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ewaldro
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Posts: 1260
Registered: Mar 2007 |
 Posted April 28th, 2009 08:24 AM IP   
Do any of you do this? We tried it once, and had a lot of trouble because depending how you tilt the screen things look different. When we put them on the desktop, everything was darker than we thought.
Is there any way to combat this, any strategies? We are in a position where our three-year-old computer is starting to have issues and keeps overheating and shutting itself down. Elements 7 is really taxing it to the limit, even though we got more memory. My husband is going to order a new computer, but I have photos to edit in the meantime.
I guess the other option is to hook the laptop up to a desktop monitor, but I would really love to be able to do photo editing on the road...
Mom of two
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lovinglife
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Posts: 954
Registered: Nov 2008 |
Posted April 28th, 2009 09:00 AM IP
We only have laptops so I wouldn't know any different.
Tonia
wife to Les
mom to Victor (14), Vincent (13), Juliana (12), Zachary (5) & Anika (2)
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madisonsmom
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Posts: 1041
Registered: Mar 2007 |
Posted April 28th, 2009 09:32 AM IP
AllI I use is my laptop. Seems to work ok for me. I like it cause I can take my work with me.
Shannon
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Momof2
Bookworm
Posts: 3009
Registered: Mar 2007 |
Posted April 28th, 2009 11:09 AM IP
I use a laptop, too and never thought about the difference.
Amber
Mama to Carson, Brooklyn, Avery & Alena
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mose_e
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Posts: 86
Registered: Jan 2009 |
Posted April 28th, 2009 02:03 PM IP
we use our laptop...and yes, we've noticed that they do come out a little darker than expected (but if you know this, you can compensate a little). your ultimate investment to combat this would be a 'spyder' (datacolor)...but we're not that professional yet, so $250 is a little bigger investment for perfect color than we can afford right now.
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twofus
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Posted April 28th, 2009 02:49 PM IP
I have the same problem. I did calibrate w/ a Spyder and even did the ambient light adjustment...still had the problem. I edited a wedding while I was at FB and was so disappointed w/ how dark they were.  It's just so tricky because like you said, moving your screen even a little makes a significant difference in the color. I guess you could always check the threshold to make sure you're not blowing out highlights, but that seems like a lot of extra work if you're working on quite a few pictures. I'd be happy to figure out how to work with it, because I've often wanted to take my laptop somewhere else to work.
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