Jaimie.taylor10

yeah... i know that. i just thought it was interesting that it matches the prints exactly, but my computer doesn't. 

Hey Damien!

So after all of that, the photos now are more red/magenta and warmer in person than on my monitor. My iPhone matches my prints almost exactly, but my computer is now almost too dull...

Any ideas? If I have to just live with it, that's ok. I can adjust my expectations... but if I can get them to match, that would be amazing!

Sounds good! Thanks for all the help tonight! Talk to you when it's brighter out! 

Hooray and not hooray! Now my stuff looks like crap! LOL.

I'm worried I may have gone TOO far... it's almost like the monitor is looking TOO dull compared to my prints which are now looking a little more magenta than the monitor! (This is such a pain!)

is there like a setting in between Native and D65? 

Hey again! So I went back to take a picture of my screen to show you the difference between that and the dropbox link I sent you... but there wasn't really a difference anymore... then I looked at my other photos I've edited and they looked much more grey and dull (like they keep looking when I print them or view them from my phone)! So... sadly but thankfully, I think somehow the calibration did work but maybe it just didn't change immediately or something? But it seems to have worked now.

Then again, it's 10:30pm here right now, so I'm viewing my screen in the complete dark... if it didn't fix the problem when I look in the morning, I will be back here to keep asking questions! 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oatle12eqenzx2j/IMG_2761-Edit.jpg?dl=0

let me know if that link works. I don't have any to show posted to FB or anything because it makes them look so bad and grey. If I want to post, I have to make them almost RED on my computer for them to look kind of normal skin color (not greenish grey) when I post anywhere. I will take a picture of what this same photo looks like on my computer 

Yep! I followed them exactly. I ended up thinking maybe my monitor display was too warm and made a profile of 90_d65 and that didn't help. It actually didn't seem to really make any difference... 

i guess I could try the ambient light checkbox this time? It's just that nothing I change makes a noticeable difference...

Hey! 

Thanks for responding! 

Unfortunately it looks just as bad comparing in PS. I have the x-rite colormonkey display

Hi Damien! I am trying to calibrate a laptop (I know, I know... but it's all I have an all I can afford right now)... it's a MacBook Air from I think maybe 2012?

anyway, I am trying to calibrate and when I compare my test prints to my screen, the screen is MUCH pinker than my prints. I would assume it's a problem with my laptop, but my iMac desktop (that is now so old I don't use it anymore) had this exact same problem. For example, I can edit, but when I post to social media and look at it from my phone or when I make prints through ProDPI, my skin tones consistently look darker and greyer than they did on my computer. Here's an example.

Thanks, Damien. I haven't gotten test prints yet. Should I change the Gamma and the Temperature first before I order them, or should I just order them now and change/calibrate after I get them back? I know you need test prints to calibrate, but since it specifically says which temp and gamma is needed, I thought maybe I should just change that first? 

Got a new computer and switched labs, so it's time for me to calibrate again! bleh! 

When I go to PRODPI's website, it has this information about calibrating the screen. Should I input those values or should I just calibrate based off of the test prints? Or both somehow? I've never seen something like this before.

I apologize if this has already been asked. I searched and didn't see it... but I may have completely missed it.

Thanks!

Ok. When I am calibrating with the ColorMunki, I get to the brightness step, and I have to turn the brightness all the way up on my screen to get the yellow into the green. I've done this 6 times now. The room is very dim.

When I compare my test prints, though, the only way I can get it CLOSE to the prints is to turn the brightness all the way down. 

I have calibrated with Native, 90, and now I am on 80... And each time I have to turn he brightness all the way up to match the target but all the way down to match my prints. 

Am I doing something wrong? 

Perfect! Thank you!!

Nope! But that's how I have always edited... With the brightness up all the way. ? 

I'm sure you said this somewhere... But I can't find it. When I edit now, after I have compared my prints and they match (hopefully) and everything, can I edit in dim light, or do I need to edit in the same light I used to check my prints to the screen? 

Well... I turned all the lights on and calibrated the brightness, then I turned them all back off and calibrated the brightness, and it didn't seem to matter... I had to put my screen up to its maximum brightness in order to have the yellow line close (and it is actually a tiny bit below the green line). Could it be because I have an old/ancient iMac? It's 8 years old at this point... Maybe the display is failing or something? 

I read the instructions about buying lights that were around 4000k, so I did. Now I am working to calibrate my computer, but the directions on your site say to "turn off the lights or pull the blinds, or whatever." Am I misunderstanding? Should I be calibrating in the dark? 

Soooo... I did turn off all the lights, and now when I adjust the brightness to get the yellow line into the green area, my screen has to be at maximum brightness to get the yellow line close to the green area. 

What am I misunderstanding here?