RE: [colorvision_group] PC to Mac
2008-06-02 by LAURIE
I will let CD and others respond in detail; but I would suggest that you probably do need to calibrate and profile your monitor display on the Mac at minimum.
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Re: [colorvision_group] PC to Mac
2008-06-02 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Definately load it on your Mac. Download the latest Spyder3 print Mac version from our website, and install it with the same serial number you used for
PC to Mac
2008-06-02 by joaniesanchirico
I just got a mac book pro. Have been using PrintFix Pro on my PC and have lots of profiles made. Have a couple of questions: 1. How do I get the program loaded
Re: [colorvision_group] CMYK print profile
2008-06-01 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Yes, it looks like the only models of the old Tektronics Phaser line that Xerox now produces come with PostScript drivers, thus would be CMYK devices... C.
Re: [colorvision_group] CMYK print profile
2008-05-30 by MarkGodfrey
I am using the Xerox ppd for the Phaser 8400DX with Adobe PostScript3 -- printing an RGB vs CMYK test file (100%K vs 100%CMY) confirms this is a CMYK printer.
RE: [colorvision_group] Cintiq tablet
2008-05-30 by LAURIE
Thanks CD! Of course you are right; I was thinking of it as similar to a Waco0mdrawing tablet which offers a display on the drawing board of the digital image
Re: [colorvision_group] Cintiq tablet
2008-05-30 by CDTobie@aol.com
... You are thinking of the Cintiq as a tablet; its actually a full-featured, high quality LCD display, with a pressure sensitive touchscreen overlay, and an
RE: [colorvision_group] Cintiq tablet
2008-05-30 by LAURIE
Is a Cintiq 12 tablet a monitor? Even if the tablet does display the image on its tablet surface rather than on or in addition to on a display monitor, I
Re: [colorvision_group] CMYK print profile
2008-05-30 by CDTobie@aol.com
... I wouldn t make that assumption too hastily. Most printers use CMYK as the basis of their print colors, but they usually run from an RGB driver. I ve
Re: [colorvision_group] Cintiq tablet
2008-05-30 by CDTobie@aol.com
... I ll take that to mean you have Spyder2PRO for display calibration. Cintiq tablets profile quite nicely, I don t think that you will find the touchscreen
Cintiq tablet
2008-05-30 by thanev
Hello, I may be purchasing a Cintiq 12 tablet for my photography.Has anyone had any experiences with profiling these monitors .I have the Printfix Pro set.
CMYK print profile
2008-05-29 by MarkGodfrey
I just picked up a used Xerox Phaser 8400 solid ink printer, I presume my PrintFIX pro / Spyder3 will not be of much use with this CMYK printer -- any
Re: [colorvision_group] Problem activating monitor profile
2008-05-23 by CDTobie@aol.com
... This is a recipe for disaster in more than one way. The OptiCAL and PhotoCAL software from the first Spyder is pretty ancient these days, and there may
Problem activating monitor profile
2008-05-23 by jakobinwien
I m using the first spyder and try to calibrate a two monitor system hooked onto the same video card, one monitaor at the digital connector the other at the
calibrating a second monitor hooked to a laptop
2008-05-19 by sdorsett1957
I need to know what product to purchase, if any, in the Spyder line which will solve the folloing problem. Currently I have Spyder 2 Suite and have been happy
Re: Proof to print match and dark prints.
2008-05-16 by gtakacs1
I forgot to mention that I use Photoshop CS2 to proof my prints, not Spyder3Print.
Proof to print match and dark prints.
2008-05-16 by gtakacs1
I have generated a profile with the latest Spyder3Print 3.5 beta after replacing my printhead. The printout from the printer using the built profile was
Re: [colorvision_group] Using the spectro to measure grey card
2008-05-16 by CDTobie@aol.com
... You can measure its neutrality as a D50 object, and get L*a*b* values from it. That will tell you how netural it is at D50, but won t give you specific
Re: Using the spectro to measure grey card
2008-05-16 by Roger
Can t you go into measure mode (control M) and just click on it with the colorimeter? It won t tell you if there are color shifts under different light sources
Using the spectro to measure grey card
2008-05-16 by Randall Smith
I hope this question has not been previously addressed. Is there a way to use the spectrocolorimeter to measure the neutrality of a grey card? Thanks, Randall
Re: [colorvision_group] Matching output from two printers
2008-05-14 by David Miller
... First suggestion: try watching the demo videos, to make sure that you re actually using Spyder3Print correctly, and not making any mistakes in the process:
Matching output from two printers
2008-05-14 by Vincent MacNamara
I ve recently bought a Spyder 3 Print, and I m trying to calibrate two Mitsubishi dye-sub printers that I use for school photo packages. I d like to get the
Re: [colorvision_group] Not bad news at all
2008-05-13 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Actually, what it will improve is the neutral zones of your prints... but only under neutral lighting (D50 high CRI) in the case of your particular
Not bad news at all
2008-05-12 by rschoner
Hi, I bought the R1800 because I do mostly, if not all, color. I went after the b&W as part of the profiling process because it was something I could measure
Re: SPL Re: [colorvision_group] Re: Using Colorimeter to evaluate and edit profiles??
2008-05-12 by Hassan El-Zayyat
Unless... While the R1800 s native ink set will not produce true monochrome prints, you can use third-party inks such as the Piezography K7 inks and get, I
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: Using Colorimeter to evaluate and edit profiles??
2008-05-12 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Okay, the R1800 is a great color printer, but absolutely not a black and white printer. It has no gray inks at all, and all of its grays are generated from
Re: Using Colorimeter to evaluate and edit profiles??
2008-05-12 by rschoner
Hi, Thanks again for the follow up. First, the easy question: What Printer? This is an Epson R1800 with an InkRepublic Continuous Ink System and Image
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: How do I use Import Curves function?
2008-05-12 by CDTobie@aol.com
... web page, and send out an email whenever a new link is added to that page? I assume someone could set that up to email the group automatically, if they
Re: How do I use Import Curves function?
2008-05-12 by Keith R.
... A request for the forum. For any videos that are put up on the ColorVision site, could there be a notice here and a link posted in the Links section of
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: Using Colorimeter to evaluate and edit profiles??
2008-05-12 by CDTobie@aol.com
... There aren t really RGB sliders, only color sliders (which, admittedly are not labeled as positive a star or the like ) ... Thats the way life
Re: Using Colorimeter to evaluate and edit profiles??
2008-05-12 by rschoner
Hi, Thanks for getting back. My problem seems to be that I have difficulty translating the LAB values to adjustments for the RGB sliders. This gets compounded
Re: Using Colorimeter to evaluate and edit profiles??
2008-05-11 by John Vitollo
... Go to the files section of this user forum and look for Lab Space Graphic . Its s nice LAB diagram.
Re: [colorvision_group] Using Colorimeter to evaluate and edit profiles??
2008-05-11 by CDTobie@aol.com
... That should read absolute grays/relative grays ... C. David Tobie WW Product Technology Manager Digital Imaging & Home Theater Datacolor
Re: [colorvision_group] Using Colorimeter to evaluate and edit profiles??
2008-05-11 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Well, if you look at any standard color diagram, red is on the right (positive a value , if you remember your geometry), with green up (positive b
Re: [colorvision_group] Using Colorimeter to evaluate and edit profiles??
2008-05-11 by Gaetan Dery
..........Learn to speak Lab. It makes clear statements about neutrality without an RGB conversion: zero values in a* and b* means neutral; positive a is red,
Re: [colorvision_group] Using Colorimeter to evaluate and edit profiles??
2008-05-11 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Learn to speak Lab. It makes clear statements about neutrality without an RGB conversion: zero values in a* and b* means neutral; positive a is red, and so
Using Colorimeter to evaluate and edit profiles??
2008-05-10 by rschoner
Hi, I ve been using the Spyder3 colorimeter to generate profiles for my Epson R1800 with a newly installed InkRepublic CIS with Image Specialists ink. I m
Re: [colorvision_group] Is there a colorvision solution to my video editing problem?
2008-05-08 by CDTobie@aol.com
... display, in other words), and your software does not bypass the VLUT corrections with the videostream, than standard Spyder computer monitor adjustments
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: New Software - Spyder3 Print Version 3.5...Beta just released.
2008-05-08 by CDTobie@aol.com
... No algorithmic changes, no need to rebuild profiles... but any profiles you rebuild will go faster this time! The real advantages are the composite
Is there a colorvision solution to my video editing problem?
2008-05-08 by brian.hibbitt
Hi, My requirement is to do with video editing and the need to achieve consistency across a number of monitors. Being in the UK I am working with PAL output. I
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: New Software - Spyder3 Print Version 3.5...Beta just released.
2008-05-07 by David Miller
... No changes in the profiling algorithms in this version. ... Yes, that s correct. You don t need to rebuild any existing profiles, everything behaves
Re: [colorvision_group] New Software - Spyder3 Print Version 3.5...Beta just released.
2008-05-07 by David Miller
... Yes! Please try it out, and let us know what you think. There s no reason for everyone NOT to immediately get the 3.5PB software and start using it. Don t
Re: New Software - Spyder3 Print Version 3.5...Beta just released.
2008-05-07 by davelasker
Is there any change to the profiling algorithms? In other words, does it make sense to redo any existing profiles with the new software? The various links just
New Software - Spyder3 Print Version 3.5...Beta just released.
2008-05-07 by John Vitollo
For those that don t receive Datacolor s newsletter...Just announced new software for our #1005 Datacolor Spectrocolormeter. We don t need to upgrade our
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: How to calibrate side-by-side monitors???
2008-05-05 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Send them again, I don t think I received them the first time. Use a subject line that won t get confused with spam ... C. David Tobie WW Product
Re: How to calibrate side-by-side monitors???
2008-05-05 by jp_individual
Hi David, I was wondering if you have any insight in to those profiles I emailed you--any clues would help. Thanks for looking in to it. JP ... archive ... at
Re: [colorvision_group] Tag or not to Tag?
2008-05-05 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Tagged... ... That is for internal purposes. If you wish to use our test images in Photoshop, copy the test image folder to another location, and open each
Re: [colorvision_group] How do I use Import Curves function?
2008-05-05 by CDTobie@aol.com
... We plan to put up a video on that topic before long. In the meantime, here are the basics: Softproof your RGB test image (Ideally the SpyderProof Matrix
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: Profile Chooser - bad profile list in Profile Chooser
2008-05-05 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Correct... ... Also correct. But there is the possibility that do to Windows being... shall I politely say a bit confused... then the user s custom display
RE: [colorvision_group] Tag or not to Tag?
2008-05-05 by LAURIE
If I understand the question correctly, tagging an image file with a profile results in embedding a color profile with or in the image file; thus the profile