Dual Monitor Color Matching?
2008-04-03 by mdgolfbum
We re looking to upgrade to dual 24 LCD widescreen monitors for Lightroom use. Not settled yet as to whether it will be PC or MAC. Will the top end Spider3
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2008-04-03 by mdgolfbum
We re looking to upgrade to dual 24 LCD widescreen monitors for Lightroom use. Not settled yet as to whether it will be PC or MAC. Will the top end Spider3
2008-04-02 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Thats his job, don t take it personally. C. David Tobie WW Product Technology Manager Digital Imaging & Home Theater Datacolor CDTobie@datacolor.com
2008-04-02 by John
See what digitaldog (a nickname in one of the other forum)say about the Munki. He did give a hard time on PrintFix Pro :-)
2008-04-01 by elvissivle77
Well then, i m sold! I ll be looking forward to getting the Spyder3/PFP here soon. Thanks to everyone for all of your input; made my decision much easier : )
2008-04-01 by John Vitollo
... Spyder3 and PrintFix Pro 2+3 builds profiles at least equal to the Xrite s EyeOne that costs about 3 times as much. There is no way that Xrite would build
2008-04-01 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Thats most people s first response; a large, clunky tape measure. And the method of hanging it on the screen, on edge, inside a bag, doesn t impress people
2008-04-01 by Ghi Stecyk
... well i m not sure about the industrial design either. it looks like a tape measure. as for product comparison, it was the CV Print Fix system that got
2008-04-01 by CDTobie@aol.com
... That certainly was the intended target; but to avoid canabalizing their own EyeOne Pro market, the ColorMunki Photo product is hobbled to a degree where it
2008-04-01 by CDTobie@aol.com
... No, Keith did an initial description, he s holding off on a serious review until he has final software. ... Well, there was a little talk, and a lot of
2008-04-01 by CDTobie@aol.com
... I ve spoken to several beta testers, including one who runs a university photography program, and who contacted me because, even though she now has a free
2008-04-01 by Ghi Stecyk
I was wondering if this would ever come up here! ... it seems so similar to the PrintFIX/Spyder3 package i figure it was developed in response to the
2008-04-01 by Emerick, David N
Keith Cooper did a review here http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/reviews/profiling/colormunki.html There was a lot of talk about it on the ColorSync users
2008-04-01 by elvissivle77
Thanks for all of your responses. Sounds like the consensus is that the Spyder3 bundle would fit the bill. Now, and i m somewhat hesitant to bring this up in
2008-04-01 by elvissivle77
2008-03-31 by David Emerick
I¹ll second CD¹s suggestion. I am running a college lab for print and video and have been happy with the PrintFix / Spyder bundle. BIG difference in my
2008-03-31 by Mark
... profiling solution for our Epson ... seems to work fine, but I ... printers to fine tune our color ... match up close enough ... so on. I know that prices
2008-03-31 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Well, I m biased, but I would consider Spyder3Print to be fine for custom profiling inkjets and various media for a university program. I ve certainly set
2008-03-31 by elvissivle77
Hello to Everyone, I work for a university photo dept which is in need of print profiling solution for our Epson printers. We currently have the Spyder2
2008-03-27 by rschoner
Hi Again, For the bright target suggestion I was thinking that if the Epson prints so dark that many patches are too dark for the spectro to read then a
2008-03-26 by CDTobie@aol.com
... We went down that road with the original PrintFIX product. My analogy for that is the drunk thats looking for his keys under the streetlamp, not because
2008-03-26 by rschoner
... profiles ... a ... don t ... problems ... patches ... I ve ... Gloss, ... Hi David, Thanks for getting back. I built a new profile using the 729 patches
2008-03-26 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Thats because the changes you are seeing are the video corrections (software calibration) that the Mac OS automatically flashes to your videocard when you
2008-03-26 by David Miller
... Yes. (Detailed email in response, too look to reproduce here, but I ll summarize for the group). Measurements on Canvas are correct and consistent; no
2008-03-26 by CDTobie@aol.com
... The DesignJet printers build their grays from color inks, so are prone to tinted grays under most viewing lighting. You would need a newer printer model
2008-03-26 by Richard Svensson
... I printed the Spyder3Print targets (and XRite targets for that matter) with color management disabled (CS3: No Color Management , Driver: Application
2008-03-25 by John
Hi Guys, I recently became so frustrated with trying to bring my Dell 1707FP monitors to a decent colour state, that I got myself Spyder2Express. I have tried
2008-03-25 by David Miller
... That usually means that the targets weren t printed correctly, with color management disabled. Weakly printed targets (with color management turned on)
2008-03-25 by Richard Svensson
Hello, I bought a Spyder3Print to make some custom profiles for our HP DesignJets. Used the 729 patch and extented greys targets. The profiles make saturated
2008-03-24 by David Miller
... Try printing and measuring 729 patches, and use those colors in combinations with your grays measurements. I ve done some recent testing and closer
2008-03-24 by David Miller
... http://spyder.datacolor.com/learn_videos.php David Miller Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions Datacolor
2008-03-24 by Keith R.
Use View:Proof Setup:Custom in Photoshop (look ... Could you put a link to this video or point out where is is on the site?
2008-03-24 by rschoner
... Epson ... making ... Hi Again, Thanks to David and others for responding to my first post. I used PhotoShop to Soft Proof the adobe church using 5 profiles
2008-03-24 by David Miller
... Sounds like possible bad measurements. You can evaluate your results, as I m doing in that first longer video, to look for errors. (Of course, my
2008-03-23 by Randy Gentry
Another way to use the colorimeter is to hit the keyboard enter key each time you want to take a measurement. From: colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com
2008-03-23 by rschoner
... I was holding the button down instead of press-and-release and that caused the skipping. Press and release solved the problem. Thanks for the video
2008-03-23 by David Miller
Please watch the videos at: http://spyder.datacolor.com/learn_videos.php To see how you should be printing the targets, turning off color management in the
2008-03-23 by Roger
Update- printing the helpful primary colors test from PFP it looks like there is a big saturation drop using color controls. I haven t yet profiled it in that
2008-03-22 by rschoner
Hi, I just purchased PrintFix Pro with the 1005 colorimeter and I uploaded the Spyder3 print software. I used this to profile an Epson R1800 printer with
2008-03-20 by Tim Mimpriss
David, Thank you. See below ... Tried both port on computer and powered hub. ... Have done so. the most useful learning point is to use Measured rather than
2008-03-20 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Sometimes this can improve problematic print reversals or other such issues, but at the cost of some color gamut reduction. Worth it, if the printer is
2008-03-20 by David Miller
... It couldn t have been a software problem; maybe just a USB or power- over-USB problem. What USB port do you have it connected to? ... Sounds like bad
2008-03-20 by Roger
What settings did you use to profile the printer? I m finding that ICM OFF yields a grayscale with some bad color crossovers. Color controls gamma 2.2 and
2008-03-19 by Tim Mimpriss
I have had some trouble with Spyder3Print on a new Mac Mini running Leopard. The OS could see the sensor, but not S3P. Support Europe suggested installing the
2008-03-09 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Its helpful in theory. In practice it falls short of what it could offer. ... It will serve that purpose, plus you don t need to keep pressure against the
2008-03-09 by Tom Moore
I notice the latest version of Spyder3Print includes an accessory called the SpyderGuide. Does anyone know anything about it? Is it helpful? I currently use a
2008-03-05 by molitar2025
I m in contact with Colorvision now on the issue. It keeps selecting the wrong display is the problem. It doesn t effect the monitor but only the Television
2008-03-05 by CDTobie@aol.com
... This may not be a videocard capable of calibrating two devices, but it would be nice if it could at least calibrate one. Start by downloading the latest
2008-03-05 by molitar2025
I got an ATI 3870 Video card with component out going to Television and the DVI going to my new 22 Samsung 2253BW LCD monitor. But the stupid chooser keeps
2008-03-02 by CDTobie@aol.com
... There was a customer loyalty upgrade in North America, and will be a trade-in program in Europe, but unfortunately each Asia/Pacific country has a
2008-02-29 by John Malcolm
Well CT you have got me there, right where it hurts. Two months out of warranty. Ironically our Spyder1 went belly-up in the same way. Do you have a customer