Damien Symonds

@Aubrey, did you find a screen to plug in to your laptop?

Do you understand what I'm getting at? If you plug in a screen and get a good calibration, then you know your calibrator is ok, and you can get on with your editing. If you plug in a screen and calibrate it and you get the same problems, then it might mean that your laptop screen is ok after all, and it's the Spyder that's faulty.

Of course use the laptop. With a screen plugged into it. And see if you get a better calibration result.

In that case you need to plug an external monitor into your laptop and calibrate that.

https://www.damiensymonds.net/premiercolor

Yes, I would describe it as "nearly brown" on my screen. So even though I stand by my distaste for Millers and Mpix labs, your screen is certainly the problem here.

Remind me what screen you have, and which calibrator?

Yes, Millers. Gotta get some test prints from a good lab.

@Aubrey, how did the recalibration go?

Great.

https://www.damiensymonds.net/thread1.html

Oh, ok. Then let's do the opposite. Can you choose a photo of your own with a shadowed out-of-focus background, and preferably (though not critically) dead brown grass?

Thanks. Now can you find a link to an example photo that is of a similar nature to yours? That is, green grass instead of dead grass; and sun striking the background trees. Also, the background will need to be much more in focus.

Well yes, it's a worry. 70% is worse than most laptops.

I'm all about buying screens second hand. I think it's the only way to go. I'm presently rocking a second-hand Dell Ultrasharp (though smaller than yours) and it's awesome. I think you should borrow a friend's screen for a day and calibrate it, and see if you have the same problems. (Doesn't matter if it's not a proper editing screen, any screen will do). It would be very useful to know if the problem is your calibrator, you know?

How is your screen connected to your computer? What kind of cable?

Yes, by all means give it a shot. But it's a heck of a fiddly and frustrating process, so brace yourself. It certainly shouldn't need to happen. But in desperation, yes, you can try it.

Oh, any pastel-ish wall colour is fine. As long as it's nothing garish that throws cast around. I know it's a hassle for a desktop computer, but have you tried setting it up in any other rooms, that might be better lit, to see what you see?

Been shooting anything new to show me, @rswannabe?

Excellent. Then yes, save yourself the monthly payments. Stick to your CS6 and let me teach you how to rock it.

Hi @BettinaJay, have you done some editing in CS6 to make sure it's still running fine?

@yvonne please don't wait any longer to dive into your class!

Hooray!

*twitching nervously*

Your prints aren't too dark. Your prints are what they are. The job of monitor calibration is to make the screen match the prints. No chance at all, I promise.