xpropc-18

[Damien Symonds]

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Colour not right

I know I’ve said this before, but I have to hammer it home again. NEVER underestimate the effect your surrounding light has on the way your photos appear. You’re on this page because your screen and prints differ in colour. Before proceeding, I need you to make a frank appraisal of the light in your room. If it’s too yellow (which is the most common problem) it will make your prints appear yellow, and therefore cause you to conclude that your screen’s calibration is too cold.

If you think, or even suspect, that your light is the culprit, take steps to rectify it. Get whiter bulbs if you can, or at least try assessing your prints in daylight. I would hate to be wasting your time with all of these calibration adjustments if the calibration wasn’t actually the problem.

If you’re sure the light is ok, read on …

Let’s try again.

Pull down the little menu in the bottom left corner of the screen, and choose “Calibration”:

That brings you to this screen:

Choose “FullCAL“, then press “Change Settings“:

… which brings you back to this familiar screen:

This is where you can choose your new targets for a different calibration.

What setting to choose

Since your screen itself doesn’t give you any flexibility, you have to explore the only available avenue – the white temperature targets of the Spyder. Remember how we chose “Do Not Adjust” the first time? Well, now you have to try some of the other options, to see if any of them give you a better print match.

Generally you’d try 6500K first:

But if you know your screen needs to be much warmer than it is now, you might jump straight to 5800K, or even 5000K. No matter which one you start with, it will probably be a good idea to try them all.

Go ahead and recalibrate

Once you’ve chosen the new settings, press "Next" to continue with calibration.

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