Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Thanks - I am buying Elite - my decision due largely to your 
responses - nice to know that if I have questions, I will get a 
timely response.
--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, cdtobie <CDTobie@...> wrote:
>
> 
> On Nov 24, 2008, at 10:38:50 AM, madigan_bill <madigan_bill@...> 
> wrote:
> 
> Does Elite offer simple, less specific choices as well as the more
> specific, more technical choices you mention?
> ___
> Yes, in fact you can set Elite to run just like Pro, for situations 
> where simplicity is the key virtue. But simply choosing "Gamma 
> 2.2/Whitepoint 6500" or some similar setting in Elite makes it 
simple, 
> without removing the other functionality where desired.
> 
>   The reviews with screen
> shots of the set-up process appear to include such options ("Elite
> allows you to specify your own luminance level, by candela value,
> instead of the simplified numberless version in Pro.")
> 
> BTW, I had previously scrutinized the chart comparing Pro and 
Elite -
> the chart lists the differences, but does not explain why you would
> choose one over the other, why that difference matters, or how the
> different options would impact the calibration process.
> Yes, the goal is a comparison chart, not an educational document on 
> all the functions and factors of display calibration and profiling. 
If 
> you download the PDF of the Help files for Elite from our website, 
you 
> can read what amounts to a whole book on the details and logic of 
> calibration and profiling. The Pro Help, by the way, is a subset of 
> the Elite Help, without the pages that relate to advanced tools and 
> advanced target options.
> --
> C. David Tobie
> WW Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> Datacolor
> CDTobie@...
> www.datacolor.com/spyder3
>