My Uh.. Screen Wasn't Calibrated... *Example*

[D-B-J]

I decided to pick up a Spyder4 Pro from Datacolor, as some of my recent prints didn't look quite how I wanted them to. Below (the before) is the image after being edited on my old profile, and the "after" is it being re-edited on my new profile. Talk about a difference! It was about 1/3 stop over exposed, blacks weren't black, contrast was average, etc. That being said, my new display calibration is a bit warmer than the old one. Which means I MUST like cool (in terms of temp) images...

Cheers!
Jake

 

[pgriz]

Yup, I had a similar experience.

 

[rexbobcat]

What calibration device were you using before the Spyder?

 

[Rick58]

 

[D-B-J]

What calibration device were you using before the Spyder?

None! ......

 

[snerd]

That's quite a difference! Desktop or laptop? I just don't think it would be worth it on my laptop, but I just might do it on my desktop.

 

[D-B-J]

That's quite a difference! Desktop or laptop? I just don't think it would be worth it on my laptop, but I just might do it on my desktop.

Laptop [emoji16][emoji16][emoji16]

Definitely worth it

 

[snerd]

I just realized I use the word "just" just way too much when just posting here.

 

[D-B-J]

I just realized I use the word "just" just way too much when just posting here.

Haha

 

[Ysarex]

The cool to warmer experience is very common. Most of the hardware I see is default cool and people get used to that. You do the same thing with a computer display that you do with color temp changes in the real world. Color isn't a physical phenomena -- it's a psycho-perceptual phenomena and your brain interprets and adjusts in real time.

Joe

 

[rexbobcat]

What calibration device were you using before the Spyder?

None! ......

ah okay, I was about to say. If you had it calibrated with some other device before and that was the result, you should ask for your money back lol

 

[D-B-J]

What calibration device were you using before the Spyder?

None! ......

ah okay, I was about to say. If you had it calibrated with some other device before and that was the result, you should ask for your money back lol

Nope, just pretending to know what I was doing up until now...

 

[bribrius]

hey, thanks for posting this. i only did mine through the windows calibration. But since you posted this, i am looking at the photo on the right and it looks about right to me. so maybe my own pute isnt too far off.

 

[D-B-J]

hey, thanks for posting this. i only did mine through the windows calibration. But since you posted this, i am looking at the photo on the right and it looks about right to me. so maybe my own pute isnt too far off.

Glad I could help!

 

[Austin Greene]

I decided to pick up a Spyder4 Pro from Datacolor, as some of my recent prints didn't look quite how I wanted them to. Below (the before) is the image after being edited on my old profile, and the "after" is it being re-edited on my new profile. Talk about a difference! It was about 1/3 stop over exposed, blacks weren't black, contrast was average, etc. That being said, my new display calibration is a bit warmer than the old one. Which means I MUST like cool (in terms of temp) images...

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Cheers!
Jake

Now just re-calibrate it often, ideally every month. That's typically the cycle we're on at work for all our monitors.

That said, I probably need to do that on my own personal monitor...