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Using WinXP SP2. A friend sent me an ICM file which resulted from
calibrating his monitor. Can I use it on my monitor to see what he sees on his? If this is possible then please be specific as I am a complete newbie on this. Thanks, Nathan |
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Nathan Gutman wrote:
Using WinXP SP2. A friend sent me an ICM file which resulted from calibrating his monitor. Can I use it on my monitor to see what he sees on his? First question: is your monitor properly calibrated? -- Derek Fountain on the web at http://www.derekfountain.org/ |
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Derek Fountain wrote:
Nathan Gutman wrote: Using WinXP SP2. A friend sent me an ICM file which resulted from calibrating his monitor. Can I use it on my monitor to see what he sees on his? First question: is your monitor properly calibrated? Yes, it is. |
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Nathan Gutman wrote:
Using WinXP SP2. A friend sent me an ICM file which resulted from calibrating his monitor. Can I use it on my monitor to see what he sees on his? If this is possible then please be specific as I am a complete newbie on this. Thanks, Nathan In order to see what he sees, you would need to use his caibration device to calibrate your monitor (a different calibration device will get you very close, but not exact). Unless your monitors were *very* similar (not just same model), your monitor will not match his until calibrated, and his calibration file will not work exactly on your monitor. Austin |
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"Nathan Gutman" wrote in message . net... Using WinXP SP2. A friend sent me an ICM file which resulted from calibrating his monitor. Can I use it on my monitor to see what he sees on his? If this is possible then please be specific as I am a complete newbie on this. Thanks, Nathan Hi there. Neither you or your friend seem to have got the principles of Colour Management into your thinking yet. A monitor Calibration Profile is for ONE Specific Monitor only. Its purpose is to correct the native colours and density of THAT Monitor. After a Monitor has been Calibrated and Profiled, the Colours and Density of any image should look exactly the same on THAT Monitor as they would on any other Calibrated and Profiled Monitor. If both you and your friend have Calibrated and Profiled Monitors, you will already be seeing the same Colours and Density. Roy G |
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"Nathan Gutman" wrote in message . net... Using WinXP SP2. A friend sent me an ICM file which resulted from calibrating his monitor. Can I use it on my monitor to see what he sees on his? If this is possible then please be specific as I am a complete newbie on this. Thanks, Nathan If his monitor is calibrated, and as you say in another reply yours is too, what are either one of you trying to prove? |
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Roy G wrote:
"Nathan Gutman" wrote in message . net... Using WinXP SP2. A friend sent me an ICM file which resulted from calibrating his monitor. Can I use it on my monitor to see what he sees on his? If this is possible then please be specific as I am a complete newbie on this. Thanks, Nathan Hi there. Neither you or your friend seem to have got the principles of Colour Management into your thinking yet. A monitor Calibration Profile is for ONE Specific Monitor only. Its purpose is to correct the native colours and density of THAT Monitor. After a Monitor has been Calibrated and Profiled, the Colours and Density of any image should look exactly the same on THAT Monitor as they would on any other Calibrated and Profiled Monitor. If both you and your friend have Calibrated and Profiled Monitors, you will already be seeing the same Colours and Density. Roy G I think I have got it! Does that mean that if his monitor has been calibrated and mine was calibrated too I should see images in a similar way that he sees them the difference being monitor workings, phosphors used etc. I thought that if I got his ICM file I could use it to proof an image which would present itself to me as his monitor sees it. I know that I need more education here and any of your help will greatly appreciated. |
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"Nathan Gutman" wrote in message
. net... Using WinXP SP2. A friend sent me an ICM file which resulted from calibrating his monitor. Can I use it on my monitor to see what he sees on his? If this is possible then please be specific as I am a complete newbie on this. Hi Nathan, The only time installing your friend's profile for your display would work is if you had identical monitors, calibration equipment, and display cards. There are other ways to get what you want. If you both calibrate to the same color temperature (6500K default) and gamma (2.2 default), you will get as close to a perfect match on your screens as possible. BTW it says something about the state of color management that, so far anyway, you've received 5 (6 counting mine) completely different and authoritative answers to your question. We've got a way to go before color management becomes easy and automatic. -- Mike Russell www.curvemeister.com/forum/ |
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"Mike Russell" -MOVE wrote in message . net... "Nathan Gutman" wrote in message . net... Using WinXP SP2. A friend sent me an ICM file which resulted from calibrating his monitor. Can I use it on my monitor to see what he sees on his? If this is possible then please be specific as I am a complete newbie on this. Hi Nathan, The only time installing your friend's profile for your display would work is if you had identical monitors, calibration equipment, and display cards. There are other ways to get what you want. If you both calibrate to the same color temperature (6500K default) and gamma (2.2 default), you will get as close to a perfect match on your screens as possible. BTW it says something about the state of color management that, so far anyway, you've received 5 (6 counting mine) completely different and authoritative answers to your question. We've got a way to go before color management becomes easy and automatic. -- Mike Russell www.curvemeister.com/forum/ Sorry Mike, I should have mentioned Colour Temp and Gamma settings, but I was assuming, and nothing should be assumed, that they had already gone to these values as part of their Calibration process. Nathan. If both Monitors are Calibrated and Profiled that will have taken care of the differences due to phosphors and construction, etc. This is what Calibration and Profiling is designed to do. BTW, you do know that Monitors need to be re-calibrated every 2 or 3 months, and that the ambient lighting should be kept constant. Roy G |
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"Mike Russell" -MOVE wrote in message . net... "Nathan Gutman" wrote in message . net... Using WinXP SP2. A friend sent me an ICM file which resulted from calibrating his monitor. Can I use it on my monitor to see what he sees on his? If this is possible then please be specific as I am a complete newbie on this. Hi Nathan, The only time installing your friend's profile for your display would work is if you had identical monitors, calibration equipment, and display cards. There are other ways to get what you want. If you both calibrate to the same color temperature (6500K default) and gamma (2.2 default), you will get as close to a perfect match on your screens as possible. BTW it says something about the state of color management that, so far anyway, you've received 5 (6 counting mine) completely different and authoritative answers to your question. We've got a way to go before color management becomes easy and automatic. -- Mike Russell www.curvemeister.com/forum/ You see 6? I don't see 6. |
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