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[cathm]

Got it, thanks!  Do you ever manually change the contrast on your monitor?

[Damien Symonds]

Only in cases of absolute desperation.

If you find yourself in those dire straits, it really suggests that your monitor isn't very good.

[cathm]

I am trying to calibrate my laptop.  I adjusted the brightness so that the measured white luminance would be 100, however, it jumps up to 120 as I close the adjustment window. Does this ever happen to you Damien?  Please see attached photos of before and after I close the adjustment window. So I just leave it as it is? Thanks. 

[Damien Symonds]

It's because you have the brightness window sitting underneath the device, of course.

[cathm]

Hi Damien! Thanks for your reply. Sitting underneath the device? I opened the brightness window on top of the i1display program like the first pic. Sorry, could you please let me know what to do in order to resolve this problem?

[Damien Symonds]

You have to move this window over

So that it's not under the device.

[cathm]

Ohhhhh!!! Duh..... Thank you Damien for clarifying!!!

[cathm]

I finished taking your Br class.  I am interested in Skin class but what's the next step?

[Damien Symonds]

Raw Class next.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/195567190503489/permalink/2214850475241807/

[cathm]

Hi Damien! You are right.. I should have used the images with various colors for the test prints. I ordered these prints and noticed that most prints came out warmer. The calibration setting is based on the laptop here though. I wasn’t sure how to switch back to the setting for my monitor. Could you please help me? Thanks! 

[Damien Symonds]

You'll need to calibrate again.

[cathm]

Oh, I thought there was a way to switch to another saved icc profile, no?

[Damien Symonds]

There is, but it doesn't apply in this case.  Based on this new, more comprehensive, evidence, you need to calibrate again.

[cathm]

Oh, I see... I thought there was a way to compare side by side (monitor vs laptop) when you asked me which one looks better so I was trying to do it to figure it out.  But I guess there is no way to compare them?

[Damien Symonds]

No, sorry.

[Damien Symonds]

@cathm, please update me with where we're at.  You said your screen still doesn't match your prints.  In what way does it differ?

[cathm]

Yes, I feel like I’m back to square one... here is how my monitor, MacBook Pro, and my print from Bay Photo look like...

[Damien Symonds]

Which of the two monitors is a closer match to the prints?

[cathm]

i think neither...

[cathm]

One thing i noticed too is that my Macbook Pro color changes when I connect it to the monitor.  (to less red).

Edited July 4, 2019 by cathm

[cathm]

As you can see in the comparison photo, Macbook Pro looks more red than the print and the Monitor looks cooler than the print.

[Damien Symonds]

We'll concentrate on the monitor.  Follow the troubleshooting part of my calibration instructions.

[Damien Symonds]

Near the bottom of this page, we're trying the "Different preset" step.  Do you still have your piece of paper where you wrote down the readings from your monitor's presets?

[cathm]

Is it okay if I concentrate on the laptop first?

[Damien Symonds]

No.  We have no control over the laptop.