High Saturation after callibration

[mrsjangles]

So colours look good, they are not as vivid in the print

 

[mrsjangles]

So colours look good, they are not as vivid in the print and the prints are much brighter, do I boost my brightness up on my display after calibrating to match that?

 

[Damien Symonds]

You boost up your screen's brightness, then calibrate again.

[mrsjangles]

I have adjusted my screen to as high as it can go, it is wanting me to turn down my brightness in the calibration, I am guessing I ignore that and continue on.

 

[Damien Symonds]

Yeah, I guess so.

[mrsjangles]

I cannot seem to get it right.  at the end of the calibration process, it seems to go through the zone scale, starting at black and finishing at white.  but it doesn't appear to see pure black and depending on what white point setting I am using, the white has a tinge of pink or it will have a tinge of green.  

Is there something in my display settings? that can be preventing from calibrating properly.

[Damien Symonds]

Remind me what screen you have again?

Is the brightness a match now?

[mrsjangles]

ASUS ML239.  The brightness is close, I can't take my screen brightness up any further

 

[Damien Symonds]

This one?  https://www.asus.com/sg/Monitors/ML239H/

[mrsjangles]

thought I would get you to check these settings.

[Damien Symonds]

Yeah, that's fine.

[mrsjangles]

mmm......this computer has the nvidia geforce gtx 1050 ti graphics card?  I was advised this card was good when I had the computer built.

[Damien Symonds]

32 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

This one?  https://www.asus.com/sg/Monitors/ML239H/

Is it this monitor?

[mrsjangles]

Yes

[Damien Symonds]

Ok, this scares me:

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50,000,000:1 ultra high ASUS Smart Contrast Ratio

You have to find that setting in the screen's menu and make sure it is turned off.

[mrsjangles]

funny thing is, when I calibrate, it will not allow me to alter the contrast setting, it goes straight onto screen brightness and stops. 

I will have a look.  I have just been through all the settings, and cannot find anything like that.  I wonder if that is something that is built in.  

Saw this on the net:

Note:
• ASCR isn't configurable under Standard Mode or sRGB Mode in Splendid. Only SplendidPlus compatible models will work.
• ASCR isn't configurable under Racing Mode or sRGB Mode in GameVisual.

 

I have mine in standard mode.

[Damien Symonds]

Ok, good.

[mrsjangles]

It doesn't seem to matter what settings I use, my screen is very vivid with color.  I reset it and did another calibration, I did notice a difference, but the magentas are still high.

[Damien Symonds]

Ok, it's time to do some tests.  Do you have another screen you can plug in to the computer and calibrate?  If that was high in magenta too, it would point to a graphics card issue.

[mrsjangles]

unfortunately, no.  I only have a laptop computer

 

[Damien Symonds]

It's ok, that will work.  Plug your desktop screen into the laptop computer and calibrate it there.  See if the same magenta problem exists.

I should have asked this sooner - what kind of cable is connecting your screen to your computer?

[Damien Symonds]

Remember, the assessment of colours must only be done in a colour-managed program. So if you don't have Photoshop on the laptop, you'll need to install Bridge.

[mrsjangles]

I am using a HDMI cable

[Damien Symonds]

Great.

[mrsjangles]

So I am disconnecting the screen from the main computer into my laptop? is that what you are asking?