Datacolor User to User Support Group.

First off, your DataColor products will work with the same serial  
number on Mac and PC; most aspects of them should function under a  
good emulator. Next; once you move to Mac Photoshop ( and I bet Mac  
Lightroom in the long run) you will want to look for Mac printing  
solutions. It just makes sense to be doing of it the same platform.  
Crossplatform is possible; it's just not optimal.

Finally: yes, it's possible to manage color under virtualization; but  
as you are finding, it's not trivial. For instance, the display  
profile apps use under Windows on a Mac will get applied correctly,  
but the LUTs that match them will not; so you have a hybrid of PC  
display profile and Mac LUTs; so you have to be careful that they work  
correctly together. For printing you may or may not be able to use PC  
built profiles under emulation. You might have to rebuild them through  
the exact emulation workflow you are printing under. In the the  
longrun Lightroom may offer the printing tools you need, making  
printing under emulation unnecessary.

C. D. Tobie
WW Product Technology Mngr.
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
DataColor.com
CDTobie@...

On Sep 21, 2008, at 1:03 PM, "davedoughman" <davedoughman@...>  
wrote:

> I'm moving from Windows XP to a new iMac w/Leopard 10.5 with Windows
> XP running under VMWare Fusion - (so I can use my Photoshop CS3
> (windows version), print with Qimage and run a few other windows only
> pgms) All is running well - at the moment
>
> When CS4 comes out I'll get it in the Mac version, (student discount)
> but continue to print mostly with Qimage under Windows
>
> Just ordered Spyder3 Studio - (have been using Spyder & Printfix Pro
> on my old Windows XP computer)
>
> How do I set up my system using Spyder3 Studio for both Mac &  
> Windows use?
> - Monitor Profile under Leopard? Save under what file name?
> - Printer/paper profiles saved under Windows for Qimage use just like
> I'm now doing on my Windows computer. Any issues I should know about?
>
> - Should I do some photo printing from the Mac side with iPhoto or
> directly from CS4 Mac Version how do I save & select my mac printing
> profiles? Can I save any new parer profiles I make under both the Mac
> & Windows sides or must I reread the papers for each?
>
> - I assume my existing Windows paper profiles should be reasonably
> accurate until I re-profile them with Spyder3 Studio
>
> Sound confusing? Try sitting here.
>
> Dave
>
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