New to monitor calibration question

I have been using PS for several years (currently using PSCS). Just
purchased a Monaco Optix bundle to do my calibrations and profiling.
Created a monitor calibration using the Optix. Video Card driver shows the
ICC profile as the default. When in go into Control Panel (Windows XP Pro)
and click on the Adobe Gamma icon the proper ICC profile that I created
shows in the box BUT it shows the white point as 5000 K (warm white) while
the profile was created for 6500 K (daylight). According to Monaco's website
Photoshop uses this setting (shown in Adobe Gamma). Any ideas on why the
change in white point? Thanks

From: "Steven Wandy"

I have been using PS for several years (currently using PSCS). Just
purchased a Monaco Optix bundle to do my calibrations and profiling.
Created a monitor calibration using the Optix. Video Card driver shows the
ICC profile as the default. When in go into Control Panel (Windows XP Pro)
and click on the Adobe Gamma icon the proper ICC profile that I created
shows in the box BUT it shows the white point as 5000 K (warm white) while
the profile was created for 6500 K (daylight). According to Monaco's website
Photoshop uses this setting (shown in Adobe Gamma). Any ideas on why the
change in white point? Thanks

Adobe Gamma lets you create a monitor ICM file, that's pretty much all it does.
When you created a new ICM one with the Optix you need to make sure the Adobe
Gamma.exe loader is no longer active at startup (with XP check this with Start
All Programs Startup ... if Gamma loader is in there you need to delete it
or you're loading two sets of info into the video card LUT's and won't get
accurate results).

Basically when you ran Optix you should have named a white point (6500 K) and
the utility should have calibrated to this. The Adobe Gamma setting is
irrelevant once you've deleted the Gamma loader from the Startup file since it
doesn't get used.

Bill

From: "Steven Wandy"

I have been using PS for several years (currently using PSCS). Just
purchased a Monaco Optix bundle to do my calibrations and profiling.
Created a monitor calibration using the Optix. Video Card driver shows the
ICC profile as the default. When in go into Control Panel (Windows XP Pro)
and click on the Adobe Gamma icon the proper ICC profile that I created
shows in the box BUT it shows the white point as 5000 K (warm white) while
the profile was created for 6500 K (daylight). According to Monaco's website
Photoshop uses this setting (shown in Adobe Gamma). Any ideas on why the
change in white point? Thanks

Adobe Gamma lets you create a monitor ICM file, that's pretty much all it does.
When you created a new ICM one with the Optix you need to make sure the Adobe
Gamma.exe loader is no longer active at startup (with XP check this with Start
All Programs Startup ... if Gamma loader is in there you need to delete it
or you're loading two sets of info into the video card LUT's and won't get
accurate results).

Basically when you ran Optix you should have named a white point (6500 K) and
the utility should have calibrated to this. The Adobe Gamma setting is
irrelevant once you've deleted the Gamma loader from the Startup file since it
doesn't get used.

Bill

From: "Steven Wandy"

I have been using PS for several years (currently using PSCS). Just
purchased a Monaco Optix bundle to do my calibrations and profiling.
Created a monitor calibration using the Optix. Video Card driver shows the
ICC profile as the default. When in go into Control Panel (Windows XP Pro)
and click on the Adobe Gamma icon the proper ICC profile that I created
shows in the box BUT it shows the white point as 5000 K (warm white) while
the profile was created for 6500 K (daylight). According to Monaco's website
Photoshop uses this setting (shown in Adobe Gamma). Any ideas on why the
change in white point? Thanks

Adobe Gamma lets you create a monitor ICM file, that's pretty much all it does.
When you created a new ICM one with the Optix you need to make sure the Adobe
Gamma.exe loader is no longer active at startup (with XP check this with Start
All Programs Startup ... if Gamma loader is in there you need to delete it
or you're loading two sets of info into the video card LUT's and won't get
accurate results).

Basically when you ran Optix you should have named a white point (6500 K) and
the utility should have calibrated to this. The Adobe Gamma setting is
irrelevant once you've deleted the Gamma loader from the Startup file since it
doesn't get used.

Bill