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Re: [colorvision_group] Re: Need help with Spyder Pro 2
2006-12-29 by CDTobie@aol.com
In a message dated 12/28/06 7:49:11 AM, swp91011@... writes:
my card is a PCI express card (Asus PCI EAX 1600xt.)
But I don't know if that matters.
If thats PCI Express, not just PCI, then it may well be possible to get unique calibration data for both monitors...
I can create two profiles and I can use the Microsoft Utility to
assign a distinct porfile to each AND the profile DOES make a
difference so I think it is funtioning on some level.
Getting the two profiles is the easy part, actually; its getting the two calibration LUTs loading at once thats the trick, and thats where the whitepoint corrections reside...
However - even after I checked to make sure each monitor was capable
of creating accurate (looking) whites - I still can't make BOTH look
good as the same time.
If you have Spyder2PRO, so that you have full control of this, then define a really cool, blue whitepoint for one monitor, and a really yellow warm one, for the other, and see if you can get both applied at the same time, that would tell us if you have the ability to load two distinct LUT sets. If applying the blue profile also turns the other monitor more blue than it was before, then you aren't getting distinct calibration.
I am still unclear if the a PCI card is capable of what I want.
I have seen PCI (PCI Express) cards with two DIGITAL outputs as
opposed to what I have which it one analog and one digital.
Yes, and that may be whats necessary; yours may must be a mirror function, not a distinct calibrated option.
There is not pressure now - I can work with one good monitor, but I do
need to figure out what's wrong and what I can do to fix it.
I am not convinced my card it up to the task or that it is not defective.
I suspect a second low cost videocard is all that you'll need to make things work as desired...
So - can you tell me once again - can WinXp and one PCI express card
anlong with the Microsoft Color app manage two profiles and two
monitors simultaneously (in theory at least).?
In theory its possible, but not guaranteed; you can do a bit more testing, but it sounds like your card won't manage this.
C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Division
DataColor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com