Re: ColorEyes Display software
Re: ColorEyes Display software
- Subject: Re: ColorEyes Display software
- From: Ian Lyons <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 10:59:47 +0000
Title: Re: ColorEyes Display software
1) If any of you has already used it, are the resulting monitor profiles
superior to other packages on the market which you have used previously? If
so, how superior: a little, a lot?
My experience of the product goes back many months (i.e. I was a Beta tester). If you use the recommended L* (profile is designed for a more perceptually uniform response than commonly used G2.2/G1.8 gamma curves) then it is better than the majority of currently available products. The downside of choosing L* is that the gamma response is much closer to 2.4 and as such the Mac interface elements “may” appear somewhat darker and more contrasty than you’re used to. I never found this to be a problem, but you may be more sensitive to such things. I don’t think that the more usual gamma options of G1.8 or G2.2 are any better/worse than the competition. One thing I found strange nor was it ever explained is why the profiles built using L* with WP=D65 have better deltaE for greyscale than L* with WP=Native. The reason I find this strange is that my primary display is an Apple 23” Cinema Display and we all know that we’re told native is the way to go with LCD’s ;-)
2) On the Integrated Color Corp. site, they strongly stress that the results
will be much better if their software is used in conjunction with the X-Rite
DTP-94 colorimeter (which, correct me if I am mistaken, I believe is another
name for the Monaco Optix XR), although it will also work with other
instruments, including the EyeOne family of devices (Display, Display 2 and
Pro).
This claim surprises me a “LOT”. Throughout beta the DTP-94 was slower than a snail with i1Display being only slightly faster. Consequently I and “......?” did most of our testing using the GretagMacbeth i1Pro spectro. I know that a faster driver became available VERY late in beta and this helped speed things up, but I don’t recall any mention or didn’t see any improvements to the profiles. If Display 3 was tweaked to the benefit the quality of the DTP-94 then it happened VERY late and wasn’t so far as I recall discussed. That said Display with DTP-94 produced very good monitor profiles, but not visibly better than the i1Pro spectro.
3) ColorEyes Display is DDC-compliant (DDC = Display Data Channel, which
means that it is capable of controlling directly the video signals which
form the images on the monitor, not just the video card's Look-Up Tables).
Does that mean anything to owners of Apple Cinema Displays? Are ACDs at all
DDC-compliant? Is DDC a feature that requires a specific ADDITIONAL set of
hardware connections (like I know the Eizo ColorEdge has)?
It means nothing to Apple Cinema Display users. The Eizo displays will benefit a great deal from this feature.
For what it’s worth I think they you might be better off testing the product than reading and listening to much of the “BS” on the Galbraith forum. You can get a demo copy of BasICColor Display 3 at http://www.colorblind.de/english/index_E.htm Contrary to what others might tell you it’s the same product as ColorEyes Display
Ian Lyons
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