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How to make calibration color profile stick in '2nd identity'?
Vista 64bit | Samsung 205BW calibrated Displays | Spyder2 /
Colorvision updated for Vista 64bit | Two Identities PROBLEM I have two identities on my Vista PC. The main identity is for general activity and the second is for business use. I calibrated my dislays in my main identity and the calibration works fine, and looks great. However, when I log on to my second identity the Colorvision dialog comes up and asks me to use the Colorvision ‘Profile Chooser' to pick the calibration profile I want to use. A Profile Chooser upgrade that runs does not seem to be available with the Colorvision upgrade for Vista 64bit, and the old version won't run. QUESTION Is there a way to make the calibrated profile which works fine in my main identity stick in my second identity? Thank you for your help - IM |
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How to make calibration color profile stick in '2nd identity'?
Calibration in Vista is less stable than XP.
This is simply a fact that SP1 does not correct and if you have not noticed this on your own then you should. Operations that bring up the UAC, and many other advisory Windows as well as certain programs, will unload the calibration data from your video card. The only time I ever experience unloading of the calibration data in XP is when playing high end 3-d games, e.g Crysis, which take over your video card settings and do not resume all your prior settings when you return to the Windows desktop. This is very easy to verify on your own. Simply run the Spyder calibration utility until it is at its first step and simply turn the program off. This will reload your calibration data. If you see a change in your screen image, signifying reloading of the calibration data, then you have verified Vista's instability with regard to color profiles. The bottom line: before you run Photoshop in Vista it is in your best interest to make sure the calibration data is loaded and running, regardless of identity. Unless you are pursuing color managed printing calibration does not matter anyway. If you are pursuing color managed printing then it behooves you to make sure your settings are correct before a printing run. |