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Hi
The most common reason for a print to to come out darker than that you see on your monitor screen....................is that the monitor is set too bright.
FWIW I do my phot editing is very subdued lighting and my screen is set at 90cd/m2 brightness. This I do by calibrating my monitor
However, some 'by eye' setting can be aided using the tools at this website http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/
HTH
PS you might find this one of interest/useful? https://www.eizo.be/monitor-test/
The most common reason for a print to to come out darker than that you see on your monitor screen....................is that the monitor is set too bright.
FWIW I do my phot editing is very subdued lighting and my screen is set at 90cd/m2 brightness. This I do by calibrating my monitor
However, some 'by eye' setting can be aided using the tools at this website http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/
HTH
PS you might find this one of interest/useful? https://www.eizo.be/monitor-test/
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If you use Canon Print Studio Pro plug-in to print, then you can print an image of smaller thumbnails (like a contact sheet) with varying levels of brightness/contrast - you can then find a default brightness (increase) value that works for you.
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This. Call up your on-screen controls and set it to about 50% brightness as a starting point ...
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I agree that a bright monitor is perhaps the most likely issue but make sure you are not double profiling too. Double profiling is where the software and the printer aren't set up to complement each other. Either the printer should be managing colour or the software, not both.
Also prints are a different medium that rely on the light that is shining off them. Try and find somewhere to look at the prints that is neutral and you can make the same judgement at different times of the day etc.
Also prints are a different medium that rely on the light that is shining off them. Try and find somewhere to look at the prints that is neutral and you can make the same judgement at different times of the day etc.
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I use Lightroom Classic for initial import/edits, and I have a calibration strip embedded as the identity plate.
If I cannot differentiate the two brightest white squares then my monitor is set too bright, if I cannot just make out the difference between the dark squares in the top row my monitor is too dark, and if I loose any of the graduated squares then the gamma has shifted badly.
This is the calibration strip at the correct size... be sure to keep it in png format if you want to use it.
If I cannot differentiate the two brightest white squares then my monitor is set too bright, if I cannot just make out the difference between the dark squares in the top row my monitor is too dark, and if I loose any of the graduated squares then the gamma has shifted badly.
This is the calibration strip at the correct size... be sure to keep it in png format if you want to use it.