Spyder 3 Pro Problem

Hi people, im looking for a bit of advice, hopefully from another Spyder 3 user.

I'm setting this new Spyder 3 to calibrate my laptop screen. When its done it im left with a greenish tint.

The laptop is 1 year old, and I seem only to adjust the screen brightness only. Its the only control available.

Any ideas what i'm doing wrong?

I have tried setting it up in a completly dark room, and a room with a small night light behind the screen, or even with a room light on.

The results much the same.

Any help gratefully recevied.

Many Thanks

Can you tell us what white temperature target you're setting?

Hello, sorry to come across as a bit slow, I'm not sure how I would find that out.

When I run the spyder program it automatically runs through on it's own, not asking any questions.

I'm new to this calibrating lark

GAMMA 2.2

WHITE POINT 6500K

BRIGHTNESS NATIVE

The above settings are what it is calibrated too

Does that help?

You should calibrate it to native white point. Doesn't the Spyder3 Pro setup settings ask you to specify the type of monitor? Select notebook and don't touch any controls except brightness. Make sure the Spyder3 puck sits flush against the screen by tilting back.

ChasP505 wrote in post #11480114
You should calibrate it to native white point. Doesn't the Spyder3 Pro setup settings ask you to specify the type of monitor? Select notebook and don't touch any controls except brightness. Make sure the Spyder3 puck sits flush against the screen by tilting back.

Hello, yes I set it to notebook and made sure it was sitting flush on the screen.

Maybe it has set the screen correctly and its ME at fault? Is there another way some how to double check?

Sorry to be a pain

I thought mine had a green tint until my eyes calibrated to it, after leaving it and getting used to the change ,it looks normal now and prints are spot on.

Bangtwister wrote in post #11480186
Maybe it has set the screen correctly and its ME at fault? Is there another way some how to double check?

Do some test prints and see whether they match your display. But, no laptop display is ideal for color accurate photo editing, even calibrated. You should consider investing in a good external monitor for editing.

Hey thanks for input everybody. I thought I would update what I found in case some one finds this post in the future.

Keep light pressure on the spider when taking a calibration, I found it would goof up a bit if it was not fully flush.

My old uncalibrated set up was too bright and bluish, while this calibrated screen is not so bright and has green tint. Looks fine and tests fine when printed.

Biggest thing I learnt was as I am running windows 7, the task bar hid the spyder calibration icon which had features I was unaware of. Duh !!! lol

Hope that helps some one. Cheers.

Bangtwister wrote in post #11492087
Keep light pressure on the spider when taking a calibration, I found it would goof up a bit if it was not fully flush.

The intention is correct, but DON'T apply any pressure on the puck. Just tilt the screen back far enough so it sits flush.

To test what applying pressure does, just press your index finger into the screen.

ChasP505 wrote in post #11492761
The intention is correct, but DON'T apply any pressure on the puck. Just tilt the screen back far enough so it sits flush.

To test what applying pressure does, just press your index finger into the screen.

Good point, thanks