KimMoore Posted April 13, 2021 Posted April 13, 2021 I have calibrated my desktop with i1 Display Pro & my prints are too warm to my computer, brightness & colour seem fine. I have re-calibrated a couple of times adjusting the colour temp, but still no real match. I checked out of curiosity last night which colour space my lab requires & it is Adobe RGB, I am using Queensberry so very reputable lab here in NZ. Obviously my files have been sent in sRGB, to fix this do I find a new lab or re-print some test prints in Adobe RGB?
Damien Symonds Posted April 13, 2021 Posted April 13, 2021 No, Queensberry is fine to use, you just have to ignore their stupid Adobe RGB suggestion. Are you REALLY sure your room light isn't too yellow?
KimMoore Posted April 13, 2021 Author Posted April 13, 2021 If I keep using Queensberry do I still send the files in sRGB? It shouldn't be, we put in 6k daylight bulbs in our office
Damien Symonds Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 On 4/13/2021 at 11:58 PM, KimMoore said: If I keep using Queensberry do I still send the files in sRGB? Expand Yes. On 4/13/2021 at 11:58 PM, KimMoore said: It shouldn't be, we put in 6k daylight bulbs in our office Expand Ok. Remind me what screen you have?
KimMoore Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 Dell Ultrasharp U2419H The electrician has said we can change them to 4K, but I feel they would be too cold. Looking at the prints in daylight without the screen present they do still look warm.
Damien Symonds Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 Interesting! Can you post a couple of the files here?
KimMoore Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 That is you meant a comparison of them side by side?
Damien Symonds Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 No, sorry, I literally meant can you upload a couple of the print files that you sent to the lab.
Damien Symonds Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 These look fine. Not too warm at all. Just to check, you're following my instructions here? https://www.damiensymonds.net/calibration-instructions/
KimMoore Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 Yes, I followed these instructions. These ones I didn't have the white balance sheet to use for the correct white balance & are in with the test shots. In print they are all so much yellower than my screen.
Damien Symonds Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 Ok, so what temperature did you achieve in your last calibration?
KimMoore Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 If I'm honest I didn't take a screen shot from saved profile yesterday. Should I re-calibrate now & take one so you can see?
Damien Symonds Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 Well, let me ask you a different question. When you took readings of all your screen's presets, which one was the warmest; and did you then use that one?
KimMoore Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 The warmest was 7837. My first calibration I used 6500 & the difference in colour was worse than it is now. I recalibrated last night before I popped the question up, thinking I would need to lift the it higher to achieve a better match & that seemed to make the difference worse. At the moment it is calibrated at 5000 & it is better, but still not a match.
Damien Symonds Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 Holy moley!!! Your screen's WARMEST setting is 7837??????
Damien Symonds Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 Look, this is very bad. Do you have another screen in the house you could try instead?
KimMoore Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 Ok, sorry the warmest preset for my screen is 10000k, I have attached the picture. I thought you meant the warmest number I got when we did the grid numbers, picture also attached. Yes, I do have the same screen which is some years older.
Damien Symonds Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 No, I want the warmest number. That is, the lowest.
Damien Symonds Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 On 4/14/2021 at 9:46 AM, KimMoore said: Expand What reading does the 5000K setting give you?
KimMoore Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 the weird thing is it is closer. Should I re-calibrate at the highest & see what that does? I am home today so can sit in front of computer & fix
Damien Symonds Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 On 4/14/2021 at 7:06 PM, KimMoore said: the weird thing is it is closer. Expand Sorry, what is closer?
Damien Symonds Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 On 4/14/2021 at 7:06 PM, KimMoore said: Should I re-calibrate at the highest & see what that does? I am home today so can sit in front of computer & fix Expand No, didn't you say your screen is much colder than your prints? You need to calibrate to a lower number.
KimMoore Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 Yes, my screen is much colder than my prints. When I calibrate my screen at 5000 the screen was a closer match to my prints than up at the other end ie 6500, this confused me because I thought it should get better the higher it goes.
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