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8-core Mac pro 10.5.6 Eye1 Display2 Eye1 Match 3.6.2
Fires up just fine here (puck attached)…
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I think Apple’s problem is their desire to think differently obviously defaulting monitor RGB to 1.8 gamma, and ColorSync to a custom monitor profile proves my point.
Match 3.6.2 does not connect and control the monitor with DDC does it?
Match 3.6.2 and Color Eyes Pro both run for me, but the DDC connection is not working. Color Eyes Pro says DDC initialization failed. None of this happened with 10.5.5.
Has anybody been able get a DDC connection to their monitor with 10.5.6?
Did a test on a backup partition on the MacPro. DDC seems to be working with Lacie Blue Eye Pro and Color Eyes Pro. Looks like something with the G5 and 10.5.6 is not compatible.
One weird thing though. Both front USB ports quit functioning a week or so ago. On 10.5.5 I get one message about them when I first boot up. With 10.5.6 I get constant messages. So much so I could get any work done if I wanted to. I have no idea why that is different.
I had an error message to the effect that "family specific matching fails", or something like that, last week and some USB weirdness.
Repairing Permissions and running DiskWarrior didn’t fix it. It took three or four (maybe even five?) consecutive sessions of Applejack after starting in single user mode to get it squared away.
I always worked with a pc. Since yesterday i got my IMAC CORE 2 DUO 3.0 GH.
Now I calibrated my monitor with spyder pro 2.
The problem is that the monitor is 1 f stop too high. In other words when I calibrate a photo it will always be one stop too dark.
What can I do, ther is only a backlight control on th machine. Second question is, with windows the gamma should be 2.2. but in the information I read for Mac it should be 1.8.
The problem is that the monitor is 1 f stop too high. In other words when I calibrate a photo it will always be one stop too dark.
First, congratulations on your new iMac.
When you repost as a new topic, please tell us more about your workflow, including how you’re concluding that you’re one f-stop off with comparing your screen calibration with a photograph. If you mean in comparison with a print that you’ve just made, please provide the details of how that print was made.
The problem is that the monitor is 1 f stop too high. In other words when I calibrate a photo it will always be one stop too dark.
First, congratulations on your new iMac.
When you repost as a new topic, please tell us more about your workflow, including how you calibrated your monitor (including gamma setting), and how you’re concluding that you’re one f-stop off with comparing your screen calibration with a photograph. If you mean in comparison with a print that you’ve just made, please provide the details of how that print was made.
Just a note, the folks at Color Eyes Pro are finding the same thing. 10.5.6 to DDC monitors works with intel MacPros but does not with PPC G5s and probably G4s. If you dependent on DDC calibration and your running a PPC chip do not upgrade to 10.5.6.
First of all I am sorry I killes the real topic I should indeed have started a new topic.
Further unfortunatly I am not familiar with all Mac terms like PPC and DCC. because I use to be a pc user. I have to find out on internet what this all means.
Neil Keller asked me about my workflow, so sorry if I explain the same thing again but with a bit more off detail.
What comcerns the color the Spyder pro does a pretty good job on this monitor. i guess it’s called a DCC monitor. The monitor is calibrated on 6500 kelvin and 2.2 gamma in a pretty dark room.
If I put the two monitors ( PC- CRT and Mac screen ) near ech other there is a clear differents in brightness, about one f stop.
Also if I refer with the printed pictures wich I made with the PC ( not inktjet )but real photo’s to the Mac-screen the Mac is 1 f stop more bright.
Now i read in this forum that these Imac monitors are not acceptable for critical work. I think it’s unlikely that Mac the specialist for multimedia are creating a monitor wich is not good enough for working. I wonder what others think about this.
Just to clarify – DDC monitors are monitors that typically use a second cable to do internal hardware calibration in the monitor before sending data to the video card. These are monitors like the Barco, the Sony Artisan, the Eizo’s and certain LaCie screens, and all need special software to use the DDC circuitry. Apple Cinema Displays and iMac screens are not DDC screens, so anyone using them would not be experiencing what DYP has been complaining about.
Richard – that your iMac screen is brighter than your CRT is a completely separate problem and should be addressed in its own thread – actually it has been addressed previously. The iMac screen, which has been problematic in calibration, apparently can be tamed using third party hardware calibration and Color Eyes calibration software. Don’t assume that just because Apple markets it, that makes it appropriate for your purposes.
I have Color Eyes Display Pro and took a look, there are many hardware pucks you can use, including yours.
May I highly recommend you call and order through Chromix.com as they will not only help you with the sale of the product but give some phone support on top. They are in Seattle.
Part of your problem may be how you are saving your image to view on the PC. Did you try AdobeRGB in Photoshop on both to compare, avoiding sRGB and browsers to view?
Plus – I looked at the iMac specs and you could always add a 20" matte screen if you feel you need. And use a dual monitor setup. Just a thought…
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