Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Hi David...got a couple of questions for you...

What is the relationship between the monitor profile and the LUT? 

Am I correct in thinking that the profile contains the instructions
used by the Spyder software as to how the LUT is modified (in addition
to the info used by the system's color management aware appss)?

The reason I ask is that I'm considering starting from scratch with
v3.0.7 because I'm finding it sort of odd that when I calibrate, my
luminance level seems to be lower than it should be given that I'm
using an LCD monitor (NEC 2090Uxi) and it's only about a year
old--99-100 cd/m^2 for a target of 6500k/2.2. 

I think it should be much higher and I'm wondering if in the process
of recalibration, the lum level is constantly being adjusted downward
as the process is sort of iterative. 

I was thinking that if I do not load the Spyder Utility on boot, that
the LUT would not be modified and I think the monitor profile would
not be loaded--not sure if I would also need to remove the profile in
the Color Management tab in the Properties for the monitor--which
would leave me with an UNprofiled (un-modified LUT) monitor. I would
then use the NEC OSM to reset various monitor settings--contrast,
brightness, black level, RGB, etc.)...

Once those steps were accomplished, I'd start the Spyder Utility and
choose a "full calibration".

What do you think?

Thank you...

Terrie
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