Comments on: Glossy or Matte?

By: rmaspero

rmaspero — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:59:13 +0000

thanks for the advice i still can’t decided because i will be witting papers and photo editing umm

By: Olivier

Olivier — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:25:40 +0000

your question is exactly the same for photos. Glossy or matte paper ! And the difference is done by the “qualification” of the user :

Amateur photograph will prefer matte paper as the colour is not the most important thing, but what is represented.

Professionnal photograph take care of the content and the colour.

I think you should consider one more thing in your reflection : the use of you laptop.

- if you use your laptop primarily for displaying photos, then you should consider a glossy display. For you, correct colours and brightness are as important as the subject.

- if you use laptop to write papers, documents, etc… you should consider a matte display. Fonts are always small enough to be difficult to read. With a glossy display, a lot of reflection will be added, and you’ll have even more difficulties to read the text.

By: rmaspero

rmaspero — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:00:22 +0000

yer but the glossy look so good

By: KingJacob

KingJacob — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:10:58 +0000

I actually didnt even know computers much less pros came in glossy or matte, I thought that was a strictly photo paper thing.

By: Chris Leigh

Chris Leigh — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:40:04 +0000

I think you will get lots of reflections from a glossy screen leading to eye strain