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Steve V.
April 5th 03, 12:15 AM
I've got dual monitors that I'm trying to color correct
to match using monitor color profiles that I've created
with 3rd-party software. Even though I create two
separate monitor color profiles, one for the left monitor
and one for the right monitor, when I go to load the
profiles into Windows XP, (Display Properties, Settings,
Advanced, Color Management, Add...) Windows doesn't seem
to be able to assign each profile to the respective
monitor. It simply assigns the "Default" profile to BOTH
monitors, even though it will let you add as many monitor
profiles to the list of profiles as you like.

Is this a bug or some compatibility issue between the
video card driver and Windows? Does anyone know of a
work-around? I've tried to match the monitors "manually"
using the hardware color adjustment controls built into
the monitors but it's too inaccurate for the work I need
to do in Adobe Photoshop, hence my desire to use monitor
color profiles instead.

Thanks a lot for any help you can provide.

Steve in Chicago, IL USA.

Sideshow Bob
April 5th 03, 06:59 AM
From what I understand the XP desktop is one entity spread across multiple
monitors. You can't apply different profiles to different parts of the same
object.

Now, some clever person has to have found a solution but I haven't seen it
yet...

I 'spose the easy solution is to use the same model of monitors. I set the
colour profile for my primary monitor and just use the secondary for
toolbars and other apps that are open when I'm working in Photoshop.

Crusty \(-: Old Bastard :-\)
April 5th 03, 07:20 AM
Gee! You don't think it could be your 3rd party software not doing what it
is supposed to do??? Is it produced by a company anywhere near the size of
say Microsoft or Symantec, or is it a freebie you found on some hacker site?

"Steve V." > wrote in message
...
> I've got dual monitors that I'm trying to color correct
> to match using monitor color profiles that I've created
> with 3rd-party software. Even though I create two
> separate monitor color profiles, one for the left monitor
> and one for the right monitor, when I go to load the
> profiles into Windows XP, (Display Properties, Settings,
> Advanced, Color Management, Add...) Windows doesn't seem
> to be able to assign each profile to the respective
> monitor. It simply assigns the "Default" profile to BOTH
> monitors, even though it will let you add as many monitor
> profiles to the list of profiles as you like.
>
> Is this a bug or some compatibility issue between the
> video card driver and Windows? Does anyone know of a
> work-around? I've tried to match the monitors "manually"
> using the hardware color adjustment controls built into
> the monitors but it's too inaccurate for the work I need
> to do in Adobe Photoshop, hence my desire to use monitor
> color profiles instead.
>
> Thanks a lot for any help you can provide.
>
> Steve in Chicago, IL USA.

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