cathm Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 The overall brightness is darker on the prints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Then that's what you need to address. Calibrate again, with lower screen brightness so that it matches the prints. Ignore colour for now. Only brightness matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Ok, I will do that tomorrow! Need to put my kids to bed now. Many thanks for your help, Damien! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 How did the recalibration go, @cathm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 @cathm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 Happy new year, @cathm. How did the recalibration go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 I’m so sorry... I haven’t able to recalibrate as my family and I have been out most of the day since new year. Happy new year. Will try to do it tomorrow morning. (Will be home super late tonight) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 What is the best time to calibrate my monitor? I know it sounds stupid but I mainly edit the images around 4:30am - 5:30am when it's pitch dark in my living room so I was wondering about this... I have been calibrated my monitor during the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Calibration is best done in dim light. So early in the morning is great. But any time of day is fine, as long as you can close the curtains or whatever. I trust you don't edit in a dark room? That is CATASTROPHIC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I actually do edit in a dark room, lol I started to about a month ago.... I will calibrate early in the morning tomorrow. I’m glad I asked!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Oh shit. No, you must never edit in a dark room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 @cathm, have you fixed your room lighting situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 @cathm, where are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Hi Damien! I am terribly sorry for not being around. I had to take care of a personal matter. But now, I am ready to move on!! Here is the result of my calibration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 BTW, do you save the workflow so that it will be easier to calibrate next time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, cathm said: Hi Damien! I am terribly sorry for not being around. I had to take care of a personal matter. But now, I am ready to move on!! Here is the result of my calibration. These look good, but the only thing that truly matters is the print comparison. How is it? 7 minutes ago, cathm said: BTW, do you save the workflow so that it will be easier to calibrate next time? I've never bothered, but you're welcome to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I compared my monitor with my prints (from Bay Photo and WPPI). I feel like overall, the lightness is slightly darker on the prints, especially where the shadows are. And overall, the skin tone looks darker for WPPI than Bay Photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 1 minute ago, cathm said: I feel like overall, the lightness is slightly darker on the prints, especially where the shadows are. Yep. So go ahead and calibrate again, with a lower brightness target. If it was 100 last time, try 90 this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I need to go pick up my daughter... Is it okay to do it at night or should i wait until in the morning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Night is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 ok! I was confused about turning off the light and shutting the window slides part when calibrating during the day... Why do we do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 To avoid any glare sneaking in under the calibrator and ruining the readings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 How did it go, @cathm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 The monitor is still brighter than the prints. When you said, "lower brightness target to 90", you meant to adjust the brightness of the monitor, (the step in the attached image), right? The closest I was able to get was 92 and it was still bright so I should lower it, correct? Also, the print looks more red, especially in the black and white image and I the shadows are darker on the print than the monitor. I hope I am making sense here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 1 hour ago, cathm said: The monitor is still brighter than the prints. When you said, "lower brightness target to 90", you meant to adjust the brightness of the monitor, (the step in the attached image), right? The closest I was able to get was 92 and it was still bright so I should lower it, correct? That's right. If 90 is still too bright, calibrate again at 80. If that's still too bright, try 70. If 70 is still too bright, there's DEFINITELY a problem with your room lighting. 1 hour ago, cathm said: Also, the print looks more red, especially in the black and white image Let's not worry about that for the moment. We'll concentrate on getting the brightness correct first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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