Larese

You are just a world of knowledge! Thank you @Damien Symonds!

yeah thank you! That will be Hubby's job for the evening! Thank you for your input and time! 

Nope sadly no other room. 

definitely the light source. Checked prints in different lighting and much better. 

yes - but I got some blinds and dark block out curtains? 

21 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

And you're DEAD sure it's not the fault of your room light?

Thinking I need to get a lamp/different light source. As I can't do much in here (rental), we got a 4000k bulb from Bunnings yesterday and it still seems pretty warm in here. 

2 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

Yes, that's your next option.  Fiddle with those sliders to get a match if you can, then calibrate again at the "Do not adjust" setting.

will then opt for this. 

and if all else fails! Chucking this freaking monitor out the window! 

8 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

Hang on ... I just realised you posted on the wrong instructions.  Have you been FOLLOWING the wrong instructions????

You're supposed to be following these instructions: https://www.damiensymonds.net/cal_S5X_pc.html

Yeah sorry - after numerous attempts to get it correct I searched in the forum for other solutions and ended up here and posted here. But I have been following the other instructions

yep tried the warm setting. Still red on the prints and not on the screen. 

4 - but can give it another go.

2 hours ago, Damien Symonds said:

So your screen is too cool, @Larese?

Yep

Hi @Damien Symonds, I have now recalibrated twice. but my prints tend to be more with a red tint than what's on the screen? Any ideas on getting it correct? (I moved print labs, so got new prints).

I have a Spider X Pro. I have followed your advice regarding the calibration- I have a 4000k bulb in the room etc. 
My brightness is very much higher than yours as per the spyder it says 120 is my target - I move it down to 100 though. 
I do have this colour option - it's just been set on native this entire time. But wondering if I should maybe jiggle the custom RGB sliders? 

THANK YOU! 

HI!

Not sure if this is the correct place to ask? I am starting up with In Person Sales and looking at software where the clients can view their artwork on their walls before ordering their prints/frames. 

I have been looking at a few YouTube videos and it seems like it's possible to make a mockup in photoshop using their supplied room photo. But it also seems that you would need to create everything (sizes etc) from scratch every time? 

Other software like Fundy/Proselect offers this all to you - but eeek it's just another subscription to the endless list. Would love to hear your opinions on if this is something that's doable in PS (and how big of a learning curve it would be) or if I need to suck it up and just get one of the programs that offers it all.   

Thank you 

1 minute ago, Damien Symonds said:

I don't know about that; but you should definitely get some test prints from another lab.

thank you! Will do. 

6 hours ago, Damien Symonds said:

Which lab are the prints from?

Atkins? A few people indicated that I should phone them - so will do that on Tuesday. 

On 7/14/2020 at 9:26 AM, Damien Symonds said:

Adjust brightness to match prints

Compare your prints to your screen, and adjust the screen’s brightness to get an acceptable match. Remember, don’t hold the print close to the screen – it must be out to the side, so you have to turn your head to compare.

Please don’t agonise over this brightness step. Near enough is good enough.

If you’ve never adjusted the brightness of your screen before, it’s likely to seem horribly dim to you at first. Don’t worry, you’ll be used to it in no time at all, and you’ll wonder how you ever tolerated it so bright before.

Hi Damien. Me still. We are now reading every single step 1000% and just for clarification - At this step - the brightness we sort of get to an acceptable level but my test print is more yellow at this stage than what's showing up on the screen? We have tried looking at them with the laptop/prints in all kinds of light. the result is the same. 

Completely understand it. Would really like it to be as close to perfect as possible for the clients as for myself.

Bulb no don't...it's a weird fixture (we tried to change it yesterday) and I am sure the rental agency won't change a 'working light'. Only other option is moving into another room/storage space-ish with no windows but it definitely has a better/whiter light that will be constant (probably answered my own question there...)   

Blinds open, day time. Looks better. still doesn't match the print/screen though. So print is now "colder but still a bit dull" but not the warm/bright/vibrant I am after on the screen?  

(sorry I know I am sounding crazy with the yellow/warm/tones - confusing myself at the moment etc.) 

Sorry! It's yellow probably not bad. but not great. But it is what it is. 

My print photo however is dull/not as bright as my screen. (example guy is wearing a white shirt on the screen/real life. But on the print it looks a shade of tan/cream.)

In this photo it's on the small screen. It's also how the room looks pretty much when I edit maybe a bit darker as it usually happens at night. So very yellow? Blinds drawn, light on behind me in the ceiling (I can't do much for the lighting - rental house😕 unless I get a big lamp?). I prefer how it looks on the screen - but have literally no idea how to get there in the print. The iphone pic also doesn't help my case as it looks a little bit better in real life - not so yellow. 

The brightness on the small screen is 79 ish. I can lower it even more? 

Thank you for all your input and help!!!

Sorry that was just a quick click on picture - clearly not smart. Usually in lightroom - moving awy from that now to Bridge/photoshop? Or is there a different way? 

Here's a photo in Photoshop view? 

Whooooohooo! Thank goodness something is working after all the it dramas 😅

I calibrated them both - it seems like the smaller one is a little bit better? not a lot. But they both seem much brighter/yellower and (what I want) than the actual print🥴 (Sorry for the phone pic - don't know if that helps me)

56 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

Do you have both of these monitors?

Scared to say ...but yes? 

31 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

The links aren't working for me, sorry.

https://www.harveynorman.com.au/hp-27-inch-m27fw-fhd-monitor.html?CAWELAID=720013240000568280&gclid=CjwKCAjwu_mSBhAYEiwA5BBmf38w5AHlGp9WPafQlrxB1HaiRYWXegfGwzBwUrsIObAPLy8szCNQ9RoCl8sQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

https://www.harveynorman.com.au/hp-23-8-inch-m24fw-fhd-monitor.html

These maybe? 

On 7/14/2020 at 9:48 AM, Damien Symonds said:

< Go back to the previous step    << Go back to the beginning

Display Technology

This step is really important, so read the info and make your decision wisely.  I would say that the majority of screens out there in the world are “Standard LED”, but yours might be different.

If you need help in deciding what technology your screen has, please comment below and I'll try to help out.

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Hi Damien - Not sure if this might be where we are getting stuck? I selected Standard LED? https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c07019059
and https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c07931259