Having finally taken the plunge and bought an eye1 display calibration device some questions arise.
1.On my Mac I can switch between different monitor profiles on the fly but on my W2k machine I have to restart to change them. Is this the case with XP? 2.The device calibrates the screen to a standard (in theory) but ambient light conditions obviously affect the way images look on screen. Is there a standard for ambient lighting? I have visited digital suites with lighting that varies from pitch black to well lit with daylight balanced fluorescents. Digital images that look fine on screen in a dark photo studio can look too dark on screen in the designers office even if both screens are properly calibrated. 3.Having calibrated a screen how can I tell if it is right? My Mac and PC screens are side by side and they both look good but they don't quite match so at least one of them must be wrong (but they both look better than before when I did them with Adobe Gamma). 4.My PC screen is a Mitsubishi Diamond pro 930. After calibrating it has a slightly pink look in the neutral greys. Has anyone else any experience of calibrating this model? An email to GretagMacbeth's tech support elicited a a response including the following: "we have noticed a reddish effect when calibrating specifically Lacie Monitors with i1 Match vs. 2.0.2. Due to this fact we have developed a so called "hotfix" wich can be applied to i1 match vs 2.0.2 so that the original fullscreen mode during the calibration is reduced to a quarter of the screen. This has in general a positive influence on CRT monitors and improves the neutrality. this hotfix will be implemented into our next release." . The hotfix definitely improved things. Regards, William Chitham. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
