Calibration help

[Mary Burgy]

I haven't calibrated in a bit so I am trying to refresh myself.

On the iMac I see a bunch of options that I think are for this.  Am I supposed to choose srgb or just pick one that matches the print?

 

[Damien Symonds]

No, you're reading the wrong instructions.

Use the correct ones please.  https://www.damiensymonds.net/calibration.html

[Mary Burgy]

Okay great - white LED

Why is my target off and when I adjust the brightness I don't see anything change.....

[Mary Burgy]

Ignore that... I had the wrong drop down.

But now I can't get to the 70 range without making my monitor brighter than I believe my prints are.

Do I just keep upping it until I get to the minimum of 70?

 

[Mary Burgy]

The prints are deep and rich.  My monitor is on a low brightness too.  I don’t know if I go lower on brightness and do it again even though I’ll be well below 70?

[Mary Burgy]

I did the prints when I had my monitor brighter.

If I reduce the levels brightness, I can get them a little more similar....

Would that make sense?  I ordered when my monitor was brighter....

I am lost b/c adjusting the photo edit is the only way I can get it to look like it.

Edited December 17, 2019 by Mary Burgy

[Mary Burgy]

[Damien Symonds]

Are you sure your room is bright enough?

[Mary Burgy]

Ugh I am so frustrated.  So I adjusted my monitor down and the photo edit in levels to try and match it.

But should I do that?  The pic was edited with the screen a little brighter.  The colors still aren't exact either.  

Does it matter that the brightness doesn't read between the 70 and 120?  I was lower.....but no way I can go to 70 or 90 for the test b/c it's super bright.

 

I had to do this to levels to get it to look similar.

Should I calibrate again?  If so, do I just leave it at the current brightness and go with it regardless?  I have it as normal gamut and LED white.

Edited December 17, 2019 by Mary Burgy

[Damien Symonds]

Holy shit, no, of course you must not make any edits!

1 hour ago, Damien Symonds said:

Are you sure your room is bright enough?

 

[Mary Burgy]

okay... I was just seeing if there was any way they would look similar.

SO what now?  I had my monitor on 4 notches before... now I am on two.  The pics still don't look the same and I don't think I can edit on a monitor any darker.

Do I calibrate again and just leave it on 2 notches (or maybe even 1 which seems so dark to me) and see what happens (even though it isn't in the range)?

Edited December 17, 2019 by Mary Burgy

[Damien Symonds]

PLEASE answer the question.

1 hour ago, Damien Symonds said:

Are you sure your room is bright enough?

 

[Mary Burgy]

Yes - I have 5 white light bulbs in there.

What is interesting now is I also printed a pic that someone else edited.  If I put the monitor back on 3 notches, it matches her work pretty decently.

adding photos from my phone next

 

[Mary Burgy]

[Damien Symonds]

Is it bright, though?  Is your room as bright as indirect sunlight?

[Mary Burgy]

It's a house.... I don't have additional lights in here.  Most houses don't have as much light as indirect sunlight.
I can look in the daylight tomorrow and open windows.  However, it is odd that the other girls pics match.

My pics seem to print super saturated and faces look red.

 

 

Edited December 17, 2019 by Mary Burgy

[Damien Symonds]

1 minute ago, Mary Burgy said:

I can look in the daylight tomorrow and open windows.

Yep, let me know.

[Mary Burgy]

Well should I calibrate once more with my monitor on the 2 notch brightness and just leave it when it tells me to adjust it?

Any reason that her pics would match better than mine?  Her editing is a more muted/film look.

I am in the right thin in ACR too I believe.

If we are sure PS can't mess it up after the ACR step

Edited December 17, 2019 by Mary Burgy

[Damien Symonds]

Yeah.

[Mary Burgy]

Okay I will calibrate now and then look in morning with some window light coming in.  So frustrating!  Thanks for your help.

[Mary Burgy]

SOrry - Does Retina 5K mean it is a wide gamut?
Sometimes I run it and it says it is normal.  Now it says it appears to be wide gamut and is prompting me to change it. 

[Mary Burgy]

UGHHH... I just calibrated it at the lower brightness and as a wide gamut and now the computer looks horrible.  Everything turned super red/pink.

It says wide gamut but either the wide setting or the brightness of 30 messed something up.

Suggestions?

[Mary Burgy]

Is there a chance my Spyder is too old?  It is a Spyder 4 and it says it isn't fully optimized for my computer....

I have calibrated 3 times tonight and they are all vastly different.  I have no clue what is correct.

 

Edited December 17, 2019 by Mary Burgy

[Damien Symonds]

Yeah, there's a significant likelihood of that.

[Mary Burgy]

Do you agree it is a wide gamut?  Not sure if that would make a huge difference.  I guess I will look at the cost of a new ones.  Do you suggest a certain one now?