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2009-08-08 by Allen Weiss
I apologize if this has been asked before, but it didn't show up in a search. I am moving from Windows to a Mac. I profiled my new Mac display with the Mac version of Spyder Elite 3. I am also running Windows as a virtual machine on the Mac. Is is necessary or even advisable to also profile the monitor from within the VM? Thanks.
2009-08-08 by Cdtobie
Yes, but the logic is a bit complicated. Profiling your display under Windows will produce an ICC profile that Windows will then make available to color managed applications running under Windows. So if you use color managed apps under Windows, it's worth doing. But the virtual videocard that your virtual machine is using does not have color lookup table slots for calibration data to be loaded to; so you will need to calibrate Windows to the same gamma and whitepoint that you use when calibrating the host Mac, so that the LUTs loaded by the Mac will provide the matching corrections for Windows content that is run on it. C. D. Tobie Global Product Technology Mngr. Digital Imaging & Home Theater Datacolor.com CDTobie@...
On Aug 8, 2009, at 2:40 PM, "Allen Weiss" <ajweiss1@...> wrote: > I apologize if this has been asked before, but it didn't show up in > a search. I am moving from Windows to a Mac. I profiled my new Mac > display with the Mac version of Spyder Elite 3. I am also running > Windows as a virtual machine on the Mac. Is is necessary or even > advisable to also profile the monitor from within the VM? Thanks. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
2009-08-08 by Allen Weiss
Thanks David, especially for the explanation, which makes perfect sense. I never would have figured that one out on my own. Allen --- In datacolor_group@yahoogroups.com, Cdtobie <CDTobie@...> wrote:
> > Yes, but the logic is a bit complicated. Profiling your display under > Windows will produce an ICC profile that Windows will then make > available to color managed applications running under Windows. So if > you use color managed apps under Windows, it's worth doing. > > But the virtual videocard that your virtual machine is using does not > have color lookup table slots for calibration data to be loaded to; so > you will need to calibrate Windows to the same gamma and whitepoint > that you use when calibrating the host Mac, so that the LUTs loaded by > the Mac will provide the matching corrections for Windows content that > is run on it. > > C. D. Tobie > Global Product Technology Mngr. > Digital Imaging & Home Theater > Datacolor.com > CDTobie@... > > On Aug 8, 2009, at 2:40 PM, "Allen Weiss" <ajweiss1@...> wrote: > > > I apologize if this has been asked before, but it didn't show up in > > a search. I am moving from Windows to a Mac. I profiled my new Mac > > display with the Mac version of Spyder Elite 3. I am also running > > Windows as a virtual machine on the Mac. Is is necessary or even > > advisable to also profile the monitor from within the VM? Thanks. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >