Jackie Matthews

Samantha, you're a star. Worked through the other options and I'm now full resolution on the monitor. Just awaiting confirmation from Damien on the image I processed from it earlier and I'll be up and running. Thank you

I've plugged the monitor into the laptop. There are lots of settings to choose from but I have currently chosen to clone the screens (so they both show exactly the same thing). The laptop display is as it always has been with the correct resolution and pictures etc fill the screen. But with the monitor, as you can see, the screen is not full of the picture but as it is at the moment it at least has a correct resolution for it's size. If I change the settings to have the monitor screen full with the picture the resolution is poor and I can see no way to change that. Does my laptop need to upscale it somehow? It's a very old monitor (although I have just seen that it has a wide gamut - which I'm wondering - is that going to give me issues as my laptop isn't wide gamut?). There is no way on this screen to connect using hdmi, its the older type (sorry, don't know what it's called but it has lots of pins in). I have managed to calibrate the screen, albeit it looks totally different from my laptop. If I could connect using hdmi would that make a difference? It's not too much of an issue as the screen works fine other than that, I'd just like to use the whole of it if I can

I've just attached an external monitor to my laptop to alleviate problems associated with editing on a laptop. I have two questions: how do I get the optimal size and screen resolution from the monitor? I can either have it so that it's the whole size but poor resolution or if I want full resolution I need to have it displaying in the centre of the screen but then it's only covering about 75% of the screen second, the monitor needs calibrating. I'm assuming if I run the programme and put the calibrator on the external monitor that will work? Thanks

Perfect, thank you OK thank you

I do have a quite decent screen I could use attached to my laptop, maybe I'll see if I can connect the two somehow. Thanks for the reply though. I don's suppose you know the optimal angle that laptop screens work at do you? Or where in all the bumpf of info the manufacturer supplies where I might find such an answer? I guess if I keep the screen at a consistently correct level that would be an option (although seeing as I've been given the opportunity to have a new laptop I may just take it :-)

If you use a desktop screen though and have it angled differently isn't that the same as angling a laptop screen or are they made differently? So if I was to replace my laptop with 'any' laptop, this would be a good choice?

Hi there There's a possibility that I may be in the lucky position to upgrade my laptop soon. I've always wanted an imac. Why? Probably because so many people rave about them and for no other reason. I have an ipad and an iphone and I love the clarity that the screen gives. I have never used an imac before so this makes me unsure - I'm just getting to grips with everything photography, I don't want to learn a new way of using a computer too. I've just read another thread about pc recommendations and I see that you have suggested the ASUS as above. The ips screen feature - does this mean that the screen can be tilted to any angle and it will give consistent viewing results? I know on my current laptop that if I have it tilted away from me while editing everything looks dark and saturated and when I view it on my ipad it's invariably less saturated and dull. I know it's not recommended to edit on a laptop but that's what I use so if this is what this ips feature offers then I'm going to look into getting one of those Thank you

OK, just doing that now

This is kind of camera based possibly more than editing but what is the best way to capture/edit swans? Their whiteness kills! I've seen some say underexpose, some say expose to the right to capture highlight details. All that said, how is it best to bring out the detail of the feathers editing wise when I know the details are there?

Perfect, thank you. Is there any way of doing this kind of thing using the dropper tool and sampling the colours in both?

The one on the top is the colour I'd like the water to be in the one on the bottom (with the solitary grass) please

I've got two pictures of a similar view and I want the colour of the water to be the same in both, how do I do this please?