Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Hello CD and congrats on your recent awards. 

So can you offer any tips on neutralizing my black point?

And why don't the manufactures provide black point adjustment any more?

Thanks for the help!

Randy


--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
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> 
> --- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "Randy L" <rlphoto@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello, I am running several 21 sony triniton crts and profiling with
> > S2pro. My RGB adjustments have 6 sliders, 3 for contrast and 3 for
> > brightness.
> 
> Three for gains and three of bias, in the most common terms...
> >
> > I have always used the (RGB contrast) sliders only because they
> > represent the white point.
> 
> Right, those are the RGB Gains controls...
> 
>  But what about the blackpoint? I have to
> > set the blackpoint by eye, because on these old monitors the blacks
> > have a color cast that I can only remove with the sliders.
> >
> > Is there any provisions in S2pro for measuring the black point?
> 
> No...
> >
> > If not, why not?
> 
> It would certainaly be possible to add the feature, but given that 
> newer displays don't have Bias controls, and there are vanishingly few 
> displays still in use that do, its a tough item to get on the priority 
> list...
> 
> C. David Tobie
> WW Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> Datacolor
> CDTobie@...
> www.datacolor.com/spyder3
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