Damien Symonds Posted January 31, 2020 Posted January 31, 2020 That's right. Then go to the Display Settings control panel and make sure the it's set to "Extend":
mrsjangles Posted January 31, 2020 Author Posted January 31, 2020 well that is interesting the plug in the back of my moniter is a HDMI and the other end that goes into the computer hard drive is a screw type.
mrsjangles Posted January 31, 2020 Author Posted January 31, 2020 There is no screw in connection on the laptop
Damien Symonds Posted January 31, 2020 Posted January 31, 2020 Oh shit!!!!!! Ok, that might explain a lot. Is there a HDMI port in the back of your computer? Your real computer, I mean.
mrsjangles Posted January 31, 2020 Author Posted January 31, 2020 Yes, and I have plugged a HDMI cable in and the monitor says hdmi not connected. It recognised the other cable as I had the screem set to hdmi and not vga
Damien Symonds Posted January 31, 2020 Posted January 31, 2020 So you had a cable that was hdmi at both ends?
mrsjangles Posted January 31, 2020 Author Posted January 31, 2020 No, it was hdmi on one end and a screw in type, like a vga on the other end. The screen was set to hdmi and it worked. I have now changed the cable to hdmi in both ends, but the screen isn't recognising it.
Damien Symonds Posted January 31, 2020 Posted January 31, 2020 Keep trying. It's REALLY important that you have no VGA pins involved in this.
Damien Symonds Posted January 31, 2020 Posted January 31, 2020 Oh! That's DVI, not VGA. That's absolutely fine. But you'll need a hdmi-to-hdmi cable to test your screen with your laptop.
mrsjangles Posted January 31, 2020 Author Posted January 31, 2020 Oh cool. So i am doing a calibration now through the laptop. 1
mrsjangles Posted February 3, 2020 Author Posted February 3, 2020 The laptop calibration gave really poor results. I did another calibration on my screen and have it to a point that I can work with. It is still saturated, but I do not think I am going to get it right. I am thinking of contacting X-rite and see if they have any suggestions.
Damien Symonds Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 8 minutes ago, mrsjangles said: The laptop calibration gave really poor results. Poor in what way?
mrsjangles Posted February 4, 2020 Author Posted February 4, 2020 the pictures were dark, colours were wrong, i just couldn't get a good result. I was don't have photoshop on the laptop, but I do have bridge, and I was viewing the photos through bridge.
Damien Symonds Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 You were calibrating the desktop screen attached to the laptop, yes?
mrsjangles Posted February 4, 2020 Author Posted February 4, 2020 Yes. I used different settings, even did it with lights on and lights off.
Damien Symonds Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 Goes to show how much the computer's graphics card effects the calibration.
mrsjangles Posted February 4, 2020 Author Posted February 4, 2020 Yep. and I do not think that laptop is a good quality laptop, it was only a cheapie. I tend not to use it for any photography work.
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