Sunflower RAW

[rswannabe]

I'd have to say not really. Or, at leaset it didn't seem like it. 

[Damien Symonds]

Well, how can you make your room brighter?

[rswannabe]

Not really sure. About the only thing I can think of is a high powered floor lamp or something. Not real practical for room, but it sounds like I’m out of options. I’m just trying to figure out what changed and why I can’t get it back. 

[Damien Symonds]

I forget if you told me ... did you try a different lab?

[rswannabe]

I did. Only one so far. I’ve downloaded software for a couple others, but navigation is so counterintuitive, I need to spend some time figuring it out. 

[Damien Symonds]

And did that one match your original lab?

[rswannabe]

They were very, very close to each other  and both darker than screen. 

[Damien Symonds]

Ok, then don't worry about any other labs.  You have all the evidence you need.

Now we're in "very good friend" territory.  Do you have one who would let you borrow their computer screen for a day so you can attach to your computer and calibrate?

[rswannabe]

Ha ha. Are we talking “any” screen? I don’t think I know anyone off hand that has a decent non-apple screen. 

[Damien Symonds]

Any screen at all.

[rswannabe]

I’m on it. 

[Damien Symonds]

Anything to report?

[rswannabe]

HOLY SHIT!!! I think I finally got it! I contacted Datacolor and they had me reset to factory, which I thought I had already done and a few other things. Anyway, at the end of calibration, it looked much better, but still a bit bright. But, now my brightness is at 30 and it's pretty damn close. Now maybe I can get some motivation to edit again! Thank you for sticking with me. 

As an aside, now that you're back on FB, are general questions prefered there, or here since I'm a premium member?

[Damien Symonds]

1 minute ago, rswannabe said:

HOLY SHIT!!! I think I finally got it! I contacted Datacolor and they had me reset to factory, which I thought I had already done and a few other things. Anyway, at the end of calibration, it looked much better, but still a bit bright. But, now my brightness is at 30 and it's pretty damn close. Now maybe I can get some motivation to edit again! Thank you for sticking with me.

Hooray!!!!

1 minute ago, rswannabe said:

As an aside, now that you're back on FB, are general questions prefered there, or here since I'm a premium member?

Thanks for asking.  Of course you can ask them wherever you find more convenient.  But yeah, I'd prefer them on FB.

[rswannabe]

Sounds good. In the process, Datacolor is trying to upsell me to the Spyder 5. Worth the upgrade?

[Damien Symonds]

If you're getting a good calibration (finally!) with your current calibrator, then no, I wouldn't bother upgrading.

[rswannabe]

Very cool. thank you.