2008-08-14 by Antonio Bayma Jr
Thanks for your valuable information about outside, inner and measured diameters of the nosecone. Now, I think it might be feasable to put around 80 patches
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2008-08-14 by Antonio Bayma Jr
What led me to this conclusion was direct comparison between prints of a given image made by an intent-controllable application (Photoshop and ACDSee) and any
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2008-08-14 by LAURIE
We are in complete agreement on that. J From: colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com [mailto:colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of CDTobie@aol.com Sent:
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2008-08-14 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Yes, my experience with it is that the WCS control panel, when used in ICC mode, is a nice looking interface for making the exact same calls one could make
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2008-08-14 by LAURIE
Thanks! That does help a little with clarifying your intent (perceptual or otherwise) as well as what you were saying. J For the record, I think that
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2008-08-14 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Perceptual is typically defined as being mapped or compresses in such a way as to create a pleasing, not literal, result. The data typically put in an XYZ
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2008-08-14 by LAURIE
... necessarily the same thing. Printing conversions typically offer differing intents, other conversions often do not. It is true that the listing of options
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2008-08-14 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Lets see. Spyder3 hardware is faster, a bit more accurate, and better optimized for LCDs. The Spyder3 software is faster, and Elite offers features that
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2008-08-14 by Mel Hughes
I have been using a Spder2PRO sucessfully for several years first with Dell Trinitron CRT monitors then with a Dell 21 inch widescreen LCD (from about two
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2008-08-14 by CDTobie@aol.com
... I don t believe anyone will argue that its ideal behavior, but unfortunately is expected behavior... ... Glad to hear that your disc profiles are doing
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2008-08-14 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Options being listed, and differing intents actually being used are not necessarily the same thing. Printing conversions typically offer differing intents,
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2008-08-14 by LAURIE
... of all kind of settings combinations I have tried on color management panel. I am not sure what has led you to this conclusion. I opened up the Color
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2008-08-14 by Antonio Bayma Jr
Hi all, I d like to inform people that I managed to put those 225 patches along 4 CD surface targets, and that I would be glad to share them with anyone who
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2008-08-14 by Cdtobie
Try defining the external LCD as the primary display. C. D. Tobie WW Product Technology Mngr. Digital Imaging & Home Theater DataColor.com
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2008-08-14 by Laura
I have a spyder2 pro, HP Pavilion zv6000 laptop with ATI Radeon Xpress200M graphics card that I connected an LCD screen to. I am trying to calibrate the LCD
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2008-08-11 by canvaspic
A huge thanks to the very knowledgeable people who took the time to reply. I intend to try all your suggestions including using the saturation intent and
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2008-08-09 by dvrrq
I get clipped shadows ... Hello! Another good thing to check, is if you re using the right media setting to print your target. The best media setting to start
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2008-08-08 by CDTobie@aol.com
... on a Epson 9880. ... on the monitor ( CS3 soft proof) and on the print. This manifests itself as jet black patches/blotches in the darkest areas of the
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2008-08-08 by David Miller
... Our recommendation is to leave black point compensation turned off when softproofing and printing through our profiles. (This yields a deeper black; and
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2008-08-08 by canvaspic
Hi all I have been generating profiles with spyder3print for use with canvas on a Epson 9880. When using a rendering intent of perceptual , I get clipped
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2008-08-07 by Antonio Bayma Jr
Does anyone have prepared high quality target (225 patches) for CD/DVD profiling? I would like give it a try as I suspect fast target would be insufficient to
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2008-08-03 by CDTobie@aol.com
Just printed targets to create a profile. Never worked with canvas before. How long should I let the targets dry? Canvas is just another substrate, its the
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2008-08-03 by tomgreen1945
Just printed targets to create a profile. Never worked with canvas before. How long should I let the targets dry? Tom
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2008-08-02 by David Miller
... We discontinued all development and support on the old PrintFIX 1.2 more than 2 1/2 years ago, when we start shipping the first version of PrintFIX PRO.
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2008-08-02 by outbacksubaru2001
I have the Spyder 2 Pro Studio with the Print Fix 1.2. The print fix has also been a pain to use. Not only that, the colour sheets that came with it for
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2008-07-31 by goesta_b
Hello Bob, Thanks for the fast reply. I must to admit that i followed one of your posts on Dpreview already and tried your technique (on a desperate evening
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2008-07-30 by David Miller
... It sounds like you re doing everything right, so: let me see your measurements, and we can take it from there via email! Use the File:Open Data command in
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2008-07-30 by rschoner
Hi, I went through a similar experience with a slight magenta cast on B&W with Epson R1800; the earlier version of the R1900. The problem is the R1800 has only
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2008-07-30 by goesta_b
Hello David, I really do not know anymore whats wrong, or what i make wrong profiling my Epson Glossy Photo Paper with Printfix Pro and SpyderPrint3.5b9. Its
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2008-07-27 by Cdtobie
If you hurry there is still a US intro offer on Spyder3TV. You can buy Spyder3Elite, and get S3TV for $99 direct from Datacolor. C. D. Tobie WW Product
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2008-07-26 by thomas.nale1942
I have purchased a new monitor and was told that the Spyder devices work great for calibrating both computer monitors and HDTV s. Do they make on that would
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2008-07-25 by marko.mili
Yes. Please see http://www.cognistudio.com/profile_test/ OEM looks most natural, at the cost of blown highlights. Spyder looks bad color-wise. I didn t
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2008-07-24 by Cdtobie
Have you turned off BPC? C. D. Tobie WW Product Technology Mngr. Digital Imaging & Home Theater DataColor.com CDTobie@DataColor.com
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2008-07-24 by Cdtobie
Yes that s normal. C. D. Tobie WW Product Technology Mngr. Digital Imaging & Home Theater DataColor.com CDTobie@DataColor.com
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2008-07-24 by marko.mili
... There should be no need for that.
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2008-07-24 by marko.mili
I don t know if something is wrong with my device, so I thought I d check here... When measuring lighter patches, say below 1 density, repeated measurements
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2008-07-24 by marko.mili
This is an old thread, but my question ties into it. I have been trying to profile Canon iP4500 and iP4300 printers, with both OEM and Image Specialists inks.
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2008-07-24 by Roger
If I upgrade from Photoshop 7 to CS3 will I need to reprint targets and make new profiles using the same computer and Epson driver? I wanted to doublecheck.
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2008-07-14 by CDTobie@aol.com
... What I was suggesting (L* adjustment in Ref Black) will only effect the softproof s black preview, not the print. Its goal is to tune the softproof closely
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2008-07-14 by magickPal
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2008-07-14 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Unfortunately, in a single unillustrated email, there is much about softproofing that I could not explain, but I was hoping to address what was needed to
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2008-07-14 by magickPal
David Thanks for your taking the time to explain softproofing so clearly. I have never quite understood what the rationale is between the displayed image and
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2008-07-14 by CDTobie@aol.com
Let me see if I can describe this in a way that makes sense... An AdobeRGB or sRGB image in Photoshop is an ideal image, its only limits being the
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2008-07-14 by CorrPro96@aol.com
In a message dated 7/13/2008 3:23:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, laurie@advancenet.net writes: I would be interested in hearing if what I am about to suggest
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2008-07-13 by LAURIE
I would be interested in hearing if what I am about to suggest is wrong or if there is a way to achieve a printed output that has the same punch and vibrance
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2008-07-13 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Yes, the original is an ideal image, the preview and print are real world images. Be sure to use the Reference Black checkbox when building your profiles,
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2008-07-13 by John Vitollo
... the previewed copy until it looks like the unpreviewed original. Bob, Your above workflow is exactly what is recommend by many. So you are right on with
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2008-07-13 by Keith Cooper
I always expect soft proofs to look faded , since it s an attempt to show what the print will look like. Prints -always- look different, the nearest I can get
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2008-07-13 by rschoner
Hi, I have been working with the PrintFix Pro for a few months now and have been generally happy with the results. I can get the colors to match but the
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2008-07-02 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Please analyze your profile by printing the SpyderProof Matrix image from SpyderProof, then print it again from Photoshop (in the second instance by using
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