Calibration not red enough

[Amy Claire]

I have calibrated both my laptop and my desktop. However my laptop screen is not red enough to match my prints. I have tried changing the white point and both were worse than the original settings I calibrated with, is there anything else I should try?

Thanks

[Amy Claire]

Actually maybe my screen is too green? Its so hard to tell. But when I view a black and white image it has a green tinge on the screen.

[Damien Symonds]

This isn't uncommon.

Are you saying you have two separate computers - a laptop and a desktop?  Or do you have a desktop screen plugged into the laptop?

Which Spyder do you have?

[Amy Claire]

Yes I have a desktop plugged into a laptop. I tried unplugging the desktop and just calibrating the laptop as I couldn't seem to get a good match. I have the spyder 5 pro.

Am I able to calibrate both screens so if I can't always be at my desktop I at least know my laptop is calibrated too? Now that I calibrated my laptop the profiles for my desktop don't seem to be there.

[Damien Symonds]

The Spyder Pro allows you to calibrate both screens, yes.  However, ultimately it comes down to the laptop's ability to handle them.  Mind you, most modern laptops have a graphics card powerful enough to cope with multiple profiles at once, so I'd be surprised if this was a problem.

If you're not sure if each screen's profile is being honoured, you can use this.

Are you following my calibration instructions here for the laptop, and here for the desktop?

[Amy Claire]

Yes I a following those instructions for both. No matter what I do I seem to have the same green tinge

 

Thanks for the tip I will definetly download that program.

[Damien Symonds]

Just to confirm, are you getting a good print match with the desktop?

[Amy Claire]

Oh the laptop the match to the prints is pretty good, just not enough red. However on my laptop black and white images have a definite green colour to them.

On my monitor the match to the prints is pretty good but the prints have a bit of a green tinge and the screen isnt quiet as red. The black and white print definetly has a green tinge compared to the screen.

Sorry if I am confusing you, I am confusing myself.

That program works fantastic thank you.

[Damien Symonds]

Alas, green-red is impossible to compensate for with the Pro, as far as I know.  The Elite has powerful functions for doing so.

[Amy Claire]

When I open it up now its asking if I want to pay to upgrade my software to spyder elite if I pay. Are you suggesting I need to do this in order to get my screens calibrated properly?

Will you be able to walk me through what to do if I do purchase this?

[Damien Symonds]

If you upgrade to the Elite (and yes, I do recommend it if you can afford it) you'll find that my Elite instructions include the "SpyderTune" section for this purpose.

[Amy Claire]

Do I have top buy a whole new calibrator or just the software? Just wondering how long it will take to arrive.

[Damien Symonds]

Well, my understanding was that it was just the software.  But I've never actually done it.

[Amy Claire]

I have purchased the elite software and have successfully calibrated my desktop however I am still wishing to also calibrate my laptop. My laptop is too green compared to my prints but even in spydetune I don't seem to be able to get the green to go away. Any suggestions? Thanks

[Damien Symonds]

Do you mean you can't see any visual change when you adjust the sliders in Spydertune?

[Amy Claire]

No I can see physical chnages but cant match the prints. The green tinge wont seem to go away.

[Damien Symonds]

You've pulled the sliders as far as they will go, and it's still not enough?  That's extremely unusual.

[Amy Claire]

Sorry Ive been unwell, but yes even when I pull both sliders as far to the left (Blue and Purple) the screen still has a green tinge.

[Damien Symonds]

When you got to the analysis part of the calibration instructions, is this the one you chose?

[Amy Claire]

No I was going to Sypder Tune sorry I thought that was the one you said was good so I needed to upgrade to the Elite. If I re calibrate what do i change the white point to if the screen is too green?

[Damien Symonds]

Yes, that screenshot is from the Spyder5Elite instructions.

Did you follow them right from the beginning?

[Amy Claire]

Yes sorry I just chose the wrong step on the analysis page. If the screen is green do I need to make the screen warmer or cooler?

[Damien Symonds]

That sure is a good question.  I'd try making it warmer, first, and see what happens.

[Amy Claire]

A white point of 7800K got rid of the green tinge but the images now don't have enough red in them. Any suggestions? Also when I recalibrate and only change the white point setting is it ok that I am calibrating over the last profile I just made instead of returning to factory settings?

[Amy Claire]

sorry 7500K