Tkdgurl16 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I have prints from both millers and WHCC both are basically the same, which is good, but I have followed your instructions multiple times and my monitor still looks way red compared to my prints. and when I try to match my brightness i have to put it down in the 30s I uploaded the picture I am trying to match. in the prints the blanket looks a chocolate brown, which it is, but my monitor it looks more red ( which I did edit the blanket to have a slight red tint to it, but its not reflected in the prints. I gave up last night about midnight and went to bed haha. I turned off the lights like you said while I was calibrating so the only light in the room was the computer screen. I do need to change the light in my room as its too warm and I probably need a little more light on in the room while I edit. It's a desktop so i always edit in the same spot at least Any advice would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 On 1/25/2017 at 3:47 PM, Tkdgurl16 said: I have prints from both millers and WHCC both are basically the same, which is good Expand Do you mean you have this exact photo printed at both labs? On 1/25/2017 at 3:47 PM, Tkdgurl16 said: when I try to match my brightness i have to put it down in the 30s Expand No sad face here. This is perfectly normal. Some people have to put their brightness all the way down to 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkdgurl16 Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 yes I have that exact picture printed from both millers and WHCC. I'm so frustrated lol I feel like I'm making it worse not better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkdgurl16 Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 I have this one as well. In this one the whites in the prints are way more dingy and i'd say a slight yellow cast compared to my screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkdgurl16 Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 again whites are dingy and a grey/yellow tint to the print Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Let's ignore the yellowness for now. Just concentrate on the brightness. Keep taking your screen's brightness down until it matches the prints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkdgurl16 Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 ok so now that I think I have my brightness about right, what should be my next step? recalibrating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkdgurl16 Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 (edited) oh and I did download WHCC's soft proofing and put that into my photoshop already. I read your page on calibration last night for my spyder and followed that, but I have yet to try it again, though I'm guessing you will tell me to do that next. .. hopefully I got the settings right for my iMac. its a 27 inch iMac and about 2 years old. Edited January 26, 2017 by Tkdgurl16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 On 1/26/2017 at 1:17 AM, Tkdgurl16 said: ok so now that I think I have my brightness about right, what should be my next step? recalibrating? Expand Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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