MarySmith Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Hi Damien! So I just switched to a new print lab. It is a local lab at a camera store. I went and picked up some prints from them today and decided I was way over do to re-calibrate. So I went through your instructions. My on screen display options were warm, medium, cool and a custom option. The custom option gave me the closest match to 6500 K so I went with that. Well once I finished the process, I compared my prints and they were darker/duller then the screen. It wasn't I guess a drastic difference but enough that I noticed. So I continued to read on and noticed you said to go for a lower white luminance target. So I tried 90, still wasn't quite there matching the print, well I thought I would try 80. I measured 87 (as I couldn't go any lower my brightness was at 0) and I achieved 81. I still feel that my prints are darker/duller but I am unsure where to go from here. My achieved white point was at 6663 K Thanks, Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 https://www.damiensymonds.net/desktop-monitor-brightness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarySmith Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 That is quite helpful. I couldn't believe how bright these things were. I calibrated with the room lights on. My RGB settings were at 50, I didn't mess with those. Should I take them lower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Well, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarySmith Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Alright well I took them to 25 and then down to 0. I feel it is better. I might print a few more as I only have 2 and see how those look. It felt wrong to take those down to 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarySmith Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 My screen seems so dark but I will give it a day or 2 like you mentioned in that link and may get use to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Yes, that was my next suggestion too. Get a handful more prints done, and see how they compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarySmith Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Thanks! I will holler if I need more help! Thanks for the help! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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