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Homemade Monitor Hood Homemade Monitor Hood
Homemade Monitor Hood

Just what I needed. Although I can buy a sturdy monitor hood on the internet for 30 bucks, I had an extra 30x40 matting board and some wide packing tape lying around. I used to work in the dark to keep the colors fairly consistent but it limits on what I can do (and it makes me sleepy). I can't keep the lights off all the time (especially if Tina's home) and comparing a print against the monitor is just impossible. A monitor hood is a good compromise. It's not perfect but it does reduce glare significantly and maintains contrast. Of course, I use a Pantone Huey to calibrate my monitor first. As shown in this photo, The room is lit by fluorescent light with a diffuser but the monitor color is unaffected. No glare at all! I guess the camera's white balance preferred the monitor, giving the surrounding a yellow tint.

Taken on: March 16, 2007
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