Datacolor User to User Support Group.

I'll admit that I haven't used the Precise light slider when making 
profiles. Perhaps there's something about it I don't understand.

Of the 8 profiles I've made for myself, 2 or 3 have needed slight (in two 
cases 5%, but in one case 10%) adjustments of Yellow. Of the three sample 
profiles I've made for other people, *none* have needed any color 
adjustment. It seems to me that it would be much more accurate to adjust 
color balance by using the individual color sliders than by trying to 
adjust "white balance" using a single slider. Does this match with the 
experience of others?

And here's an even more important question - Brightness. All of the 
profiles I've made for myself have required slight (5-10%) increases in 
Brightness. And yes, the monitor is profiled with the Spyder2, and I let 
prints dry for quite a few hours, and I examine them with ample light which 
is balanced to be the same color temp as the light in which those prints 
will be viewed! Of the three profiles I've made for others, two have 
required 15% increases in Brightness and one needs a 10% increase. This is 
really not a problem at all, since those increases in Brightness can be 
included in the process of making the initial profile. Even making four 
versions of a profile, with brightnesses of zero, +1, +2, and +3 takes only 
about an extra 20 seconds during the profiling process.

My own practice has been to use the Brightness slider to make those 
brightness adjustments - but I imagine that the brightness slider of the 
PreciseLight could be used in the same way.

But I'm curious - do many others find that increases in brightness are 
necessary in order to match the monitor brightness?

Bill Hansen