How does it look on your monitor (Page 3): You didn't say what kinds of monitors you are using , Or if they are both uncalibrated . Unless everyone you send it to has a calibrated...

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erniehatt wrote:

I am using two different Monitors, and the image looks very different on each. One shows the image as I would like it, with nice deep colours, but the other shows it with very pale colours. I need to know how it looks on your Monitors, so I can choose which to use for PP. thanks.

You didn't say what kinds of monitors you are using , Or if they are both uncalibrated . Unless everyone you send it to has a calibrated monitor ,, it will look different to everyone who sees it. So asking what it looks like is useless . I use the Prophoto color gamut ,, If I send to you and you are using an uncalibrated commercial consumer grade monitor,, you will see about 75% of what is in the image. If the profile you are using is sRGB,,(and that's all a consumer grade monitor is capable of seeing) that's all you will get.. Calibrate your monitors to the same profile,, they should look identical..

Dr J Loc: NE Florida

The COLORS look very deep and beautiful on my MacBook!

OldEarl Loc: Northeast Kansas

Well saturated purple and green on my Windows 7 machine.

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erniehatt wrote:

I think I did say that I had a calibrator, but the drivers are no longer suitable for current windows.
We are not all rich enough to keep replacing these tools everytime windows upgrades

Unfortunately .. that's the reality. if you don't calibrate you will never know what you are sending out . And you will waste a lot of paper and ink when you try to print.. It sucks,, but that's the way it is,, I also recently had to upgrade my calibration kit.. It was the last thing I wanted to spend money on,, but there really is no choice..

ralphc4176 Loc: Conyers, GA

I can suggest that you get a new video card for your new computer, one which is fully Windows 8 compatible, and connect both monitors to it.
I assume both monitors are the same size and type. If not, you may have some little bit of work ahead.
I have run dual monitors for over a decade; I always buy two that are exactly the same.

singleviking Loc: Lake Sebu Eco Park, Philippines

erniehatt wrote:

Thanks All, sounds as though you are getting the same as me, I will try adjusting the other one to suit.
Have got a Spider 2, but since changing to Win 8.1 it is no longer recognized.

Reinstall the drivers that work for WIN8.1 and your SPIDER 2 should be recognized. You can get the right drivers at the website. Then do your monitor check again and calibrate them. It seems you have different types of monitors so I'd go with the one that has sharper and brighter color saturation. Old LED laptop monitors or non-IPS monitors do not demonstrate vivid colors or hues well.

JMHO.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

erniehatt wrote:

I am using two different Monitors, and the image looks very different on each. One shows the image as I would like it, with nice deep colours, but the other shows it with very pale colours. I need to know how it looks on your Monitors, so I can choose which to use for PP. thanks.

Deep purple. I have two printers that give slightly different colors. You can recalibrate a monitor, but not a printer.

OviedoPhotos

Please re-consider your approach to getting your monitors calibrated. The cost of a spyder express is $99 at B&H. The benefit to you is that you will have both of your tools (monitors) matching. Consider the time expense of having every photo evaluated by others on the internet.

I am also a hobbyist woodworker, sometimes I have to invest money to build a jig to help me build a piece of furniture.

BTW, monitors do go out of sync on their own.

RDH

erniehatt wrote:

I am using two different Monitors, and the image looks very different on each. One shows the image as I would like it, with nice deep colours, but the other shows it with very pale colours. I need to know how it looks on your Monitors, so I can choose which to use for PP. thanks.

Dark violet blue with medium green leaves on my 32 in. Azuz PA248.

bigwolf40 Loc: Effort, Pa.

Very good color on my Sanyo 27 inch TV/Monitor combo....

sloscheider Loc: Minnesota

erniehatt wrote:

I have checked there are no update drivers, which is tiipical of computer hardware these days.

I may decide to change to win 7.

I find the opposite to be true, nearly everything I've purchased has updated drivers for new operating systems. Any chance you could tell us what you actually have? Perhaps someone here has what it takes to make it work.

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

erniehatt wrote:

Thanks All, sounds as though you are getting the same as me, I will try adjusting the other one to suit.
Have got a Spider 2, but since changing to Win 8.1 it is no longer recognized.

Another good reason to stay with Win7 and avoid Win8 and its revisions.

foathog Loc: Greensboro, NC

erniehatt wrote:

I am using two different Monitors, and the image looks very different on each. One shows the image as I would like it, with nice deep colours, but the other shows it with very pale colours. I need to know how it looks on your Monitors, so I can choose which to use for PP. thanks.

I have a iMac 27" and it looks a dark bluish purple. I guess I'd call it.

snooper Loc: Alberta, Canada

^ Colors appear deep and rich on my laptop :thumbup:

OlinBost Loc: Marietta, Ga.

Unless both monitors are the same it can be difficult to get both images to match. I have an old Spider for XP but it does work on Windows 7 but only on one monitor.