Ever since I got my laptop computer I have had a problem. When I edit pictures on my laptop and then view them later on our desktop computer, the pictures appear darker and over-colored. When I edit pictures on our desktop computer and then view them later on my laptop, they appear lighter and washed out. This is a little frustrated after I spend the time to edit them. I am curious what you see. Maybe I can figure out which computer is a truer color/light rendering. Please take a second and do the survey on the left regarding my 4/28/10 post... Wild Horse Island: Part 1.
Thanks for your help!
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11 comments:
The trouble is that all of our monitors are off... There are programs in which you calibrate your monitor, but with a laptop the screen is movable, thus making it very difficult to have always at the same angle...
They look very similar on my laptop & desktop! Maybe a tad darker on my desktop - which is calibrated for MPIX printing - but not an unacceptable darker!
Like Dana said, it's sort of hard to tell on a laptop because if the screen is tilted more forward or back the color is going to be different all the time. Right now, the way I have my screen, the pictures look just right to me.
I am viewing them on the same laptop you have and they appear a little lighter to me, but not really washed out.
urgh...wrote a lengthy (kind of) response and it didn't go through...
I can only echo what the others have said - callibrate your monitor. I'd callibrate it with where ever you have your photos printed. Another thing that effects how your photos appear on you screen is how much light is filtering into your room. Much light = faded appearing photos. Dark room = rich photos. I've had photos look great on my desk top monitor then see the same one on some else's lap top and be appaled at how washed out they look. Hope this helps a bit. Since you asked - the photos appear a bit dark on my screen at this time (it's dark out and I don't have the office lights on). I'm sure if I looked at them during the day they would appear lighter. So...if your ultimate goal is to have them look great when you actually print them the most important thing to do is to callibrate your monitor with the printing company you use. Then tweak from there once you've ordered the photos and have them in your hand. Also keep in mind how much light is in your room when you're callibrating - so you'll know how to tweek if you need to. Just my 2 cents! ;)
Thankyou! Thankyou! Thankyou!!! All of your imput has been SO helpful! I have already calibrated both of my computers and have then nearly identical in color. Now to get some pictures printed to see how they appear after printing. I have had my pictures come out darker than I like many times. My husband has mentioned the "monitor calibration" several times but I haven't known where to start. Now I finally figured it out. Thanks so much again for ALL your imput! Alison
so the next question is which monitor calibration kit did you go for? I have the eye one but I've heard of some other hardware/software that people like. What are you using?
So really what matters if your calibration matches your prints.
Also, I'm not going to vote on your poll becuase photoghraphy is an art, and art is subjective. Some prefer darker colors, other's brighter. I tend to overexpose on purpose. Look at your histograms, do you like they way they are on there?
Carin, I used the built in calibration in Windows. I figured I would start there and I'm just now ordering some pictures printed. I thought I would go from there and see if I'm satisfied with that. I know you can spend lots of money on kits/software and I'm not even sure where to start with that...
The reason I'm doing the poll is because of the discrepancy between my 2 monitors. I was getting the pictures exactly how I wanted them and then they were not that way on the other monitor and then my printing wasn't looking right sometimes. I tend to like colorful, brighter pictures too and I'm starting to appreciate my histogram too... so much to learn! :)
Thanks for you imput and let me know if you find out any information.
Laptop monitors are notoriously unreliable for color correction because of the type of screen they are. What you see is very subject to the current lighting situation you are in too. (Your photos looked dark on my regular monitor and about right on my laptop, which sounds consistent with what you are seeing.) I have an extra monitor at work that I plug in to. We use a color calibration tool at work on our good monitors. That is your best option for color correcting. That said, I only have a laptop monitor at home, and sadly I've run into too-dark photos often. I just try to remember to compensate by correcting lighter when I'm working on my laptop. Your photos are looking great, by the way!
Informative tips! I've had this problem with my computer/laptop as well, though I haven't printed enough pictures to know which one was correct. My pictures look different still on our kids computer. I'll have to look into the calibration settings. Thanks for asking this question!
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