Woodstown Brian Loc: New Jersey

Any simple tips for calibrating the screen to enhance photo editing.

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

Get a monitor and use it instead of your laptop screen. Every time you open the laptop you will need to recalibrate as the screen never opens to the same place twice.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Agreed... It's possible to get around that by making a gauge that you use to reset the angle the same every time, but you also need to standardize your seated position in relation to the screen. Plus we tend to use laptops in all sorts of different ambient lighting conditions, so would basically need to recalibrate each time the computer is moved to a different location.

Best solution is a standardized work location with a separate monitor that stays in place.

Calibration is done with a device and software. The three most commonly found are the XRite Huey, Datacolor Spyder and Pantone Color Munki. All three can be found in different quality levels... from basic and cheap to expensive ones that can be used to calibrate all sorts of things and even to produce custom printer profiles. If you just need to calibrate your computer monitor, I'd recommend looking for one that allows you to set the monitor's brightness correctly, then go from there. Beyond that, they all create color profiles for the monitor.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Buy some calibration software and use it.

I use Spyder 4 express but there are others.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

It certainly depends on what laptop screen you are talking about. I've had ones that were VERY directional (Dell) and now have one that's the same even an odd angles.

It's not a one-size-fits-all answer anymore.

Hankwt Loc: kingsville ontario

would not an IPS panel on a laptop reduce this problem of angle ??

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

My older HP LapTop 18" screen is pretty good, perhaps the best aspect of this machine. I have a HP HDX18t-1200 Custom LapTop. I lucked out and it seems to match our huge printer at school pretty well. Once I ever switch to printing at home or printing at Costco I will probably have to really calibrate it. Viewing it, the color seems consistent but the brightness can vary a little by angle.

Picdude Loc: Ohio

Forgive me but I have to ask, are you sure your laptop screen even can be calibrated?

romanticf16 Loc: Commerce Twp, MI

yes

bkyser Loc: Fly over country in Indiana

This is a little "different" but I found that if I'm going to be working with my laptop, I use spyder checkr, like colorchecker passport, but larger, and less expensive. I know my colors are spot on, even if I don't see it perfectly on the laptop screen. Hope that makes sense? I don't trust my eyes when working on a laptop screen, so I let the software zero it out for me. If you use it correctly, it will go a long way towards getting color correct, and even close when it comes to proper exposure (another issue when working with non calibrated screens)

Just my 2 cents.
bk

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Lack of bit depth will preclude a laptop for anything that requires accuracy. Get an external 8 bit display - a 24" screen like a Dell 2413 will be slightly less than $500 and your images will look great. Also get an Xrite color Munki or higher for profiling.

Francyne Loc: Bromont, Qc

Could you please tell me what laptop you are now using