general fatigue increases, and in the future, irreversible consequences for vision are possible. Therefore, in everyday work, not related to computer graphics, it is recommended to lower the contrast a little. The picture will not be as juicy as at the maximum value, but the load on vision will decrease. For viewing photographs and videos, amateur work with graphic programs and computer games, the contrast should be increased to the required one, focusing on high-quality reproduction of the lightest areas of the picture: if you “go over”, the details in the highlights will disappear.

In addition, the contrast can be adjusted to suit ambient lighting conditions, increasing during the day, especially in bright sunlight, and decreasing in the evening.

3. Colour temperature... This term familiar to amateur photographers will also be found in the monitor settings menu.

In this case, this parameter sets the ratio of the brightness of red, green and blue colors in the image displayed on the monitor. It is measured in degrees Kelvin and is called temperature because it corresponds to the spectrum of radiation of an absolutely black body heated to the appropriate temperature. The higher the color temperature, the colder (Perceptual Paradox) the tint of the image.

For a person, the colors of objects look the same regardless of lighting, although in fact they change significantly - this is clearly visible in photographs. When the lighting changes, the brain finds familiar objects in the environment and sets a "white balance" for them. In this case, the colors of objects in which he is less “confident” (including on the monitor screen) are adjusted accordingly. This phenomenon is easy to check at home: paper sheets look white under the light of an incandescent lamp, but the document field in Microsoft Word has a bluish tint (unless, of course, the color rendition is shifted towards warm tones; in addition, the strength of this effect depends on the size screen - the brain "trusts" the color of a large object more and begins to take it into account when adjusting its "white balance").

By adjusting the color temperature of the display, the user can adjust the tint of the picture to the spectrum of background lighting - then the difference in perception will disappear. LCD menus usually offer several fixed color temperatures for selection. Lower numbers give the image a warm pink tint, while higher values ​​make the gamut cooler, bluish. Standard color temperature values ​​correspond to several types of lighting: 2000K - a household incandescent lamp, 3000K - a daylight lamp with a "warm" phosphor, 4000K - a daylight lamp with a "cold" phosphor, 5500K - bright daylight, 6500K - daylight of medium brightness ( aka D65, is the standard value for most displays), from 7500K to 8100K - cloudy "weather" and 9300K - shadow. When changing the nature of the backlighting, you need to select the appropriate option on the display, but not all monitors have such a wide range of color temperature settings. In this regard, outdated CRT displays are more convenient: good models allow you to set any custom parameter value. On LCD monitors, this has to be done with separate sliders for red, green, and blue.

Only a color correction specialist can set the correct color temperature with their help.

Monitor software setting

The on-screen menu allows you to make only a rough adjustment of the display (although even such "file processing" in some cases will significantly increase the quality of the picture). You can more carefully adjust the image parameters using specialized programs. The principle of their operation is simple: specially selected images are displayed on the screen, and the user changes the parameters of the picture until it takes the form specified by the program instructions. The accuracy of display calibration using such applications is directly dependent on the visual acuity and meticulousness of the user.

In simple calibrator programs, adjustments are made using the monitor's on-screen menu. As a consequence, a quick change of settings is only possible if the monitor allows you to save user profiles. In addition, when the color intensity is changed using the OSD, the brightness is proportionally reduced in both light and dark areas. In this case, if the corresponding display gamma curve has dips or "humps", simple linear color compensation can only smooth them out, but not completely eliminate them.

More sophisticated utilities require the user to "feedback" in the form of a choice of certain items in test tasks, and "at the output" they record the so-called ICC profile of the monitor, which contains compensating gamma curves, which, when superimposed on the display curves, give uniform color rendition throughout brightness range (of course, with strong errors, but this option is still better than simple linear compensation).

Most utilities for subjective monitor calibration are universal and allow you to adjust all image parameters in one pass. However, we recommend using two different programs to adjust the display: one is more suitable for adjusting brightness and contrast, the other is better at correcting color reproduction.

Adjusting Brightness and Contrast Using EIZO MonitorTest

You can use the free EIZO MonitorTest utility to adjust the brightness and contrast of an image. The purpose of using this and similar programs is to set such values ​​of brightness and contrast so that brightness transitions are clearly distinguished in dark areas of illumination, but the black color remains deep enough. After downloading the archive with the utility to your hard drive, follow these steps.

1. Unpack the archive and run the file.exe In the welcome window of the program

press the forward button to go to the test pictures.2. At the bottom of the screen, an information banner of the program is displayed, indicating the serial number and purpose of the open test picture.

Of all the tests contained in the program, we need a variant numbered 14/24.

Press the forward button until you reach it. Have you missed it? It doesn't matter - go back by pressing the "back" button.

3. Call up the on-screen display menu of the monitor and, if possible, move it to the side so that it does not cover the scale located in the center of the test pattern,

which contains a "palette" of eight dark shades on a black background and eight light shades on a white background.

4. Set the contrast control in the monitor OSD to maximum and the brightness control to minimum.

5. Increase the brightness until you can see the background and all the dark rectangles at the top of the scale. Now gradually reduce the brightness until only the rectangles with numbers from 6 to 24 remain distinct, and the far left corresponding to the hue with an intensity of 1.2% merges with the black background.

Please be aware that if the brightness is set too high in the menu, the monitor will not be able to display blacks correctly, and too low brightness will result in loss of shades in dark portions of the image.

6. After adjusting the brightness, select a contrast suitable for the ambient light conditions. Decreasing it, stop at the value at which the large rectangles around the central scale will remain clear and will sharply differ from each other in intensity. You can control the display of the lightest shades close to white by the monitor using the lower half of the central scale. It's not scary if the rightmost rectangles with numbers 252 and 249 merge with the white background - this is how it should be with normal picture contrast.

7. To exit the program, double-click the "shutdown" icon on the test screen and in the splash window.

You will not need to change the brightness setting later on as your monitor has already been adjusted so that the dark tones are displayed correctly. You will have to use the contrast control in order to achieve a comfortable viewing of the image in accordance with the external lighting.

Adjusting the color rendering

To improve the fidelity of color reproduction on images reproduced by the monitor, you can use a small free program called Monitor Calibration Wizard. The utility supports gamma compensation and will save the monitor's ICC profile after passing all tests. To get a profile, follow these steps.

1. Run the installer of the program. If your computer is running Windows Vista, you need administrator rights to install the program. Right-click on the file name, select "Run as administrator" from the menu that opens and confirm the Windows security request.

2. After the installation window appears, click the Next button four times, wait until the files are copied and close the installation window by clicking the Finish and Ok buttons sequentially.

3. The Monitor Calibration Wizard will start automatically. Click the "Run Wizard" button in the program window, then "Start" to start setting up.

4. Before calibration, the utility will ask you to adjust the contrast and brightness of the monitor. She suggests to do this with the help of white and black rectangles in the window.

which is not very clear and convenient. If you have already adjusted the brightness and contrast using the EIZO MonitorTest, click “Continue”.
5. Now you have to take turns working with red, green and blue colors. The red setting window will appear first. The first thing to do is move the slider from left to right and make sure that the top square is subtly divided into bright and slightly darkened halves.

Achieve a similar result with the bottom square: moving the slider under it from right to left, divide it into black and slightly different dark red halves. With the help of these manipulations, the maximum and minimum levels of the intensity of the red color are set.

6. By alternately moving the sliders under the remaining seven targets to the left or right, try to achieve as close a match as possible between the reference (outer part of the square, made up of alternating color and black pixels) and the adjustable brightness of the central part of the square. To make this easier, we advise you to look at the adjustable target using your peripheral vision - focusing your gaze on the text above the target block or on the button below it.

7. Having dealt with all the target squares in this window, evaluate the results and, if necessary, try to make more precise settings (the program, alas, does not allow you to go back). Click on the "Continue" button. You will be taken to a similar window for setting green and then blue. Repeat the procedures in steps 5 and 6. When you finish adjusting the blue, click “Continue” again.

8. Graphs in the next window show compensating gamma curves before and after calibration. Rate the differences. To test the new settings in action, click on the "15 Second Test" button, and then "Ok". For the next 15 seconds, the picture on the monitor will be displayed using the created profile (we advise you to check the effect on a color photo by first opening it in the viewer).

9 The program recommends to check how the image brightness correction in combination with the ICC profile affects the image: move the Brightness slider and click on the “15 Second Test” and “Ok” buttons.

10 If you are satisfied with the calibration results, click on the "Apply" button.

The created color profile will be used in the system. Otherwise, you can click on "Cancel" to continue without installing a profile.

11 The program returns us to the original window. What for? First, it is worth saving the current (just created and activated) profile to a file - for this you need to type its name in the "Profile Name" field and click on the "Save" button. In addition, using the “Load Profile” section, you can load another profile and test it by clicking the “Test” button (selecting the default option allows you to return to the original system settings).

By checking the “Load at Windows Startup” checkbox, you will instruct the Monitor Calibration Wizard to load the profile every time Windows starts. The checkbox "Persistent profile, don't let the current profile change" ensures that the utility is loaded into the system tray and restores the effect of the color profile after some other program tries to cancel it (this is how games often do). The "Apply fix to override driver level color correction" option helps to cope with situations when color management for one reason or another is carried out not at the level of Windows profiles, but in the graphics card driver. However, you can check the box here only if it is really necessary, since enabling this mode will cause an increase in the load on the computer processor.

From settings screen resolution the clarity of text and images depends. Typically, the larger the diagonal of the monitor, the higher the screen resolution (DPI) it supports. However, the video adapter (video card) also affects the ability to increase the screen resolution.

As stated above, for more high screen resolutions details look sharper. This is especially noticeable on LCD monitors of stationary computers and laptops. On such monitors, the clearest picture is obtained when setting the so-called own or Native screen resolution... In this case, one pixel (point) on the screen corresponds to one physical pixel on the monitor.

With CRT monitors, the picture is somewhat different. There, the screen resolution is lower (often it is 1024 x 768 pixels) and the setting of the “non-native” screen resolution is not so noticeable due to the peculiarities of the image display technology.

Reference: The "native" screen resolution is always listed in the documentation for your display. Almost all modern monitors display a message indicating optimal ("native") settings in case the system is configured to output in a different mode. Also, sometimes the native resolution is indicated in the settings available through the monitor's OSD menu.

What is the actual situation with the image adjustment?

Beginning with Windows 7, the system immediately after the end of the installation itself tries to configure the most optimal screen parameters(screen resolution, refresh rate and color depth). These parameters can be very different, both for different types of monitors (LCD monitor or CRT display), and for different models of even the same screen manufacturer.

Install some additional drivers for video cards and especially monitors at the first stages (immediately after installing the operating system) it is not necessary. Unfortunately, this is not always the case.

There are times when automatic setting crashes. The OS runs with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 (and sometimes 800 x 600) pixels. In this case, you can try to configure all the parameters manually.

Manual Screen Resolution Adjustment

To change parameters displaying the image on the screen you need to do the following:

1. Press the button " Start", Select" Control Panel»;
2. Enter the section " Appearance and personalization"And select the command" Adjusting the screen resolution»;
3. In the first drop-down list next to the inscription “ Screen»The name and model of your monitor must be specified. If it says “ Generic PnP Monitor" or " Generic non-PnP monitor», Try to select your monitor from the drop-down list. If your monitor is not in the list, then the next steps are indicated below in the article;
4. Slightly lower in the window opposite the inscription “ Permission»Click on the drop-down list and use the slider to set the desired screen resolution. If there is no "native" screen resolution, then most likely you have incorrectly detected the monitor (see paragraph 3 above) or there are problems with the video adapter settings (for example, the drivers were not installed or were installed incorrectly);
5. After changing the screen resolution using the slider, you need to click the " Apply»;
6. After all, you need to click on the " Save"To confirm the selected new screen resolution or to the button" cancel changes”To return to the previous settings.

Reference: If you select a screen resolution that is not supported by your monitor, the screen may black out. In this case, you need to wait a few seconds, after which the original screen resolution will be restored.

Manual monitor adjustment did not help. What to do?

Usually you need to install drivers for the video card from the manufacturer... They can be found either on the disk, if there was one when buying a video card, or downloaded from the Internet. It is better to give preference to the site of the manufacturer of your video adapter. It is very easy to download some malicious program from other sites instead of a driver.

Install the driver, reboot. Nothing changed? Then we try to repeat all 6 points that were described above.

The video card drivers are installed, but the picture is not clear

If after all the manipulations nothing helped, then you, most likely, in the parameter “ Screen"Indicated" Generic monitor (non) PnP". The OS just doesn't know what resolution your display supports.

In this case, some computer forums and sites recommend trying to install a driver for the monitor. Maybe it helped someone. But more often than not, such drivers simply do not exist. Especially it concerns Windows 7 or newer Windows 8 or Windows 10- for these operating systems, monitor drivers are simply not needed (especially for older monitors).

Simple and quick solution to the problem of adjusting the screen

The fix is ​​almost always very, very simple. See:

1. Your video card most likely has two DVI outputs. Try plugging the cord into a different jack;
2. If the monitor is connected via a DVI-VGA adapter and step 1 did not help, try another adapter. It happens that "inadequate" adapters come across;
3. If items 1 and 2 did not help, it is worth checking or replacing the cord;
4. If possible, get rid of the DVI-VGA adapter altogether. Connect directly to the DVI or HDMI interface, if any on the video card and monitor;
5. There are even recommendations on the network to turn the cord (insert the connector from the monitor into the video card and vice versa). It didn't help me, but still maybe;
6. On the contrary, connect via an adapter DVI-VGA... I had a real case where the video card had 2 outputs - VGA and DVI. V Windows 10 the monitor was detected only after connecting the monitor through an adapter. Nothing else helped.

After completing each of these six points, you need to reboot and repeat the manual resolution setting again, if it did not happen automatically.

In 8 out of 10 cases, it is enough not to waste time fiddling with drivers immediately after installing the OS, but to make sure that the whole point is that the OS could not automatically determine the monitor model (installed " Generic PnP Monitor" or even " Generic non-PnP monitor») And complete the last 4 points.

The computer display is his face. In our time of 4K resolutions, it has become extremely important for the user to see a clear, beautiful picture in front of him. At the same time, however, many have to put up with not very high-quality images, not because the capabilities of the PC are limited, but because the display is not configured properly. In this article we will tell you how to customize the screen on Windows 7.

Adjusting the screen resolution

Screen resolution is perhaps the main characteristic that determines the picture quality that it can display. The higher the resolution, the clearer the image and the more visually pleasing it is for the user, and therefore adjusting the screen resolution is the most important point in answering the question of how to adjust the screen on Windows 7.

In order to adjust the screen resolution, you must:

4. Opposite the "Resolution" parameter in the drop-down list, set the maximum possible resolution.

5. Click OK.

6. Done! Your PC will now display the picture on the monitor at the best possible resolution.

The brightness of the screen is also an important point in its visualization, this parameter is especially important, for example, if the laptop owner has to work outside on a sunny day. Brightness can usually be adjusted using the hotkeys "Fn + left / right arrow", but if this combination does not work on your PC, adjust the brightness as follows:

2. Put in front of the word "View" the display type "Small icons", click on the link "Display".

4. Move the "Brightness" lever to the required position.

By default, all Windows PCs are installed with a small print, it ensures readability and at the same time all interface elements and desktop icons fit perfectly on the screen. However, if you see poorly, you can increase the font, while, however, the system will warn you that in this case, some elements may not fit on the screen.

However, to configure Windows 7 fonts, you need to:

2. Put in front of the word "View" the display type "Small icons", click on the link "Display".

3. In the right part of the window, set the point to the “Medium” or “Large” box - as desired, then click “Apply”.

You can also customize Windows 7 fonts using ClearType technology, although it is no longer responsible for the size, but for the quality of text display. The technology appeared at the time of the massive transition from CRT screens to LCDs. It was noticed that on the latter, large text looks angular, which leads to rapid eye fatigue, which is especially harmful if the user often works with text.

To customize ClearType, you must:

2. Put in front of the word "View" the display type "Small icons", click on the link "Display".

4. In the next window, check the box "Enable ClearType" and click "Next".

5. Now you will see the settings window, click "Next".

6. In the subsequent windows, you will need to select the version of the text on which the font reads best in your opinion several times and click "Next".

7. After completing the configuration, all that remains is to click on the "Finish" button.

Adjusting the display of colors

The optimal display of colors in Windows 7 is provided if the color depth of the display is 32 bits, sometimes the system defaults to a lower value. To fix this you need to:

2. Put in front of the word "View" the display type "Small icons", click on the link "Display".

4. Select the "Monitor" section, set the color rendering quality "True Color (32-bit)", click "OK".

Outcomes

Well, now you know how to customize your screen on Windows 7 and you can enjoy high definition, great brightness, readable fonts and realistic colors. We hope our instructions helped you!

The monitor does not always reproduce color perfectly. It doesn't matter if it's expensive or cheap. The monitor needs to be configured like other display devices. Regular adjustment consists from the standard settings for brightness, contrast, clarity, saturation, and so on. But there are also other parameters display, more subtle. If the computer is used for simple tasks in the office, then this is not necessary. But if you need to constantly work with graphics, then the color rendition must correspond to the source material. This is an important parameter and it is imperative to calibrate the display, in this case.

• You need to calibrate the monitor in 20 minutes after switching on, that is, after fully warming up.
• Before you start, you need to throw off all monitor parameters to those set at the factory. If such a function is not provided in the monitor, then the program will be required. wini2cddc... It is trial and 30 days. After a reset, it is not needed and is uninstalled.
• If there were parameters changed, then you need to re-calibrate;
• If any automatic adjusting the contrast and brightness should disable their;
• If there is no calibrator and an unsuccessful calibration occurred using the program, working with images, it is worth saving them originals.

Image quality settings and evaluation

If the display has a poor quality matrix, then it can often be mistakes when picking colors when committing processing pictures, photographs and layouts for printing, when creating sites and resources.

There is a special picture that makes it possible to assess the quality of the calibration. On both sides there are numbers from 1 to 5. So if the calibration is more or less successful, then it should be visible from three digits, and if perfect, then all five are above and below. If the settings bad then 1-2.

You need to remember how many numbers are visible and adjust until there is an average or high level. You can also open a picture and adjust according to it.

To clearly see the image, first it is good wipe the screen itself, so that nothing interferes and does not spoil the picture, and then adjust it.

Adjusting brightness and contrast

Brightness it is also adjusted according to a special picture. On it you need to make sure that the colors of the suit and shirt, which are black, did not merge... That is, it was possible to distinguish where the jacket is and where the shirt is. And also in the background there is a cross, it should be clearly visible.

Fine tuning contrast makes it so that there are noticeable light colors, and also their details are distinguishable.

There are folds and buttons in the image, so you need to choose the calibration so that you can clearly see them. It is better to set this parameter to zero position and then little by little to raise... If they start to disappear, then you need subtract.

Gamma and Grayscale Adjustment

Gamma is an important parameter. However, not every monitor allows you to configure it properly. But you need to try to bring it to ideal, that is, as best as possible. If she is set up qualitatively, dark and light spots will not be visible in the center of the image.

Correct gray calibration colors will remove those shades which make the display worse. Regulated three colors: red, blue and green. If the calibration is perfect, then there should be no third-party colors in the picture, only perfect grey colour.

Configuration programs

There are many different applications for this, from the simplest to the most complex, with subtle calibration capabilities:

• Atrise Software LUTCurve- the best utility with a lot of settings.
• Eberhard werle quickgamma- this program allows you to correct colors and gamma.
• TFT Test 1.52- this program contains 12 pictures for setting up and comparing displays.