For any who were intrigued by this problem, I wanted to update: It appears that (after switching monitors, getting new drivers for graphics card, new graphics card etc.) the problem lay in the fact that I was using version 4.1 of the GM software, Profilemaker Pro. I didn't realise that I was using this older version.
The scary thing is that using 4.1, I was unable to get a monitor calibration to have a low enough black point without changing settings considerably, which I never did. This is done with no problem at all with 4.1.5, and the calibration checks out just fine. I can only assume that all the monitor profiling I did prior to version 4.1.5 had waaaay too high a black point. I was not experienced enough to realise the problem, and did not know then how to check this. (Thanks Bruce et all in RealWorld Color Management.) Now back to work. Ellie On 17 Dec 2004 Ellie Kennard wrote about: [PRODIG] Monitor calibration proble (snipped for brevity) > On checking the Black point, I cannot get it to see a difference in > the curves box until level 23. It jumps from nothing at 22 to very > visible at 23. -- Ellie Kennard, Innovative Imaging Studio : http://www.iiStudio.com Contributor to "Photoshop Restoration and Retouching, 2nd edition" by Katrin Eismann =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
