Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Having gone through the proces of colour calibrating my main desktop monitors, and then my laptop screen with a Spyder - I still have the issue of the laptop screen having 'auto brightness'.
This means that when I import a RAW file into Photoshop on the laptop, I can't seem to get the exposure right - the screen is just not consistent on brightness!![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Every time I figure I've guessed the difference in brightness, I find I haven't - here's a perfect example.
Picture imported into PS on the laptop, tweaked to look good for exposure:
Same file imported into PS on my calibrated desktop, again tweaked for exposure:
The second image is 'correct' - ie I took it for printing on a calibrated printer, and it came out looking the same as my desktop screen image.
Screen variances suck!![Mad :mad: :mad:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
This means that when I import a RAW file into Photoshop on the laptop, I can't seem to get the exposure right - the screen is just not consistent on brightness!
Every time I figure I've guessed the difference in brightness, I find I haven't - here's a perfect example.
Picture imported into PS on the laptop, tweaked to look good for exposure:
![web.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fgallery.me.com%2Fc.dodkin%2F100378%2Faddy-bw%2Fweb.jpg&hash=a1c0368ee86d276c598e70da70419d69)
Same file imported into PS on my calibrated desktop, again tweaked for exposure:
![web.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fgallery.me.com%2Fc.dodkin%2F100378%2FAddy-eyes%2Fweb.jpg&hash=6bb67cab3f2c0647a150f221dbd256f2)
The second image is 'correct' - ie I took it for printing on a calibrated printer, and it came out looking the same as my desktop screen image.
Screen variances suck!