Damien Symonds

Darn it

Google will tell you. It's something to do with holding down Ctrl Alt Shift as you launch PS.

Yep, good. Ok, the next step is to reset Photoshop's preferences.

Which one does your print match?

No, I think it sounds like it could be the calibrator, if the problem is common between two unrelated computers.

That certainly does sound similar to the original problem you described?

Yes, that's all it requires. However, to be very thorough, it mightn't be a bad idea to do this first.

Terrific. We need to try to eliminate "faulty calibrator" from our list of possibilities. Do you have any other computers (preferably desktop ones) in the house you can try calibrating?

In your Display Control Panel, do you have the desktop screen set to "Extend"? I just need to check you don't have it on "Duplicate" because that never works for calibration.

Oh, right, I understand. How's your calibration of the laptop screen? Has it always worked ok?

You mentioned it's a new screen. Is it also a new computer? Or did you get this screen to replace a previous screen on your existing computer?

You're referring to the lady, I assume? She looks great to me, nothing to worry about. However, it's not my thoughts, or yours or anyone else's, that matter, is it? She's likely to be the harshest critic of her own appearance. So yes, maybe you should do a tiny bit of liquify on each one.

No worries, I'm going out for a ride with mine. Back later.

Gee, interesting. I think your next step has to be recalibration of the external screen. It might even be worth doing this first.

Right, so what about on the laptop screen? Same thing?

Darn it. You're a troublemaker, Jess. Do you have an external monitor attached, or is it just your laptop screen?

Interesting, so Photoshop is the odd one out, eh? Have you checked Photoshop's Color Settings (in the Edit menu) to make sure they're still on "North America General Purpose 2" the way they should be?

In your title you said Bridge, but in your screenshot it's ACR. How does Bridge compare?

Great! Then what I think doesn't matter. As you were.

How did you go?

Gee, I think they pop plenty. I mean, they are the first part of the photo I see, my eye goes right to them. PLEASE don't wait too long to take The Raw Class.

Hi WGP, can you post here?

That's a really good selection of photos for calibration verification, well chosen. So they match (except for the red stripes). And do you like how they look? (This question is not relevant to calibration, by the way, I'm just interested.)

Great, may I see all four?

No, that's the photo you're working on now. I want the ones you've already printed - the ones you're comparing to verify your calibration. Jpeg files will do - they don't even need to be very big, you can reduce them in size.