I'm not using Adobe Gamma as it said in a book 'Real World Photoshop' that 'Eyeball-based solutions like Adobe Gamma and the Colorsync Default calibrator don't work well with LCDs' (which is what I have)...
but others have suggested that Adobe Gamma might be best anyway...do you think I could run it as a starting point and see where I get to from there? I'm worried about changing my system and then not being able to get back to where I am now. Thanks for all the info Becky > 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 =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
