{"id":57854,"date":"2020-12-17T03:15:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T03:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icolorist.com\/?p=57854"},"modified":"2021-03-03T00:40:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T00:40:52","slug":"monitor-calibration-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icolorist.com\/monitor-calibration-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitor Calibration Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Calibration Check List from Professional Video Alliance<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Evaluation of Room, Setup of Gear \u2014 Optimal resolutions and connections<\/li>\n
  2. Pre Calibration Report \u2014 Gray Scale tracking, Gamma, CMS, Color Checker, Document initial settings.<\/li>\n
  3. Consider Mode Preset, Auto controls, Enhancement Controls.<\/li>\n
  4. Set Black level control (Brightness).<\/li>\n
  5. Set White level control (Contrast \/ Picture)<\/li>\n
  6. Set the White Balance Preset.<\/li>\n
  7. Repeat Black level and White level adjustments as necessary<\/li>\n
  8. Adjust the adjust the bright \/ white side of the gray scale to < 2 Delta E (80 % stimulus)<\/li>\n
  9. Adjust the dark side of the gray scale to < 2 Delta E (20 % stimulus)<\/li>\n
  10. Repeat white and black white balance adjustments as necessary. Recheck \/ verify Black level and White level. Consider the entire 0-100 % gray scale range for > 2 Delta E errors<\/li>\n
  11. Consider Gamma (EOTF) \u2014 Presets and Pictures Modes \u2014 consider 10-20 points of adjustment if available.<\/li>\n
  12. Select Color Space Preset for targeted Color Space.<\/li>\n
  13. Adjust Color and Tint. Consider setting Color by measuring Red Luminance as a percentage of White.<\/li>\n
  14. Consider CMS or CCA. If adjusting CMS start with Color and Tint at center position.<\/li>\n
  15. Ensure 1:1 Pixel Mapping then adjust Sharpness<\/li>\n
  16. Post Calibration Report Summary. Gray Scale Tracking, Gamma, CMS, Color Checker. Where do you submit reports for PVA Certification? Submit to Professional Video Alliance<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n
  17. ALWAYS LOOK \/ VERIFY WITH REFERENCE SOURCE MATERIAL<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Copyright 2019 \u2014 Professional Video Alliance LLC<\/a>. Republished with permission 17 Dec 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Download this checklist as a pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A downloadable 17-step monitor calibration checklist from Professional Video Alliance for setting up your display for color grading, editing, or other post-production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":17333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[19,637,41,450,76,451],"class_list":["post-57854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-calibration","tag-colorist","tag-displays","tag-english","tag-monitoring","tag-technology","category-2","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icolorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icolorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icolorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icolorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icolorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57854"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/icolorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58256,"href":"https:\/\/icolorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57854\/revisions\/58256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icolorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icolorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icolorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icolorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}