Damien Symonds

@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.

Gosh yes, good choice. The Dell Ultrasharps are great. I'm running one myself.

I've just been browsing gumtree in your area. There are some excellent IPS screens for sale.

Then it's time for a new screen. Let's not waste any more time on this. However, when I say "new" I don't actually mean new. https://www.facebook.com/groups/195567190503489/permalink/2659777307415786/

On both computers?

Yeah, that's bad. Let's try to fix that.

Ohhhhh ....

I'm not sure if you know what a drop shadow is? Can you see the light soft shadow at the bottom and right-hand sides of this?

I can't see it at all, sorry.

Oh, I forgot to ask, what kind of cable is connecting your monitor to your computer?

I think I'm wrong about this. You can't turn off a graphics card altogether, it seems. We just need to make it run in basic mode.

I don't either, sorry

Pure coincidence. Put it out of your mind. Gonna have to turn off the graphics card.

I guess so

It really sounds like graphics card interference in your new computer, doesn't it? I can't think of any other explanation. Maybe see if it's possible to temporarily turn off the graphics card?

Yeah, that was bad advice Which Spyder was it?

And that always worked in the past, I assume? Oh, no, wait, you said you used a different calibrator on the old computer?

Ok, that's good at least. What have you chosen here? https://www.damiensymonds.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/07i1dppc02.gif

Yes, I assume that too. Let's hope it doesn't come to that. So are the colours ok? Is the only problem the blacks?

Not much of a range, is it? Got any prints with trees and sky in them?

No, the actual files please. Upload the print jpegs here.

Can you post the files of all the photos you're comparing?