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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Create ICC Soft Proofing question . . .

2005-10-24 by Steve Kale

Re display calibration, another trick if you have an i1 Photo is to get the
reference file from PM 5 and use that by just renaming it and putting it in
the i1 Match folder.  It then does a more extensive set of 99 observations.
PM 5 display calibration for free.


> From: Greg <dfaprinting@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:48:25 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Create ICC Soft Proofing question . . .
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Moody"
> <moodymz3@y...> wrote:
>> 
>> Walt,
>> Any chance you are using an i1-pro to profile an LCD display?  If so,
> make
>> sure it's set to LCD mode, not CRT in i1match.  Also, if you have the
>> i1-display2, you might be better off using that on an LCD.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> John Moody
> 
> 
> I've pretty much decided that the i1 pro is too heavy for my LCD, I
> don't get a good profile with it, or at least not as good as I think it
> should be. In many respects the crumby Spyder(original) does a better
> job, but not all respects. I think the size and weight of the thing is
> getting in the way and deforming the display slightly.
>

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