April 2013 - colorsync-users

OS 10.6.8
by Dick Busher 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Are there any color management issues with Mac OS 10..8? I'd like to upgrade from 10.4.11. Thanks, Dick Dick Busher, Publisher Cosgrove Editions 7042 20th Place NE Seattle, WA 98115 206-524-6726 888-507-7375 dick(a)cosgroveweb.com

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Re: iMac Monitor calibration
by Paul Schilliger 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

colorsync-users-request(a)lists.apple.com wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:42:16 -0400 > From: David Ramsey<david(a)davidramseyphotography.com> > To:colorsync-users@lists.apple.com > Subject: iMac Monitor calibration > Message-ID: > <E25257B0-6ABA-4742-B877-4776D93D5628(a)davidramseyphotography.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Greetings to all, > > I am a commercial photographer who has run out of time (and patience) waiting for the "new" MacPro to be announced. I have given up trying to wrestle my Nikon D800 files out of my outdated MacPro so I have ordered an iMac. Hopefully this will at least move me in a positive direction. Not perfect but better. My question to all of you is what is the best way to calibrate the display? I am currently using a SpectraView setup on my NEC which works well. But I sense the iMac is a different animal. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards and thanks in advance > David Ramsey Not exactly your setting but similar : I use a newer 2013 MBPr and Nec PA271W. I had been advised to use the dual USB + Displayport-Mini connector, but the screen works at native resolution with a cheap Displayport > Displayport-mini cable. I'm seeing an issue with deep sleep however : the Nec won't come back when it has been sitting idle for many hours. It seems that this is a known issue due to cables that are not VESA 1.1a compliant http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3533 and I will have to be more selective in picking another. Meanwhile, I switch the NEC on and off. The NEC is calibrated with i1DisplayPro-Spectraview II and the MBP with i1DisplayPro-i1Profiler. I'm still in the learning curve, hoping that SVII and DPP are not contradicting one another, and there are also so many options to be aware of with NEC MultiProfiler etc... The match is good but not absolutely perfect, perhaps due to the fact that one is a wide gamut display and the other is not. My opinion is that sRGB images should look identical on both, and I might have to be more savvy to make it better. What's interesting so far is that the MPB screen is giving me sRGB feedback of the NEC wide gamut rendering. My two cents…

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Re: Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 10, Issue 59
by ron＠colorwaveimaging.com 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

I use a free app that installs itself as an additional System Preference pane called FunctionFlip to disable just those two keys (brightness up and down) without pressing the Fn key. I find it to be a very easy way to customize the keyboard. -Ron > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:19:56 -0400 > From: David Ramsey <david(a)davidramseyphotography.com> > To: Spinnaker Photo Imaging Center > <spinnakerphotoimagingcenter(a)dnmillerphoto.com> > Cc: colorsync-users(a)lists.apple.com > Subject: Re: iMac Monitor calibration > Message-ID: > <F5A3F205-277C-4E3D-845C-4A72ACAD3C99(a)davidramseyphotography.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Apologies if I wasn't clear. I am wanting to calibrate best as possible my iMac screen. Is this realistic? I will still be using the NEC along side as the bellwether but having both in somewhat sync would be great. Since the iMac has it's brightness control as part of the keyboard, like notebooks, is there any way to override this so those of us who type badly do not constantly change the brightness not on purpose? > > David Ramsey

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iMac Monitor calibration
by David Ramsey 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Greetings to all, I am a commercial photographer who has run out of time (and patience) waiting for the "new" MacPro to be announced. I have given up trying to wrestle my Nikon D800 files out of my outdated MacPro so I have ordered an iMac. Hopefully this will at least move me in a positive direction. Not perfect but better. My question to all of you is what is the best way to calibrate the display? I am currently using a SpectraView setup on my NEC which works well. But I sense the iMac is a different animal. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Regards and thanks in advance David Ramsey

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Re: Calibration of Eizo and i1 pro publish
by Rob Griffith 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

Hi Tom I've had the issue on the SX2462W and SX2762W. Turning off ADC fixes it and then with manual adjustment they calibrate well. Regards Rob Griffith > Hi guys, > > It would help us (X-rite) follow up on these issues if you also include > the model number of the Eizo you are trying to calibrate. We added the in > monitor functionality and tested it with the models we have in-house, but > we do not have every physical test configuration. I am not sure that this > issue got funneled back to engineering so I would appreciate better detail > in your posts. > > Thanks, > Tom

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Re: Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 10, Issue 56
by Don Hutcheson 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

I believe this is a known problem. Have you contacted X-Rite support? ........................................................ Don Hutcheson HutchColor, LLC 87 Brass Castle Rd Washington, NJ 07882, USA office: (908) 689 7403 cell: (908) 500 0341 skype: hutchcolor ........................................................ On Apr 10, 2013, at 15:00 , colorsync-users-request(a)lists.apple.com wrote: > Send Colorsync-users mailing list submissions to > colorsync-users(a)lists.apple.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/colorsync-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > colorsync-users-request(a)lists.apple.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > colorsync-users-owner(a)lists.apple.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Colorsync-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. i1pro publish & eizo (Jeff Notte (jnotte(a)execproinc.com)) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:29:51 -0700 > From: "Jeff Notte (jnotte(a)execproinc.com)" <jnotte(a)execproinc.com> > To: "colorsync-users(a)lists.apple.com" > <colorsync-users(a)lists.apple.com> > Subject: i1pro publish & eizo > Message-ID: <CD89D65E.15FFA%jnotte(a)execproinc.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Is anyone else having issues with calibrating eizo monitors with an i1 pro publish? > > when i try to calibrate /some/ of our eizos, I get a "failed to apply display luts" at the end of the measurments. this is on mac osx 10.7.5 & 10.6.8. > This is intermittent since some of the eizos will calibrate. All non-eizos calibrate perfectly well. I've been looking to see if there is a mode that the > Eizo needs in order to not self adjust during calibration. > > But with the last version of software it worked very easily with no different effort. > > Thanks > JN > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Colorsync-users mailing list > Colorsync-users(a)lists.apple.com > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/colorsync-users > > End of Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 10, Issue 56 > ***********************************************

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Re: i1pro publish & eizo
by Rob Griffith 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Hi Jeff Make sure the ADC option is not checked and adjust the screens manually while measuring. Also make sure, depending on the model, that the AutoEcoview option is off on the monitor. ADC is usually the culprit, I wish X-Rite would default to checking it off rather than on. It starts the adjustment process with EIZOs but can't complete it, hence the error. Regards Rob Griffith The Colour Collective Ltd. www.colourcollective.co.uk > Is anyone else having issues with calibrating eizo monitors with an i1 pro publish? > > when i try to calibrate /some/ of our eizos, I get a "failed to apply display luts" at the end of the measurments. this is on mac osx 10.7.5 & 10.6.8. > This is intermittent since some of the eizos will calibrate. All non-eizos calibrate perfectly well. I've been looking to see if there is a mode that the > Eizo needs in order to not self adjust during calibration. > > But with the last version of software it worked very easily with no different effort.

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Re: Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 10, Issue 56
by Improve Colormanagement 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

I recognise your issue. Just trie to calibrate without using the automatic ASD function during calibration. Use the manual mode instead, using the OSD buttons on your Eizo monitor. No error message will occur and calibration will succeed! Bareld Molenaar Improve Colormanagement Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad Op 10 apr. 2013 om 21:00 heeft colorsync-users-request(a)lists.apple.com het volgende geschreven: > Send Colorsync-users mailing list submissions to > colorsync-users(a)lists.apple.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/colorsync-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > colorsync-users-request(a)lists.apple.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > colorsync-users-owner(a)lists.apple.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Colorsync-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. i1pro publish & eizo (Jeff Notte (jnotte(a)execproinc.com)) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:29:51 -0700 > From: "Jeff Notte (jnotte(a)execproinc.com)" <jnotte(a)execproinc.com> > To: "colorsync-users(a)lists.apple.com" > <colorsync-users(a)lists.apple.com> > Subject: i1pro publish & eizo > Message-ID: <CD89D65E.15FFA%jnotte(a)execproinc.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Is anyone else having issues with calibrating eizo monitors with an i1 pro publish? > > when i try to calibrate /some/ of our eizos, I get a "failed to apply display luts" at the end of the measurments. this is on mac osx 10.7.5 & 10.6.8. > This is intermittent since some of the eizos will calibrate. All non-eizos calibrate perfectly well. I've been looking to see if there is a mode that the > Eizo needs in order to not self adjust during calibration. > > But with the last version of software it worked very easily with no different effort. > > Thanks > JN > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Colorsync-users mailing list > Colorsync-users(a)lists.apple.com > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/colorsync-users > > End of Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 10, Issue 56 > *********************************************** > >

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i1pro publish & eizo
by Jeff Notte (jnotte＠execproinc.com) 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Is anyone else having issues with calibrating eizo monitors with an i1 pro publish? when i try to calibrate /some/ of our eizos, I get a "failed to apply display luts" at the end of the measurments. this is on mac osx 10.7.5 & 10.6.8. This is intermittent since some of the eizos will calibrate. All non-eizos calibrate perfectly well. I've been looking to see if there is a mode that the Eizo needs in order to not self adjust during calibration. But with the last version of software it worked very easily with no different effort. Thanks JN

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ICC Profiles located on Server
by Ken Fleisher 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

I have multiple workstations that all need to print to multiple servers. Currently we just manually distribute new profiles anytime we need to update them, but this is cumbersome and error prone (if someone overlooks installing the new profile, for example). I am writing today to ask if anyone knows of a way to include ICC profiles in the system that are located on a server rather than on the local disk. I know there are many places profiles can be located, but I don't know of any way to place them centrally on a server so that they are automatically available on the local computers. This way I could update a printer profile in one place and everyone would make use of it. I doubt this is possible, but it's worth asking anyhow! Thanks in advance. Ken Fleisher

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