Damien Symonds

Ok. You might need to do this: http://www.damiensymonds.net/2013/10/how-to-properly-re-install-spyder.html Then follow my directions here: http://www.damiensymonds.net/cal_S4P_pc.html

More information ... which Spyder4?

It's not complicated. Which calibrator do you have?

Because, it seems, the monitor profile must be screwy? Only the Adobe programs utilise the monitor profile, you see - Windows itself does not.

If that's the case, then something has gone badly wrong with your calibration. This is not an Adobe problem. How long since you last calibrated?

No, this is perfectly fine. The Photoshop histogram has always behaved differently from the ACR one. You never need the Photoshop one. Close that window and never bother with it again.

Yeah, I think so.

Before the part where it ran through all the colours, it should have done the brightness thing. Did it? I need to know that reading.

But you saw it in my instructions, yes?

Remember the brightness stage of the calibration process? The screen would have looked something like this: http://www.damiensymonds.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/23s5p14.gif Or this stage a little later: http://www.damiensymonds.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/29s5p16.gif Can you remember what your brightness reading was?

Oh, so the prints ARE darker than the screen?

In the prints, do you mean?

You didn't mention a problem with brightness. Only that your prints looked yellow? That's a colour problem, not a brightness problem.

And you're SURE it's not yellow light?

Ok, have you read this?

Ok, great! Now turn the lights back on, and move on to the print comparison step.

What's wrong with your screenshot? All you need to do is hit the PrtScrn button, then go to Photoshop and make a new blank file, and Ctrl V to paste the screenshot into the blank file, then save it as a jpeg and upload it.

Yes, follow my instructions exactly.

Don't you have a PrtScrn button on your keyboard like the rest of us?

Yes, you have both Brightness and Kelvin controls.

Lol, that's crummy, isn't it? Did you see this? Also this.

Can you show me a screenshot of that screen?

Keep going.

Don't worry about that, that's what the calibration is for. As long as the brightness is roughly in the ballpark, you can continue following the instructions.

Yeah, no. It has to go in the specific profiles folder that exists for this purpose. Read the instructions again, it will tell you where.