Gamma correction and Win2000

BDI ON U wrote:

It’s there, and I can slide the sliders and initiate the wizard, but it does absolutely nothing.

What happens if you set ‘Adjusted’ under ‘White Point’ inside Adobe Gamma to ‘Same as hardware’ or is it already set to that?

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Regards
Madsen.

What happens if you set ‘Adjusted’ under ‘White Point’ inside Adobe Gamma to ‘Same as hardware’ or is it already set to that?

Yes, its already set to that. I really don’t know what else to do to make the thing work.
Do you think changing the graphics card would do it? If so, anyone have a suggestion for one with built in Gamma, just in case it still doesn’t with the Adobe one? I don’t need a really expensive card since I don’t really play games and all my work is in PSD, Tif and Jpg format.

BDI ON U wrote:

Do you think changing the graphics card would do it?

Maybe but didn’t Adobe Gamma work under Win98 with the same graphic card? You said that you’ve upgraded from Win98 to Win2000. Does it mean that you have installed Win2000 on top of Win98 without getting rid of Win98 first? If that’s the case, it can also be the reason to your problems.

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Madsen.

Does it
mean that you have installed Win2000 on top of Win98 without getting rid of Win98 first? If that’s the case, it can also be the reason to your problems.

No, I did a complete reformat of the C drive and installed from there – but though the gamma worked under 98 I am wondering if the card is somehow at odds with 2000.
Can’t think what else it can be.

BDI ON U wrote:

No, I did a complete reformat of the C drive and installed from there – but though the gamma worked under 98 I am wondering if the card is somehow at odds with 2000.

Okay. Then I’m out of ideas, other than uninstalling Photoshop and everything related to Photoshop, including Adobe Gamma. Then install the newest Win2000 driver for your graphic card and in with Photoshop afterwards.

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Regards
Madsen.

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 01:05:02 +0200, Thomas Madsen
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BDI ON U wrote:

No, I did a complete reformat of the C drive and installed from there – but though the gamma worked under 98 I am wondering if the card is somehow at odds with 2000.

Okay. Then I’m out of ideas, other than uninstalling Photoshop and everything related to Photoshop, including Adobe Gamma. Then install the newest Win2000 driver for your graphic card and in with Photoshop afterwards.

The other possibility is a software driver clash with something else on your computer. You may have to uninstall everything and start again. Like Thomas says though, it’s important to try the latest card driver first though.

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Hecate

veni, vidi, relinqui

I’ve tried the latest drivers I can find, but nothing works. But since it certainly looks like a card incompatiblity issue I am going to take the bull by the horns and change both my monitor and my graphics card. The monitor is about five years old and in need of replacing and I can get an Nvida Gforce 2 for about £25 which I understand is a pretty good card for my purposes – and a pretty good price. Hopefully this will cure the whole thing. Thanks for all the suggestions.

On 19 Oct 2003 12:46:15 GMT, (BDI ON U) wrote:

I’ve tried the latest drivers I can find, but nothing works. But since it certainly looks like a card incompatiblity issue I am going to take the bull by the horns and change both my monitor and my graphics card. The monitor is about five years old and in need of replacing and I can get an Nvida Gforce 2 for about £25 which I understand is a pretty good card for my purposes – and a pretty good price. Hopefully this will cure the whole thing. Thanks for all the suggestions.

Can I just quickly say you’d be better off with a Matrox 450. You should be able to get it for the same price or cheaper, and it’s much better at 2D and you can get dualhead.. And I’m speaking from experience (changed an Nvidia GForce 2 for a Matrox 550 – they may even be pretty cheap too).

And for a monitor, look at Iiyama or Mitsubishi. Good prices (iiyama preferably for quality) and excellent tubes.

P&M

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Hecate

veni, vidi, relinqui

Can I just quickly say you’d be better off with a Matrox 450. You should be able to get it for the same price or cheaper, and it’s much better at 2D and you can get dualhead.. And I’m speaking from experience (changed an Nvidia GForce 2 for a Matrox 550 – they may even be pretty cheap too).

And for a monitor, look at Iiyama or Mitsubishi. Good prices (iiyama preferably for quality) and excellent tubes.

Many thanks for the tip. As a matter of fact I have been looking at Iilyama screens and have pretty much decided on the LN4766 19" – CRT Vision Master Pro 455 (MM904UT) Hightbrightness Unipitch , which I can get here for £165 – but I am open to better suggestions 🙂

Have located a Matrox 550 for £63, and it would be nice to run two screens, but how does that affect working with a Wacom tablet? Do you halve your drawing area by having the palettes on a second screen?

Thanks
Bill

On 19 Oct 2003 12:46:15 GMT, (BDI ON U) wrote:

I’ve tried the latest drivers I can find, but nothing works.

The install program of some display drivers do not install the required pieces of sw that AdobeGamma needs unless you select Full Install (or Custom Install and then carefully select all color-management related thngs there).

Timo Autiokari http://www.aim-dtp.net

Ah, well maybe that is the answer. I shall give it a try. Thanks

On 20 Oct 2003 10:11:15 GMT, (BDI ON U) wrote:

Many thanks for the tip. As a matter of fact I have been looking at Iilyama screens and have pretty much decided on the LN4766 19" – CRT Vision Master Pro 455 (MM904UT) Hightbrightness Unipitch , which I can get here for £165 – but I am open to better suggestions 🙂

The one I use is the 19" Vision Master Pro 454 (HM903DT A is the iiyama designation). It has the added advantage of a couple of small speakers (if you don’t need anything much) plus a USB 4-port hub, which is really useful.

Have located a Matrox 550 for £63, and it would be nice to run two screens, but how does that affect working with a Wacom tablet? Do you halve your drawing area by having the palettes on a second screen?

There’s two ways of doing it. I know some people who will run it across the two monitor width with all the tools, palettes etc on the second screen. Personally, I prefer to have the tools and palettes on the second screen, but limit the tablet to the actual image area on the main screen. I then use my trackball to select tools etc.

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Hecate

veni, vidi, relinqui

The one I use is the 19" Vision Master Pro 454 (HM903DT A is the iiyama designation). It has the added advantage of a couple of small speakers (if you don’t need anything much) plus a USB 4-port hub, which is really useful.

Have located a Matrox 550 for £63, and it would be nice to run two screens, but how does that affect working with a Wacom tablet? Do you halve your drawing area by having the palettes on a second screen?

There’s two ways of doing it. I know some people who will run it across the two monitor width with all the tools, palettes etc on the second screen. Personally, I prefer to have the tools and palettes on the second screen, but limit the tablet to the actual image area on the main screen. I then use my trackball to select tools etc.

Excellent. Many thanks for all the help.
All the best
Bill