Re: Wrongly using a monitor profile as a working space (was Just got my eye1...now what?)
Re: Wrongly using a monitor profile as a working space (was Just got my eye1...now what?)
- Subject: Re: Wrongly using a monitor profile as a working space (was Just got my eye1...now what?)
- From: Andrew Rodney <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 14:54:49 -0700
on 1/7/04 2:18 PM, Tom Beckenham wrote:
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You would be surprised how many people make this mistake.
One so called expert photographer lecturer had been recommending this for
years on his site. He insisted this made a lot of sense (despite just about
everyone else in the know telling him it was silly). A lot of people just
read this and did what they were told. So old habits die hard.
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Apple should really, really explain that the Apple Display Calibrator is not
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the best way to create monitor profiles.
It's better than nothing and even if people used an instrument, they might
still load the resulting profile as the Working Space. I've seen this happen
many times. It's just about getting the word out and educating people.
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John Gnaegy may want to respond to this. Am I wrong to criticize the Apple
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Display Calibrator?
It's not the software, it's the user. There are still some who think $200 on
a Colorimeter is too much money. The calibrator is a good first step.
Andrew Rodney
http://www.imagingrevue.com/
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