Laptop Images vs PC Images, Help Please

[butterfly2008]

Hi,

I have decided to start editing images on my laptop for when I am away from my PC. I used to on my old laptop when I first went digital, but decided to just edit on my PC since I was home more and laptop couldn't hold all the photos. So I have no decided to go back to editing on my laptop, but have ran into an issue.

I edited a few photos on my PC a few weeks ago and I just started to finish editing the same folder on my laptop. I came across a couple of images I remember editing on my PC and they looked extremely different on my laptop than on my PC. I turned my PC on and sure enough, very different. The whites on the PC held detail to where the whites on my laptop were very much blown out! Difference in saturation and some other artifacts I don't know the name of. Why is this?

I did calibrate my laptop a few days ago. I have changed around the settings in PS and that didn't make a difference. I just looked up my settings on my laptop monitor as I haven't messed with these, but am not sure what they should be at. Does anyone know? Gamma, brightness, contrast

Thank you for your help in advance. Sorry for the length and all the questions.

Michele

[Songman45]

I don't know what to tell you. I use a laptop exclusively as I am 1100 miles from home. I don't think I'm seeing what others here see. I try not to comment on color sats or density too much because I don't have a clue how accruate my monitor is.

[Cuervo79]

normally it has to do with the calibration, did you put the same settings on your pc and on your laptop? Normally (this is what happens to me) there isn't really enough controls on my laptop to adjust the monitor physically. Also most of the monitors in laptops don't have brightness adjustment they just adjust the backlight. First try to put the same settings as the ones you have in your PC.

[PrestonSmith]

You might also want to check your Power Settings. By default my Toshiba laptop gives a different brightness when plugged in vs. battery...then it gets dimmer at 50% battery, etc.

[brian.austin]

Cheaper laptops don't calibrate well. Brightness and contrast are not measurements that can be calibrated. Gamma and color temperature are the things a calibration system is watching.

What system are you using? Is the software up to date? Do you see a color shift if you apply the monitor profile?