Erin Wilson Beane Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I've completed the monitor calibration and I am attaching a screenshot of the end result. Seeing that your tutorial is referencing 6500K as the goal, I'm alarmed with my result of 17,316 K. I'm not sure what exactly that means, and what I need to do next. This is the second time I ran it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Yes, that is very alarming!! What screen do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Wilson Beane Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Dell S2440L, LCD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Ok, and what colour settings does it have? "Warm" "Normal" "Cool" or something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Wilson Beane Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Trying to see where I would find that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I'm confused. Did you follow these calibration instructions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Wilson Beane Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Ok, somehow I missed that part at the beginning. "warm" was my closest match. There's standard, warm, cool, text. This is better, but over 12,500 K is still high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Well, it's closer at least. So how's the print comparison? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Wilson Beane Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 My screen looks a little better than the prints. The Prints have slight more red to the skin tones, and have lost some detail in the darks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 53 minutes ago, Erin Wilson Beane said: My screen looks a little better than the prints. No. You must purge this way of thinking from your mind. If your screen looks any different from your prints, it's BAD. Have you read all the way down the instructions to the troubleshooting part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Wilson Beane Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Yes. I tried the RGB and had to adjust the blue. R100 G100 B71. That's a big difference for blue, since you said they should be within 10% of each other. Still came out with the exact same number as before (12, 531K.) Seems like there should have been some kind of change. I've been looking at monitors and saw the Dell U2412 M you recommend was also recommended on another site, as well as the Asus 24". The Dell is now 169.99 on Amazon, thinking I will just go ahead and buy it. (Through your link, of course. ) I've had this monitor a good while, can't remember when my husband purchased it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Wilson Beane Posted October 14, 2017 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 Sorry, another question. I have the new monitor and the initial reading was 7368K. It wasn't as warm as the prints, so chose D65 for the second calibration and it now reads 6515K. I may go to the colors because my prints still have more red in the skintones, like they did on my old monitor. My issue is that I know I'm supposed to get the screen to look just like the prints, but I've been liking what's on the screens better. I think the prints are too warm and pink. I keep thinking that I need to have prints after the calibration to compare and I'm not understanding why it's ok to use prints I already have. I think if I can understand the rationale behind it, that will help me. I think I'm not mentally connecting things correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Erin Wilson Beane said: My issue is that I know I'm supposed to get the screen to look just like the prints, but I've been liking what's on the screens better. WHAT DID I SAY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Erin Wilson Beane said: Sorry, another question. I have the new monitor and the initial reading was 7368K. It wasn't as warm as the prints Please tell me about the light in your room. Are you sure it's not too warm? https://www.damiensymonds.net/2012/01/light-around-your-computer.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Erin Wilson Beane said: I keep thinking that I need to have prints after the calibration to compare and I'm not understanding why it's ok to use prints I already have. Because your lab don't change the way they print just because you got a new screen! Can you imagine having to call the lab to tell them to print differently because you have a new screen? Can you imagine EVERY photographer calling the lab to tell them to print differently? Of course that's impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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