March 2014 - colorsync-users

Off topic....dual monitors, Intel HD Graphics 4000 and Win 7
by Terence Wyse 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

This is a bit off-topic for colorsync but I'll ask the question anyway... :-) I'm supporting a group of designers that have 2 and 3 displays hooked up to either laptops or desktops, all running Windows 7. In a specific case, I have a designer running two 24" external displays, one is connected via VGA analog and the other display connected via HDMI. It's an IBM Thinkpad laptop with integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000 video card. There is an obvious white point difference between the two displays which got me wondering whether dual external displays each with a unique display profile is even supported. They are all using the Spyder Pro software and device for calibration and profiling. I tried google searching this question but I didn't get anything definitive. The specs on the integrated graphics adapter claims to support 3 displays......but I don't know if that means it will support a unique display profile (and video LUT) for each display. Regards, Terry Wyse

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Display Calibration on Windows
by Ken Fleisher 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

I'm pretty certain that I know how to calibrate a display on a Windows PC. I've done it many times. However, I have recently questioned my process because on a recent calibration I could not actually see a difference before and after calibration. I think I might be missing a step. Can someone point me to some document or article outlining how to calibrate a display on a Windows PC? Are there "gotchas" with respect to administrator privileges or anything else? We will be using basICColor as the calibration software. Thanks in advance for your help. Ken Fleisher

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Matthew Sadler
by Matthew Sadler 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

http://imam-al-mahdi.com/amtc/id-fox-news.php Matthew Sadler

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Software to read and record information using either an XRite Display Pro or EyeOne spectrophotometer
by Jim Taskett 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

Seeking open-source Mac (OS9.1) software to read and record information using either an XRite Display Pro or EyeOne spectrophotometer. We have a research project that requires a recording of spectral information from both displays and projects. We would like to be able to read the produced color and have this information recorded on the computer. Many years ago we used the Gretag/McBeth software, MeasureTool, but this does not seem to be operational on Mavericks. Thank you. Jim Taskett

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Getty: Zero respect for image makers
by Martin Orpen 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

Our creativity given away so that the metadata can be sold off and the profits trousered by businessmen: <http://thedambook.com/getty-did-what/> -- Martin Orpen Idea Digital Imaging Ltd

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cant get ICC profile 'Rename' script to work OS10.9
by Peter Miles 01 Mar '14

01 Mar '14

Hi List members Hoping you can help me. I like to change the internal name of an ICC profile to the file name using using the OS Rename script. script located in... Macintosh HD/Library/Scripts/Colorsync/Rename or via alais in the Macintosh HD/Library/Colorsync folder The Problem. OS 10.9 Rename script says it changed the internal name of the ICC profile.. but it hasn't. When I open the ICC profile with colorsync utility it tells me the internal description has not been changed. And photoshop sees the old name too. Version 4 profiles and version 2 profiles behave a little differently in when it comes to trying to renaming them in the color sync utility. I only have partial success renaming v2 profiles and no success at all renaming version 4 profiles with the colorsync utility in 10.9. I'd prefer to use the script if I can. Permissions? Thinking it may have been a write permission issue I copied a profile to the desktop. same behavior. set permissions on ICC profiles to wrx wrx wrx still no joy. OS10.7 ... working fine Moved the Profiles back to my Os 10.7 Workstation and Rename worked just fine there. opening with colorsync utility on 10.7 I could see that the internal name had been changed. moved these files back to our 10.9 workstations and the re-naming works just as I would have expected. Anyone else experiencing having issues with the rename script in OS10.9? Regards Peter Miles

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