If you don't have a Spyder-type calibration device, Ruth, they're well worth it, and can give some consistency across desktops & laptops. I think a basic one is ample.
A. Make sure the video driver is up-to-date.
B. Windows 10, and maybe the recent Mac OSs, have basic calibration software built-in.
C. Spyder calibration devices are likely worth using.
cool shot. Whats wrong with your monitor? I recently bought a dell u2415, it comes factory calibrated and after fiddling with it myself (just by eye referencing pictures im familiar with) I find that it gives a very true image thats not super punchy or totally flat, right in the sweet spot.
My monitor seems to be compensating for darks (which I love) so that I am not seeing blotching that is apparent to everyone else when posted. It is visible in the histogram and on other monitors but on the computer that I mostly work on, it is completely not evident. I have a chrome book and it doesn't seem to have an option to turn off the "auto optimum". I have other issues with the chrome book so may be making a move to something else. It's frustrating.
Yeah, laptop monitors can be funky. I'd def consider a secondary monitor not only because of image quality, but the general eye fatigue that laptop monitors can produce as well.
I like it too, Ruth! Fresh and buoyant. Certainly not moody! :-)
Thanks Chris. Until i get my monitor straightened out i am giving moody a break. :)
If you don't have a Spyder-type calibration device, Ruth, they're well worth it, and can give some consistency across desktops & laptops. I think a basic one is ample.
A. Make sure the video driver is up-to-date.
B. Windows 10, and maybe the recent Mac OSs, have basic calibration software built-in.
C. Spyder calibration devices are likely worth using.
cool shot. Whats wrong with your monitor? I recently bought a dell u2415, it comes factory calibrated and after fiddling with it myself (just by eye referencing pictures im familiar with) I find that it gives a very true image thats not super punchy or totally flat, right in the sweet spot.
My monitor seems to be compensating for darks (which I love) so that I am not seeing blotching that is apparent to everyone else when posted. It is visible in the histogram and on other monitors but on the computer that I mostly work on, it is completely not evident. I have a chrome book and it doesn't seem to have an option to turn off the "auto optimum". I have other issues with the chrome book so may be making a move to something else. It's frustrating.
Yeah, laptop monitors can be funky. I'd def consider a secondary monitor not only because of image quality, but the general eye fatigue that laptop monitors can produce as well.