Re: Colour management on Mac and Windows XPTo:
Re: Colour management on Mac and Windows XPTo:
- Subject: Re: Colour management on Mac and Windows XPTo:
- From: Ian Lyons <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 22:50:27 +0000
Rob,
I use both platforms although I have no love for XP, much preferring Win
2K's interface and compatibility with existing hardware.
Photoshop will work fine with XP with configuration of same being equal on
both platforms.
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Is there any reason, or any limitation or difficulty
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that I face in setting up a Windows XP box to match the solid screen to
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print matching I've achieved on the Mac?
Other than the lack of stable drivers for some graphics cards and certain
Epson printer/scanner models most things should work fine.
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This question may seem a bit arcane, but as I've heard enough times that
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colour management is easier to implement on a Mac than on a PC that I'm
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wondering if there are specific pitfalls I should be watching out for, from
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setup of the OS to the use of specific applications (like Photoshop 6 and
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7). Or whatever. Any advice from the cross-platform types on the list would
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be appreciated.
First thing I would do with XP would be to delete it and install Win 2K, but
that's just my bias against XP. Seriously - kill all the fancy desktop crap
and revert back to the Windows Classic desktop. You do this easily via the
Control Panel > Display Themes. When installing the printer driver do it
EXACTLTY as Epson describe otherwise ??????
Realise that Epson doesn't provide ANY media profiles with the PC drivers so
initially you could be stuck with the default ICM mode or Automatic. There
is NO equal of ColorSync and the driver configuration is sufficiently
different to cause initial confusion. You can copy the Mac based media
profiles across to the PC (simply add the .icm extension) and use them with
the driver set for No Color Adjustment mode. However, there is NO way to
select them in the printer driver it must be done in Photoshop.
So far as ensuring maximum compatibility between the two work environments
you should calibrate both systems to same gamma and white point. It doesn't
make any odds in Photoshop as it can handle any differences but outside of
Photoshop the PC is pretty close to being brain dead so far as colour
management goes. For monitor calibration you can either eyeball it with
Adobe Gamma or use something like GretagMacbeths EyeOne or the ColorVision
Spyder. Both work on either platform, although ColorVisions XP compatibility
isn't totally assured at present.
Ian Lyons
http://www.computer-darkroom.com
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