New Computer

[Alicia]

Damien, I recently purchased a new computer and had to reinstall photoshop. Can you link me to how to setup the workspace and check the color profile? 

[Damien Symonds]

I would say Module 2 of the Layer & Masks Class, Module 4 of the Raw Class, and the first few slides of Module 6 of the Levels Class.

[Alicia]

Thanks! Also this one is using microsoft edge, is that good or do I need to switch to firefox?

[Damien Symonds]

From my testing, Edge seems to be fairly colour-accurate, if that's what you mean.

[Damien Symonds]

@Alicia, now that your new computer is up and running, I'd love to see some new photos in class!

[Alicia]

I have not calibrated yet. The monitors came with papers showing their calibration readings but I would assume that I need to do it myself, correct?

[Damien Symonds]

Correct.

[Alicia]

Does this look correct?

[Damien Symonds]

Yes, but it all counts for nothing if the screen doesn't match the prints.

How does the comparison look?

[Damien Symonds]

@Alicia?

[Alicia]

Recalibrated both screens, do these look acceptable? Digging out prints to compare. 

[Damien Symonds]

The graphs look good, but it all means nought if you don't have a print match.

[Alicia]

I feel like my prints are slightly darker than my screen.  What is my next step?

 

[Damien Symonds]

Recalibrate with lower brightness, exactly as my directions say.

[Alicia]

I have recalibrated again. I still feel like it is too bright. The prints I have are very old, would that make a difference? I also feel like the color temperature is different on each screen. 

[Damien Symonds]

What brightness target did you use that time?

[Alicia]

80

[Damien Symonds]

Ok, try again at 70.

If that's still too bright, then it definitely means that your room light is too dim.

[Alicia]

Ok, did it again. It is a lot closer. I feel like the color temp is a lot different on the screens tho. On looks quit a bit cooler to me than the other. 

These are the graphs from the one that looks cooler to me. 

[Alicia]

These are the graphs from the warmer one. This one more closely matches my prints. 

[Damien Symonds]

Which screen matches your prints?

[Alicia]

the warmer one

[Damien Symonds]

Great!

So you can either:

1. simply choose to edit solely on that one, and only use the other (cooler) screen for emails and stuff; or
2. keep going with recalibrations on the cooler screen (continuing to follow the troubleshooting part of my instructions) to try to get it warmer and better.