Datacolor User to User Support Group.

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
> >>I assume you are referring to curve-creation ability in Spyder2PRO.
> 
> No, I was referring to importing a curve, not creating one...

I assume you are referring to File > Import/Open Target menu (I am
paraphrasing, since I don't have the software here)?

I imported L-Star-RGB.icc, and my screen display changed, so
Spyder2PRO was presumably able to interpret the curve within.
Calibration process completed, but the software then crashed (this is
on intel Mac). I had the same problem when trying to calibrate using
"Linear Grayscale" curve that you supply with your software. Using
gamma x.x curves seems to work (at least 1.8 and 2.2). Is this a known
bug? Is it Mac specific? Should it work if I try to calibrate from
Boot Camp/Windows and use that ICC in OSX? (it is an LCD monitor
connected with DVI, if that matters).

> >>Could you provide a good L-Star curve preset?
> 
> Sorry, we aren't building new features into the older products. We have 
> just recently licensed L-Star, and are adding into our new line of 
> products.

I am confused about this point... it is my understanding that the only
thing different about L-star curve is that it is shaped slightly
differently then a simple gamma curve. What is it one needs to licence?

I can appreciate that your marketing department wants to make the new
version of your product seem very special, and I wish you best success
with it, but I find it unlikely that you would be losing sales by
declining to provide a simple benefit to your existing customers - how
many owners of Spyder2PRO or PrintFIX Pro Suite are going to upgrade
their hardware to very similar hardware - please understand that I
think you have a great product for the price already, so I am not
entering this conversation with a negative slant.

I read the user guide carefully, and I see no mention of how to import
curves, and what kinds of targets are compatible with it. Perhaps when
you say "import curve", you are talking about something else that I am
missing.

Thanks.