Becky writes ... > PC and windows XP, Photoshop7. I've now found where the profiles go > (WINDOWS\system32\Color) and the one I created for the monitor I > selected in > Colour Management (in the advanced settings of 'display properties'). Now > when I open up PS it says 'The monitor profile appears to be defective. > Please rerun your monitor calibration software' with 2 options 'ignore > profile' or 'use anyway' - the latter I chose once and the colours were > pretty wrong, so for the mo now I'm just choosing to ignore profile. > > So my main problems now are: > > 1. I have no idea if the profile I'm creating (which I've done so far with > the software that came with the monitor 'NAtural Colour') is 'correct' and > if to use something else instead.
I don't believe any of us are aware of what is doing either. But let me ask (because I may be missing some info), why aren't you using Adobe Gamma, which should have come with PS7?? You may also need a way to disable "Natural Colour". That is, it may not only create a profile, but it may run a software at startup, which calibrates your display. If Photoshop cannot be made aware of this calibration (with a compatible profile), then it is useless. Disabling something like this can be as easy as removing the 'shortcut' from the "startup" folder, or it can be as difficult as finding it in the registry and disabling it there (not reccommended). I personally believe all Windows users should use a "startup manager" like "where's james" http://www.wheresjames.com/StartupMgr_home.htm ... > 2. Why, if I've selected that profile in the moitor settings > it's saying it's wrong in PS (by the way there was nothing > selected in that area before I selected my monitor profile... > would it just have defaulted to one before?). PS probably has a way by using its entries in the Windows registry, but speaking for Windows 2000, PS will always use what's in the display properties, if it is there. I hesitate to have you edit/inspect the registry because it is a bit dangerous, and I have no specific experience with Win/XP. But I do find that Adobe Gamma does automatically create the display properties entry, as well as PS registry entries. I sugggest you find a way to disable all 'startups' which pertain to display softwares ... and begin again. "Where's James" will allow you to do this, as well as enable them again. This URL provides you with some alternatives ("Starter" looks to be more popular): http://www.webattack.com/freeware/system/fwstartup.shtml Another thing to understand about Windows and "color management", is that it should be described as "passive". That is, Windows simply provides the means for CM, it really takes no action. Similar entries for printer properties simply point printer drivers in the correct direction. hth & cheerios ... shAf :o) Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland www.micro-investigations.com (in progress) =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
