Amber DeLeo Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Hey Damien, So my prints (from professional labs) have never come back 100% to my satisfaction and I want that to change. The colors are always on the dull side and desaturated. My screen is not that at all. I have my screen (Asus ProArt) brightness down really low (100) and calibrate with Spyder4pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Keddie Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Dull and desaturated? Are you 100% sure that your files have sRGB embedded? Go through every single step of this troubleshooter to make sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Further to that, have you ever soft-proofed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber DeLeo Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) Yes, 100% sRGB. Thank you Damien I will read through and try out soft proofing as I have never done that. Edited April 17, 2016 by Amber DeLeo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber DeLeo Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 I will also mention my lighting in my room for editing is consistent with no windows. Lighting is florescent and bulbs are the correct kelvin temp per your advice. Just wanting to give as much info to figure out what I may be doing wrong on my end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha LaRue Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 How low do you have to go with your brightness to make the prints match? Or do they already match (in terms of brightness) at 100? Can you post one of the images here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber DeLeo Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber DeLeo Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 They are very close in terms of brightness.Her is the photo after levels work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha LaRue Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 So what is dull and desaturated in this image when compared to the print? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber DeLeo Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 Everything. The whole thing looks like there is a muddy overlay and dull/desaturated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Felton Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 it *looks* like your monitor is too bright, at least part of the problem Have you turned down your monitor to more closely match the print? How many labs have you tried test prints with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber DeLeo Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 It is set a 1 as low as I can go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Felton Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 if you can't get the brightness of your screen to match your prints, it's not going to work.... How many labs have you tried? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Maybe this? http://www.damiensymonds.net/desktop-monitor-brightness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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