Russell Proulx <rproulx@r2p2.com>: Without creating a custom profile the only one for Adobe apps to use seems to be the one canned profile that ships with the monitor. Is that correct?
First...I'm running a Win7(pro/64bit) system so I'm not sure if Win10 (ugh!) works the same way and I use a DataColor Spyder to calibrate my monitor and have never used X-Rite equipment. I have the Asus ProArt 248Q. I used the Asus PA248Q supplied profile as a starting point. If memory serves, I copied the profile to C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color. I then went to Control Panel > Color Mangement > Device tab: in the "Device" section, I chose my PA249Q monitor and, in the "Profiles Associated with this device" section, I clicked on the "Add" button and either found the PA248Q Asus-supplied profile in the "ICC Profiles" list or used the "Browse" button to navigate to C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color for the PA248Q profile--I'm pretty sure the profile showed up in the "ICC Profiles" list since I had done the copy to the \color subdir. I rebooted at this point. Using the monitor's OSD (on screen display), I did tweak my monitor settings prior to running the Spyder software as follows: Brightness=25, Contrast=80, Saturation=50, Hue=50, Color Temp=6500k, Gamma=2.2--basically, this was just to make the monitor "normal" to my particular eyes and I'm not sure it's need/necessary. I rebooted after doing this I then started the Datacolor Spyder software working my way through its calibration process using: Gamma=2.2, WhitePoint=6500k, Brightness=120cd/m2 tweaking the monitor settings (via OSD) as necessary. Once the Spyder calibration process was completed, it created a monitor profile (I chose a custom name rather than use the default generated name) which was saved in C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color. I checked Contorl Panel > Color Management to confirm that the new profile was not only listed in the "Profile associated with this device" but also set as the default. I then rebooted and the Spyder's "profile has been loaded" message displayed. Hope the above proves useful... Terrie tlbtlb@mail.com