Re: electron blues and colorvison spyder
Re: electron blues and colorvison spyder
- Subject: Re: electron blues and colorvison spyder
- From: neilB <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 10:07:24 +0100
On 24-4-01 at 2:17 AM, email@hidden (Robert Wright) wrote:
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I did not realise that the software actually modified the
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performance of the monitor in a physical way.
the physical alterations you make during manual calibration alter
the screen, also, if your SW has the ability to load an LUT [and
the PB has the facility to allow it to load an LUT] then SW
calibration alters the screen too.
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I had thought that
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it was simply a mathematical transformation of data sent to it by
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programs or contained in the look up tables.
that would be the duty of the profile - which describes the state of the screen.
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Now I know.
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the magenta-green banding issue is more bothersome and you said
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it was a badly set-up screen. Is it a magnetic field problem?
could be
have a chat with your mon manufacturer
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I actually have the monitor as a second monitor running off a G4
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titanium powerbook which is right next to it. i'll try moving it
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around to see if it is an interference problem. i would have
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thought it was shielded.
me too but the shielding is not always enough, speakers, wall
brackets, metal desk reinforcement bars can all have an effect
according to Mitsubishi.
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Or is the set-up issue related to calibration?
well, that's what I meant actually
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It is interesting to get going in this digital darkroom, and it
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really makes me appreciate how well designed the 'old' tools are.
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The c-print is a very consistent standard, easy to maintain and
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does a good job of representing real world colors in a natural way.
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Plus, our eyes are more calibrated to it that this new inkjet
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world. My ideas of color are changing daily and I find myself
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looking at every printed piece that comes through my mailbox to see
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how they do it.
yes, it's a new world
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thanks for the info, robert
my pleasure
neilB
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Neil Barstow
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