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Spent 6 hours color correcting a piece because my monitor was set to 65% brightness the whole time
Pulled an all-nighter on a client piece last Tuesday. Kept wondering why the skin tones looked green on export. Turns out I had accidentally dimmed my screen while cleaning it and never fixed it. Has anyone else had a calibration issue eat up your whole day before you figured it out?
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reesemiller18d ago
Ngl though, that sounds like a you problem. Calibration is literally the first thing you check before any serious color work. Like, it's not the monitor's fault you didn't verify your setup before diving in. Honestly, if you're spending 6 hours on color correction without double-checking your brightness and color settings, that's just bad workflow. Tbh, real pros have a standardized process - boot up, calibrate, then work. You skipping that step means you kinda asked for it. And pulling all-nighters on client work? That's a recipe for mistakes no matter what. Maybe use the built-in calibration tool on your OS before you start anything.
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paul34618d ago
Wait, you actually convinced me on the calibration thing, never thought of it that way.
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torres.sage14d ago
...and that's exactly the kind of thing that happens when your brain is running on caffeine and spite. I once spent a whole afternoon tweaking contrast on a project, only to realize my screen had a "low blue light" filter on from the night before. Looked like I was editing a moody indie film from 2010. Couldn't figure out why everything had this weird yellow tint until I snapped out of it. So yeah, you're not alone in the "wait, is it my eyes or the monitor" confusion spiral.
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