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Re: Spyder2 - How do I know when I'm calibrated?
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"Derek Fountain" <nomail@hursley.ibm.com> wrote in message
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> I finally got myself a Colorvision Spyder2 yesterday, and have had a go
> at using it. Puzzlement. My monitor is an LCD one with on screen
> controls for brightness, contrast, etc. It saves the settings in a file,
> so when the Spyder instructions say "don't touch the monitor controls"
> what it means in my case is "don't change those files." OK.
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> I went through the procedure with the Spyder and it all seemed
> straightforward enough. At the end it showed a picture and a
> before/after calibration toggle. The "after" was noticable warmer and
> more pleasing, so that looked promising. I saved that profile and it
> said it was now the default and I shouldn't move the monitor controls.
> Still OK.
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> I then hit the exit button on the monitor control dialog and it asked if
> I wanted to save the monitor settings. Good point - I hit "yes". A box
> then appeared asking if I wanted to use these monitor settings as my
> default - I checked it. But when I hit OK to close the monitor settings
> dialog, something happened. All the colours, brightness and contrast
> changed, notably so. Hmmm. Maybe something got reset? So now I'm not
> sure quite where I stand. Is my monitor calibrated, or did everything
> get screwed up right at the end?
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> I started the Spyder software again with the intention of doing the
> process again, but the first step is to reset the monitor to it's
> factory defaults. If I do that I'll end up in the same place as last
> time, and since it takes 30 minutes or so to do the calibration I
> thought maybe I'd ask: how can I tell if my monitor is actually
> calibrated correctly?
Ummmm - print something? Compare it with what you see onscreen. If you're
happy - consider it calibrated.
Good luck!
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| When I boot there is a popup screen saying that the monitor calibration data
has been loaded. I have to click OK.
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| C Wright 2005-09-18, 7:16 pm |
| On 9/18/05 4:15 AM, in article
432d2ea8$0$68518$892e7fe2@authen.white.readfreenews.net, "Derek Fountain"
<nomail@hursley.ibm.com> wrote:
> I finally got myself a Colorvision Spyder2 yesterday, and have had a go
> at using it. Puzzlement. My monitor is an LCD one with on screen
> controls for brightness, contrast, etc. It saves the settings in a file,
> so when the Spyder instructions say "don't touch the monitor controls"
> what it means in my case is "don't change those files." OK.
>
> I went through the procedure with the Spyder and it all seemed
> straightforward enough. At the end it showed a picture and a
> before/after calibration toggle. The "after" was noticable warmer and
> more pleasing, so that looked promising. I saved that profile and it
> said it was now the default and I shouldn't move the monitor controls.
> Still OK.
>
> I then hit the exit button on the monitor control dialog and it asked if
> I wanted to save the monitor settings. Good point - I hit "yes". A box
> then appeared asking if I wanted to use these monitor settings as my
> default - I checked it. But when I hit OK to close the monitor settings
> dialog, something happened. All the colours, brightness and contrast
> changed, notably so. Hmmm. Maybe something got reset? So now I'm not
> sure quite where I stand. Is my monitor calibrated, or did everything
> get screwed up right at the end?
>
> I started the Spyder software again with the intention of doing the
> process again, but the first step is to reset the monitor to it's
> factory defaults. If I do that I'll end up in the same place as last
> time, and since it takes 30 minutes or so to do the calibration I
> thought maybe I'd ask: how can I tell if my monitor is actually
> calibrated correctly?
If I am understanding what you are saying correctly it sounds like you are
trying to save your on-monitor brightness and contrast _after_ you calibrate
with the Spyder. You should be setting your contrast, brightness etc. ahead
of time and saving those settings. THEN use the Spyder to create your
profile.
Chuck
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| I have a LCD screen as well. I set to factory defaults and than lowered the
brightness as far as I could. During calibration I told the spyder I had no
adjustments even though I do.
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> The Spyder software says, as part of the process, to reset your screen to
> factory defaults, then fiddle with the brightness, contrast, RGB sliders
> and so on as part of the calibration. I just did what I was told.
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> One thing I did try was to create a new profile without doing that factory
> reset or indeed changing any of the screen settings. When I switch between
> that new one and the original one I created there's hardly any difference.
> I think that tells me I have it right, but I'm not absolutely sure...
When you set the monitor to the factory defaults in the beginning they are
simply getting your monitor/card to some starting point. If you follow
through the to the point where you name the profile and it becomes your
default profile, the brightness, contrast, etc should not be changed. If
you use Photoshop, be sure to remove the Adobe Gamma loader from your
startup file, leaving only the Colorvision loader. To verify that your
newly created profile is actually the default profile in WinXp, go into
control panel>display>color management then see if the profile name is shown
as default. If not, simply click on add, select the profile from the list,
then click on 'set as default'.
If the profile is set as default for Windows, then it really makes no
difference if the Colorvision loader loads the profile at startup. About
the only thing that will be lost is the recalibration due reminder. It
seems the reminder program is also loaded via the Colorvision loader. If
you wish to inspect the profile, here is a nifty little program.
http://www.littlecms.com/iphoto/inspect.htm
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| Derek Fountain 2005-09-21, 7:14 pm |
| > If I am understanding what you are saying correctly it sounds like you are
> trying to save your on-monitor brightness and contrast _after_ you calibrate
> with the Spyder. You should be setting your contrast, brightness etc. ahead
> of time and saving those settings. THEN use the Spyder to create your
> profile.
The Spyder software says, as part of the process, to reset your screen
to factory defaults, then fiddle with the brightness, contrast, RGB
sliders and so on as part of the calibration. I just did what I was told.
One thing I did try was to create a new profile without doing that
factory reset or indeed changing any of the screen settings. When I
switch between that new one and the original one I created there's
hardly any difference. I think that tells me I have it right, but I'm
not absolutely sure...
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| Derek Fountain 2005-09-21, 7:14 pm |
| > Ummmm - print something? Compare it with what you see onscreen. If you're
> happy - consider it calibrated.
I don't have a photo printer - I use a print shop!
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| Derek Fountain 2005-09-21, 7:14 pm |
| Pat wrote:
> When I boot there is a popup screen saying that the monitor calibration data
> has been loaded. I have to click OK.
It does say that (although I don't have to click OK). I'm more concerned
about the integrity of the profile than whether it's loaded.
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