Did a photo shoot for the father daughter dance and I'm editing the images. The backdrop I used is black and depending on the up and down angle when viewing the screen of my desktop monitor, it gets brighter and darker as I move to view the images. So not really sure which view is what I will see once printed. I did order 1 print from Sam's to see what the results are so I can compare. First time I had this issue as I never noticed it before till I uploaded to Meridian and noticed the images are slightly diff from what I saw while editing. Getting pretty annoyed. The monitor I use is just a Acer V223w. Not sure if I should look for a better monitor and really don't know where to start. Any input would be appreciated.
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- Thread starter FastGlass
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I don't know how much money you're going to spend but I am using a monitor I bought as a temp solution that does a pretty decent job for the money.
HP Pavillion 27xi. It's very cheap but does surprisingly well. I'm using it together with my Mac and I don't see any difference between my Mac's screen and the secondary.
Evidently when money does not matter, there's much better gear out there.
HP Pavillion 27xi. It's very cheap but does surprisingly well. I'm using it together with my Mac and I don't see any difference between my Mac's screen and the secondary.
Evidently when money does not matter, there's much better gear out there.
I did do the calibration. But through what the computer/ monitor has to offer. Not really convinced it's the calibration that's the problem.I realize other calibration tools are better but had no reason to pursue them till now. The problem I'm having is the backdrop I used was black and was set at 8' tall, it's highest. I set up the lights so that the background fell into complete darkness. But the top of the background is not out of the frame. I'ts a foot down from the top of the image. The stage I set up to shoot also had a black curtain which I set up against. When viewing the images you can very slightly see the top of the backdrop against the black curtain. Didn't notice while shooting. When I adjusted the shadows down in Lightroom it eliminated the that area so it disappeared till I stood up from my desk chair and it appeared while looking at the monitor from a slight angle. Also could see it a little more once I up loaded the images into Meridian. Not sure if better quality monitors eliminate the varying brightness effect I see. I think I'll wait to get a print back and compare it to the adjustments I made and see at what angle is best to view the monitor. I always assumed straight on was best.
I did do the calibration. But through what the computer/ monitor has to offer..........
You didn't calibrate it. You just fiddled with the controls.