Dell 2007FP
Eye_One Display 2 (3.6.2)
OSX
Can anyone help me figure out what I’m doing wrong?
Any chance another 2007FP user that has used Eye-One can let me know what their monitor control Color settings & Image mode are ?
I am really struggling to calibrate the above display to reach the targets commonly used by the photo industry & other people that I need to share my work with. We need to, as close as is possible, see the same Tif images on our respective screens as prepared and saved in Photoshop with Adobe RGB(1998) color space.
My understanding (correct me if I’m wrong) is that to achieve this, we need to calibrate to the same white point & luminance. I have also learned that it’s ok to use Native or another as the WP & Gamma targets. But....only if one is working and printing within one’s own closed loop environment. To expect the images to look the same on different monitors means the WP & Gamma & Luminance should be the same or very close.
I want to achieve a White Point of 6500K, Gamma 2.2, & Luminance 120 cd/m2. Sounds straightforward but I cannot do it.
Basically the only way to reach a Luminance of 120 is for me to select Native White Point which results in a WP of 9300K. This is where my current profile is at now - WP 9300, 2.2 & 120cd/m2.
When I try for 6500K & I’ve tried all the other WP target options as offered by EyeMatch, it results in a much lower Luminance value - a maximum of 64.8 even though I have the Brightness on the display controls turned up to 100 (there is no Contrast control with DVI input) . But when I select Native White Point the Luminance is very high and I have to turn the display’s Brightness down to 25.
I am using EyeMatch in Advance mode.
I also tried to run it in Easy mode to see the results which may help others diagnose the problem. Before doing so I reset the monitor controls to the default color values (which places the Brightness at 50). Easy mode results:
WhitePoint Target Native - Current 9000K
Gamma Target 2.2 - Current 2.2
Luminance Target Not Defined - Current 175.6 cd/m2 & .2 Minimum .
The monitor controls color settings has several presets and custom RGB.
You can choose either PC or Mac mode and then within each of those there is PC or Mac Red, PC or Mac Blue, PC or Mac Normal, & Pc or Mac Custom (RG&B individually).
What am I overlooking or missing in the procedure?
Help appreciated,
Frank