Colorvision/Photocal Syder
Colorvision/Photocal Syder
- Subject: Colorvision/Photocal Syder
- From: Peter Calvin <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 06:41:41 -0500
I have tried several times to profile my Viewsonic monitor with
Colorvision's Photocal and their Spyder. (I am using a Mac G-4 and OS 9.1)
I started with the canned Viewsonic profile, and also tried using a generic
one, as starting points and the profiles are terrible, the screen flat, off
color, and washed out. I have built an Adobe Gamma profile that I update
every couple of weeks that is far, far, far closer to the output I am
getting than with Photocal.
When viewing Photoshop files I have already produced and output, they are
flat, desaturated, with a kind of cyan wash over them. They have this "My
God, what did I do now!!" look to them. Images scanned with the Photocal
profile are oversaturated and contrastly when viewed with a more neutral
profile.
I confess I borrowed this software and device from a friend to test it, with
the intent of buying it myself if I was satisfied and adding the software to
profile my printer as well. My friend has a similar G-4, but a LeCie monitor
and he got a good, neutral profile.
Is it a "Viewsonic Thing"? I just followed the simple instructions (I think)
and even reloaded the software.
This has me thinking about Monaco EZ Color again...
Thank you in advance for any help or suggestions.
Peter Calvin
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