Samsung monitor software

[safetyman]

:confused: Help has anyone used Samsung monitor calibration software, Magic tune, Magic bright and Natural color, or should I stay with Adobe gamma, for my new Samsung Model T200 20" Black rose monitor?

[René Damkot]

No idea on the Samsung monitor calibration software.
Adobe Gamma is supposed to work well for CRTs, less so for LCDs.

The best option would be a calibrator...

[safetyman]

Hi Ren'e thanks for your reply. unfortunately being on a fixed income {retired} I can not afford a calibrator at this time.

[Plant McCloud]

:confused: Help has anyone used Samsung monitor calibration software, Magic tune, Magic bright and Natural color, or should I stay with Adobe gamma, for my new Samsung Model T200 20" Black rose monitor?

Yes I have, on a samsung 215TW (8-bit panel). It was absolutely horrible. Completely screwed up the calibration. Caused nothing but problems.

[ChasP505]

I agree with McCloud... I experimented with these on my office Samsung 225BW and immediately reset it.

[dpastern]

I have a 245T - leave the crappy Samsung software alone. Save the pennies and get a Pantone Huey Pro (should be under US $150 or so).

Dave

[blinded]

Huey pro isn't worth it in my opinion. Just get the original Huey as a starting point and you can upgrade to pro on their website if you want more.

[dpastern]

Yeah, good point blinded.

Dave

[Lowner]

Same here, I've got the Samsung Synmaster 910n with Magic Tune and Magic Bright stickers attached, and have been told to avoid any of the auto this, that and other settings like the plague.

Unfortunately, the "auto" button is right next to the on/off button, so I am forever brushing the auto and undoing all my careful brightness and contrast settings made while calibrating. I keep threatening to super glue it!

Richard

[René Damkot]

I keep threatening to super glue it!

Gaffers tape? ;)

[Lowner]

Rene,

"Gaffer tape"?

I believe you've suggested that to me before. I've actually avoided doing it since we discussed it last, but it's days are definitely numbered!

Richard

[monkeynuts1]

I swopped sreens to the Samsung as as most people ran all their software and knobbed everything up ,all the colors were wrong so my son has a little widget you hang on the screen and ran that program all is well now :)

[malam]

:confused: Help has anyone used Samsung monitor calibration software, Magic tune, Magic bright and Natural color, or should I stay with Adobe gamma, for my new Samsung Model T200 20" Black rose monitor?

I have the Samsung SyncMaster 2253BW and initially had both Magic Tune and Natural Color installed. Got screwed up, uninstalled Natural Color but re-installed Magic Tune. Followed the calibration and when I started Photoshop CS3 got an error on the profiles. I went into the profiles settings in Vistas , Color Management and changed the default profile from Samsung's Natural Color to "Adobe RGB". That fixed the CS3 error and haven't had any problems since.

Like you, I did not want to spend any more money on a calibration software or gear. I am assumming that since I have to error or warning from CS3, I am ok. :rolleyes:

[René Damkot]

changed the default profile from Samsung's Natural Color to "Adobe RGB". That fixed the CS3 error and haven't had any problems since.

Like you, I did not want to spend any more money on a calibration software or gear. I am assumming that since I have to error or warning from CS3, I am ok. :rolleyes:

No, you are not.

Never use AdobeRGB as your monitor profile.
It's a working space, not a device profile.
It's also probably way bigger then your monitors profile should be, giving you over saturated colors on screen. (And totally inaccurate).

Have a read in the link from my sig, on how to set up color management, and calibrate your screen.

For reference: A screenshot of my display settings; left is correct, right is wrong. Notice the difference in the blue and red tones? Imagine what a photo would look like.
Also: You would see the right (as in: Not left, but wrong ;)) version, the rest of the world will see the left.

[malam]

Thanks Rene for your post. I have two questions please - Where can the Adobe Gamma be found ? I checked the Adobe sight, but could not find it. Secondly - What impact does the ATI Calatyst Module have on colour calibration ? Any confilcts ?

Thanks.

[René Damkot]

Adobe Gamma used to come with Photoshop. It doesn't anymore, since AFAIK LCD's tend to not work well with it.

In the first "Norman Koren" link in this post (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=3069030&postcount=4), there is a link to Quick Gamma, and a few other options.

About the ATI: A quick search turned up a few threads that suggest it doesn't play nice: One (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=481056), two (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=26590), three (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=442383).

[Plant McCloud]

Adobe Gamma used to come with Photoshop. It doesn't anymore, since AFAIK LCD's tend to not work well with it.

In the first "Norman Koren" link in this post (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=3069030&postcount=4), there is a link to Quick Gamma, and a few other options.

About the ATI: A quick search turned up a few threads that suggest it doesn't play nice: One (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=481056), two (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=26590), three (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=442383).

Unfortunately, I have to agree with Rene. I've also tried ATI products and found the Catalyst application nothing but trouble, especially in managed environments. Lots of people have problems with it. Good luck.

[malam]

Adobe Gamma used to come with Photoshop. It doesn't anymore, since AFAIK LCD's tend to not work well with it.

In the first "Norman Koren" link in this post (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=3069030&postcount=4), there is a link to Quick Gamma, and a few other options.

About the ATI: A quick search turned up a few threads that suggest it doesn't play nice: One (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=481056), two (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=26590), three (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=442383).

You saved me a lot of headache! I removed the ATI Catalyst, and deleted all the directory files and folders. Did a registry clean and rebooted. I tried Adobe Gamma yesterday and did not find it helpful. My system has Vista and for some reason, I was having problems with it. I purchased Huey this morning - Spyder2Express was not in stock. I read a number of posts on problems and lack of satisfaction from Huey, but decided I've got nothing to lose.

Wow, what a difference ! The installation and the calibration took only minutes. The difference is remarkable. :lol:

Thanks.

[René Damkot]

You're welcome :)