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#1 2008-08-08 3:20 pm
- Divorski
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- Registered: 2008-08-08
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monitor calibration
I have been trying to match colors on my MacBook Pro and a WACOM Cintiq 21ux using Colorvision's Spyder3 Elite. So far, I have been unable to get the software to recognize the laptop LCD and the external monitor simultaneously. I am trying to figure out whether this is a MAC or a Colorvision problem. Has anybody had any experience trying to do colormatching with a MacBook Pro and an external monitor?
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#2 2008-08-26 11:15 pm
- chazmoid
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- From: Miami Beach, FL USA
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Re: monitor calibration
I haven't used a Cintiq (hoping to get one soon) but I routinely calibrate external monitors and my MBP 17".
I use the eye1 with it's software and aside from initially figuring out that you have to drag the application window back and forth between monitors I've had no problems.
My external is an Apple 23" and the eye1 does a nice job.
You say that the Cintiq doesn't match your MBP screen. Are they somewhat close?
I wouldn't call my two screens an exact match, but it does bring them MUCH closer than the factory profiles.
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#3 2008-08-27 11:25 am
- zoees
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Re: monitor calibration
Most photographic stuff I get in here that comes off of a laptop is usually too dark for print. (And most people like to crank the Hue/Sat, contrast and brightness well passed acceptable anyhow, throw in a hefty amount of USM and save it as a JPEG)
I have a MBP 17", only a few months old. I generally will work in Illustrator on it because I choose my colors like a sane person would, from a Pantone library.
What are you going to be using it for?
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