I am really enjoting reading this thread. Ive learned so much since finding this community. The unfortunate, and perhaps serendipitous at times, thing for me is that Im color blind. I can see the blatent anomalies, but the subtle nuances y’all mention often, I just cant see. My one question is, Isnt it hard for all of us around the world to be completely unbiased seeing as that each of our monitors vary in quality and calibration?
Unless you’re looking at an image in a well-lit room with a properly calibrated screen, the colors will be distorted. I have a dual screen setup, and images that appear saturated and subtle on my calibrated monitor appear blue shifted and washed out on my laptop monitor. That said, I don’t think someone should discount another person’s opinions even when they’re viewing images on an uncalibrated monitor, since a certain number of people will view the final product on less than ideal equipment. A good rule of thumb is to test images on many diverse monitors and TVs to make sure that most of them at least look decent, while making your final determination with properly calibrated equipment.