On 8/8/05 6:30 pm, "Jennifer Ovink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks to all of you who gave me suggestions on how to fix the > color of Adobe images and Internet images on my monitor. I took > it to my technician and he put it on one of his good monitors (he > uses a bad monitor for his repair bench) and it looked fine. So.... > > Update as of 8/7/05 > > I tried another monitor and all is well. I searched Sunday morning on the > Internet for "Hitachi CM715 Macintosh" and came up with a site that > details how to deal with Adobe color management. In the page > (http://www.gballard.net/nca.html) there was this section: > > -------------------------- > 2) Here is a simple test to help evaluate if a bad monitor profile is > whacking out your Photoshop color: > > --Monitors/Displays (control panel)> Color> highlight AppleRGB or > sRGB (don't run Calibrate), quit and reboot. > > --A handful of users have confirmed problems with certain brands of > monitors, Hitachi CM715 for example, is incompatible with Mac OS 10.2 & > 10.3. The Hitachi monitors, the users wrote, worked with generic > monitor profiles, like Apple RGB and sRGB, but as soon as they loaded a > calibrated custom profile, the Hitachi screen whacked out the color in > Photoshop in Panther and Jaguar. They wrote the same custom profiles > worked properly under Systems 9 and 10.1. > -------------------------- > > I have another monitor that I am using now. Just switched it around in > the house and I'm back in business. I'm not sure I want to fool around with > color profiles and switch back. Maybe in a few weeks. > > Thanks to all who had suggestions. I had no inkling that a monitor could > be the culprit in this situation. > Live and learn. > > Jennifer sRGB or one of it's variants should be the default choice for viewing images on a monitor as it's a comparatively small space compared to the larger spaces like film transparency. Pleased to know you solved it... Pete -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
