Maybe. What printer are you using Walt.
If its an Epson, don't forget to turn off print management in the printer. My 2400 manual says if the print is to dark, one probably has both colour managements turned on Dave On 10/31/07, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, I just spent an hour calibrating with the Spyder II setup. It was > pretty foolproof BUT, my results are really no better. > My problem is that when I used the monitor controls to try to make the > screen match a good print, I cannot get the intensity level low > enough. This is a 17" Compaq crt. Now, after the calibration routine, > the screen is much flatter and a little brighter, but a print made > from settings that look good on the screen are WAY too dark on a > print. The colors are great, well saturated, but to get the right > density you have to view the print under a very bright light or use > transmitted light, which makes the shadows/black suck! > Do I need to shoot this monitor! :-) > > Walt > > On 10/31/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tend to prefer directly adjusting the video card to using Adobe Gamma, > > however > > some video cards do not seem to have that capability. Most likely because > > the > > driver is crippled. > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 10/31/2007 7:22:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > When my house took the lightening strike a few months back my monitor > > > was destroyed. I also lost the ethernet card portion of the > > > motherboard,however I put a new card in a slot and bought a new > > > monitor. > > > My prints were suddenly too dark with the new monitor so I adjusted > > > the brightness/contrast controls and have managed to get by. However, > > > dumb me, I just realized that the Adobe Gamma folder that was in the > > > Control Panel is no longer there!!! How do I get it back??? I tried > > > reloading PSE 5.0 but no difference, still missing. > > > Where does that program come from?? > > > > > > Walt > > > > > > =========== > > > Just checked on Adobe users' forum. Adobe Gamma is NOT installed > > > automatically with E5, as it was previously. But it's still on the disc, > > > in the > > > "goodies" folder. Funny, didn't know that. > > > > > > HTH, Marnie aka Doe :-) > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > > > http://www.aol.com > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
