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I've been slowly setting up another computer and got the ethernet wired to it now. So decided to check out Michelle's wonderful B&W factory posts. On the new computer monitor, (which has not been calibrated yet!!!), they looked like s___. Washed out. No detail in the highlights. Returning to my usual monitor, (which has been calibrated), the images look wonderful! Sparkling highlights. Sharp detail everywhere. Rich blacks. [What we have come to expect from 'Chelle :-) ] In general, stuff does not look STRANGE on an uncalibrated monitor, just not as good. I'm sure if I was an average consumer I would not even imagine things like calibration. But it makes an incredible difference. Had I been an average consumer, with a factory-set monitor, I would have missed enjoying Michelle's images. So the question is: since many of us use the web and computer screens as our primary means of displaying our work, we can adjust our monitors, but what can we do about everyone else's? I think I remember reading somewhere about embedding ICC profiles in jpegs. I think the intent here was to address this situation. But I don't quite understand how it is supposed to work. It seems that everything eventually comes down to how the end viewer has twiddled the knobs on their own particular machine?