Is your screen calibrated?

If you read this page you probably don't see 11 shades of black to white above.

This mean that you wont see my pictures as its supposed to be.
To better understand what a calibrated screen is we can start with a television! If you visit a electronics store with rows of televisions of the same brand or size, every picture will look different. That's because we cant make 2 televisions or monitors that will show exactly the same colorcast and so on.

Well then I don't need to read any further you say, But there is a way!
When you calibrate you make a special file for your graphics card. This file will read the values of for example a picture, it read its color numbers and more. Then it will correct this numbers and show them correct for YOUR screen.
This way everyone with a calibrated screen see everything on the correct way.
This is a very short explanation! Its more to read for those interested in books and on internet.

There are 3 ways to calibrate.

1. The cheap way. You go to this address:
http://www.photofriday.com/calibrate.php
Then you follow the instructions and you at least will see black and white correct... Hopefully! This way you don't get a correction file!!!!!
Its very simple but still effective.

2. You get a software like adobe gamma.
Then you follow the instructions and after 10 minutes you have a screen calibrated for YOUR eyes, this way is better because you get a correction file, but still not perfect.

3. You buy a calibration hardware like Colorvisions spyder.
This you attach to your screen and start a software. The spider will measure your screen and output a file that correct your graphic cards projection. This way is the best but the most expensive.

If you would like to read more about calibration you can visit this page:
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/colorcalibration/a/cal_monitor.htm