Anne Adlington Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 (edited) I bought a new monitor (Asus PA280) and have it connected to my laptop. I've calibrated a good 20 times tonight and no matter what I do it's not matching my prints. My prints have more contrast and skin tones are much rosier in them. After calibration skin looks pale. Also, the Colormunki is automatically adjusting contrast. It's not prompting me to do anything other than adjust brightness. Edited May 8, 2016 by Anne Adlington Clarification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Adlington Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 Sorry it's a PA248. I need to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Is the laptop also new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Adlington Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 No old. Do you think it's a graphics card issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha LaRue Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Which colormunki do you have? Were you able to calibrate your laptop screen before you got the new monitor? Is the calibrator giving you trouble now with both the laptop screen and the monitor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Adlington Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 It's the Colormunki display. No I tried to calibrate on my laptop but gave up on that and bought the monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha LaRue Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Can you tell me more about what troubleshooting steps you've taken so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Adlington Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 I've calibrated following Damien's instructions. Then I went through the trouble shooting portion and adjusted the colour temp on my monitor. Then I tried calibrating on D55 and D50. I've tried so many combinations I really can't keep them all straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha LaRue Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 And what about brightness? How does that compare to your prints? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Adlington Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 I can get the brightness right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Adlington Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 I'm not kidding I probably calibrated 20 different times between 11:30 and 2am systematically going through many of the different possible combinations. Its just so frustrating. If a new computer will resolve my issues I'm ready to go shopping to not have to spend hours calibrating. Prints are from ACI if that makes any difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha LaRue Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Good to hear about the brightness! What about the light in your room? Is there anything that could possibly be making your prints appear different than what they really are? Paint on the walls, lighting fixtures, curtains etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Adlington Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 No strong colours in the room and I specifically calibrated at night so my only light source would be my daylight/neutral bulbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Adlington Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 All other lights in the house were off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha LaRue Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 When you had the device set to "Native" did you try changing the different presets on the monitor itself? What were the names of these presets? (I know ASUS monitors are a little weird here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Adlington Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 Ok so I realized after about 15 calibrations that in the menu there is a category called splendid right above colour. In splendid my options are Standard mode, sRGB, scenery, theatre, and then there are two user modes. Any of the other modes only allow for certain changes but the user modes allow for all adjustments to be made. So if I set it for standard mode which seems to be the factory setting, when I go down to the colour category I can't adjust saturation, hue, or the advanced settings. In User modes I can change it all. Prior to figuring this out I was changing the temp presets: 5000k, 5500k, 6500k, 9300k. I tried the warmer priests in native, D55 and D50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha LaRue Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Yeah for the ASUS monitors you want to ignore the "Splendid" options and use the color temp presets under the "Color" options. Have you tried D65? Pink in skin is usually because it's cold, so if you are seeing pink on your prints but not your monitor - it could be because your monitor is too warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Adlington Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 But if I'm on the default of "standard" then I'm assuming it won't allow the calibrator to change absolutely everything. Hopefully being in a user mode will? I would never have thought of my prints as being cold but I'll try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha LaRue Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 11 minutes ago, Anne Adlington said: But if I'm on the default of "standard" then I'm assuming it won't allow the calibrator to change absolutely everything. Hopefully being in a user mode will? I would never have thought of my prints as being cold but I'll try that. I have mine on Standard so that I can adjust brightness, contrast, and color temp. I'd give that a try on yours, if D65 doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Adlington Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 Ok I'm trying d65 at a colour temp of 6500k as a *new* starting point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Adlington Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 Well that may have worked. I'll need to try later tonight when it's darker so I can turn the lights out but I *feel* like I may have gotten closer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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