same mac with two user, how calibrate?
2008-10-07 by Michele Berti
I need to calibrate my macbook pro with two different users, should I calibrate twice in order to make the laptop to load the profile on start up or just once?
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same mac with two user, how calibrate?
Re: [colorvision_group] same mac with two user, how calibrate?
2008-10-07 by cdtobie
On Oct 7, 2008, at 3:46:53 AM, "Michele Berti" wrote:
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That depends on what product you are using, as we have updated our "multiple users" capabilities recently. In earlier products (and earlier versions of current products) you need to be a Mac administrator to profile displays, and as an admin you could read and write to shared folders, so the profile could be put in a universal location. In recent versions you can profile even as a non-admin user, but to allow that, the profiles and related stuff is being stored in the User's folder, so its not available to anyone else. Security issues are making global conveniences less easy to provide...I need to calibrate my macbook pro with two different users, should I calibrate twice in order to make the laptop to load the profile on start up or just once?
But yes, if you can profile successfully from both users, then you can do it independantly for each user. Another approach is to copy the display profile from the User's ColorSync > Profiles folder to the Root level ColorSync > Profiles folder, and set it as the profile for the display via the displays control panel. Please note that fast user switching can throw a kink into color management, so its best to have only one user logged on at at time for color managed work.
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www.datacolor.com/Spyder3Re: same mac with two user, how calibrate?
2008-10-11 by Michele Berti
--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, cdtobie <CDTobie@...> wrote: > > > On Oct 7, 2008, at 3:46:53 AM, "Michele Berti" <michele@...> wrote: > I need to calibrate my macbook pro with two different users, should I > calibrate twice in order to make the laptop to load the profile on > start up or just once? > That depends on what product you are using, as we have updated our "multiple users" capabilities recently. In earlier products (and earlier versions of current products) you need to be a Mac administrator to profile displays, and as an admin you could read and write to shared folders, so the profile could be put in a universal location. In recent versions you can profile even as a non-admin user, but to allow that, the profiles and related stuff is being stored in the User's folder, so its not available to anyone else. Security issues are making global conveniences less easy to provide... > > But yes, if you can profile successfully from both users, then you can do it independantly for each user. Another approach is to copy the display profile from the User's ColorSync > Profiles folder to the Root level ColorSync > Profiles folder, and set it as the profile for the display via the displays control panel. Please note that fast user switching can throw a kink into color management, so its best to have only one user logged on at at time for color managed work. > > -- > > C. David Tobie > > WW Product Technology Manager > > Digital Imaging & Home Theater > > Datacolor > > CDTobie@... > > www.datacolor.com/Spyder3 > Ok. I profiled once and picked the monitor profile via the display control panel. Now what I noticed is a "colorvision startup" icon blinking when I power on the computer with one user, but can't see that application with the other user. What is that?
Re: same mac with two user, how calibrate?
2008-10-11 by Michele Berti
--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, cdtobie <CDTobie@...> wrote: > > > On Oct 7, 2008, at 3:46:53 AM, "Michele Berti" <michele@...> wrote: > I need to calibrate my macbook pro with two different users, should I > calibrate twice in order to make the laptop to load the profile on > start up or just once? > That depends on what product you are using, as we have updated our "multiple users" capabilities recently. In earlier products (and earlier versions of current products) you need to be a Mac administrator to profile displays, and as an admin you could read and write to shared folders, so the profile could be put in a universal location. In recent versions you can profile even as a non-admin user, but to allow that, the profiles and related stuff is being stored in the User's folder, so its not available to anyone else. Security issues are making global conveniences less easy to provide... > > But yes, if you can profile successfully from both users, then you can do it independantly for each user. Another approach is to copy the display profile from the User's ColorSync > Profiles folder to the Root level ColorSync > Profiles folder, and set it as the profile for the display via the displays control panel. Please note that fast user switching can throw a kink into color management, so its best to have only one user logged on at at time for color managed work. > > -- > > C. David Tobie > > WW Product Technology Manager > > Digital Imaging & Home Theater > > Datacolor > > CDTobie@... > > www.datacolor.com/Spyder3 > Ok. I profiled once and picked the monitor profile via the display control panel. Now what I noticed is a "colorvision startup" icon blinking when I power on the computer with one user, but can't see that application with the other user. What is that?
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: same mac with two user, how calibrate?
2008-10-11 by Cdtobie
The Spyder2 CV startup item is not necessary on the Mac to apply your profile and video corrections; only for secondary tasks like warning you that it's time to recalibrate. Not true on Windows where it's needed to apply the video LUTs. Also, the Spyder3 Utility does a lot more, and is important to have running on both Mac and Windows. C. D. Tobie WW Product Technology Mngr. Digital Imaging & Home Theater DataColor.com CDTobie@... On Oct 11, 2008, at 4:03 PM, "Michele Berti" <michele@...> wrote:
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> --- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, cdtobie <CDTobie@...> wrote: >> >> >> On Oct 7, 2008, at 3:46:53 AM, "Michele Berti" <michele@...> wrote: >> I need to calibrate my macbook pro with two different users, should I >> calibrate twice in order to make the laptop to load the profile on >> start up or just once? >> That depends on what product you are using, as we have updated our >> "multiple users" > capabilities recently. In earlier products (and earlier versions of > current products) you need > to be a Mac administrator to profile displays, and as an admin you > could read and write to > shared folders, so the profile could be put in a universal location. > In recent versions you > can profile even as a non-admin user, but to allow that, the > profiles and related stuff is > being stored in the User's folder, so its not available to anyone > else. Security issues are > making global conveniences less easy to provide... >> >> But yes, if you can profile successfully from both users, then you >> can do it > independantly for each user. Another approach is to copy the display > profile from the > User's ColorSync > Profiles folder to the Root level ColorSync > > Profiles folder, and set it as > the profile for the display via the displays control panel. Please > note that fast user > switching can throw a kink into color management, so its best to > have only one user > logged on at at time for color managed work. >> >> -- >> >> C. David Tobie >> >> WW Product Technology Manager >> >> Digital Imaging & Home Theater >> >> Datacolor >> >> CDTobie@... >> >> www.datacolor.com/Spyder3 >> > > > Ok. I profiled once and picked the monitor profile via the display > control panel. Now what I > noticed is a "colorvision startup" icon blinking when I power on the > computer with one > user, but can't see that application with the other user. What is > that? > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >