PhotoLab 4 with X-rite i1Display Studio display calibrator

[Joanna (Joanna Carter)]

@mikemyers

I spoke to the tech support person at x-rite - he told me the unit has a default setting of 120 for luminance, and that the only reason for using a lower value was for people who are printing these images. He felt I should leave it at 120 for “web” use

Hmmm. That sounds a bit like a “getout” answer to me. I would still tend to see how low you can go, in case you do need to print anything as well.

@mikemyers

As a test, I will calibrate it now, with the screen brightness set to 50

Don’t forget to adjust the contrast as well.

Did you try a factory reset as suggested in the i1Studio procedure?

@mikemyers

(How do I check what “light meter” value my monitor is currently using?)

@mikemyers

The tech person at x-rite suggested I try with “photo” selected, and see what happens

Once again, see what the current figure is after adjusting to see the test patterns and go from there. But I would still try to go as low as you can once the contrast is adjusted.

@mikemyers

I could see every one of the rectangles, but the ones at the right were similar. I could still see a division from one to the next. The two at the extreme right were barely different from each other

In that case, the contrast is not quite right yet.

At least we seem to be getting there a bit at a time