Re: Profiling Cinema
Re: Profiling Cinema
- Subject: Re: Profiling Cinema
- From: Dan Reid <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 12:00:53 -0700
On Fri, 9 Nov 2001 01:10:53 EST, email@hidden wrote:
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In a message dated 11/8/01 2:50:44 PM, email@hidden writes:
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>Here's what I've done with LCDs:
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>Run thru an initial cal just to find what the "native" white point is and
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>later use this as your target color temp. Both Optical and Gretag's
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>ProfileMaker Monitor profiler can do this (the Eye-One Monitor package
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>only
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>gives you presets, not custom color temp - you need their "professional"
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>monitor software to allow custom settings). If I was using Optical, I'd
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>also
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>want to find out what the native ("uncorrected") gamma was and set this
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>as
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>my custom gamma target. The idea here is to get the most of the LCD and
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>not
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>choke it back or "correct" it in any way and then profile that condition.
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>Works for me.
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This is close, but for OptiCAL its best to use PreCAL to balance the guns on
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those LCDs offering this ability, and set the white point and luminance as
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part of that process, then simply use the native white point setting in
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OptiCAL. For the Apple displays no gun adjustments are available, and the m
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onitors are quite accurately set ot 6500, so again you can just use native as
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the white point, and live with the 6500 white point. Forcing the white point
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instead will imbalance your grays. If you don't want a 6500 white point,
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don't buy an Apple display.
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C. David Tobie
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Design Cooperative
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email@hidden
Which LCDs have you come across that offer RGB gain(?) controls. Didn't
think that was possible with a LCD.
The Cinema Display is close to 6500K and G2.2 in my testing although Terry's
suggestion is a good one.
--
Dan B. Reid
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