shalea Posted May 21, 2021 Posted May 21, 2021 Hi Damien, sorry im so bad with technology! The part where you need to check your screens brightness (im using a PC) my display options doesn't have a section where I can select screen brightness. Is it staring me??
shalea Posted May 21, 2021 Author Posted May 21, 2021 It's a Samsung and here are the specs. Is this the info you require?
Damien Symonds Posted May 21, 2021 Posted May 21, 2021 No, that's the info about your computer. I want to know about the screen. What make/model is it?
shalea Posted May 21, 2021 Author Posted May 21, 2021 I hate that I’m so dumb ha ha hence why I’m here to learn from you. Here is the screenshot of the details of the monitor I have
Damien Symonds Posted May 21, 2021 Posted May 21, 2021 Perfect, thanks. So Samsung screens have that stupid little joystick button on the back, and that's how you access the screen controls like brightness (and colour and stuff). The button is described on page 10 of the manual.
Damien Symonds Posted May 21, 2021 Posted May 21, 2021 34 minutes ago, shalea said: Hi Damien, sorry im so bad with technology! The part where you need to check your screens brightness (im using a PC) my display options doesn't have a section where I can select screen brightness. Is it staring me?? Only laptop screens use this Display Options window to adjust brightness. And yours isn't a laptop screen.
shalea Posted May 21, 2021 Author Posted May 21, 2021 Oh wow! I have been driving myself crazy wondering how I adjust my screen brightness!! So Brightness is set at 100%, Contrast 75% and Sharpness 60%. Do i need to adjust this yet? Or just keep going with the calibration instructions? Could this be why you said my photos are so dark? (insert embarrassed face)
Damien Symonds Posted May 21, 2021 Posted May 21, 2021 Just now, shalea said: Could this be why you said my photos are so dark? Absolutely. 100% brightness is WAY too high. Follow my exact calibration instructions. They'll tell you when to adjust the brightness.
shalea Posted May 21, 2021 Author Posted May 21, 2021 Thank you so much for your time, I'll keep going. 1
shalea Posted May 21, 2021 Author Posted May 21, 2021 I'm not sure why my reply isn't showing from today? Perhaps I thought I posted it but it didn't work. Anyway I didn't continue with calibrating because I haven't received my prints yet from the photoshop and I read that you said not to continue until I have them ?
shalea Posted May 31, 2021 Author Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) Hi Damien, just wanting to check if my photos are still too dark? Not sure if I am allowed to post this here or not, but genuinely want feedback after calibrating. Thanks. (I have just started the RAW class so please bare with me in terms of editing) Edited May 31, 2021 by shalea
Damien Symonds Posted May 31, 2021 Posted May 31, 2021 It's impossible to tell on the basis of just one photo. Don't worry about it for now. If I see a pattern of darkness in your raw class posts, I'll let you know. 1
shalea Posted April 4, 2022 Author Posted April 4, 2022 Page 26 of the manual you attached above is for my stupid Samsung screen I can't figure out why I can't change the RGB anymore when calibrating my screen. Only brightness/contrast is displayed but I used to be able to adjust the colours. HELP 😵
Damien Symonds Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 Page 26 seems to give some indication of circumstances when colour adjustments aren't available?
shalea Posted April 4, 2022 Author Posted April 4, 2022 I can’t figure it out. When I go to settings and display on the pc it doesn’t have Amit hung on there about colour management. It’s the worst system.
shalea Posted April 4, 2022 Author Posted April 4, 2022 I used to be able to use that button under the pc while I was calibrating and it would change the colour but now I don’t even get the option.
Damien Symonds Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 Maybe you need to do an entire reset on the screen?
shalea Posted April 5, 2022 Author Posted April 5, 2022 I tried taking out the Display Port cable and reconnecting it. I tried also shutting down and restarting and now the only thing that will work on the joystick is the volume. I don't even get the option to change contrast anymore. How to I set the monitor back to factory settings when nothing will work on the joystick? I thought it may be my cable that needs replacing but the lady at the repair store seems to think it most likely isn't the cord as it's still connecting to my pc and working. Not sure what else to do? Take it in for repairs? I would like to try and trouble shoot it myself incase its something I can fix myself
shalea Posted April 6, 2022 Author Posted April 6, 2022 So it turns out the joystick button was pushed in a little too far! I had to pull it our slightly and now it works again. Far out!
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