Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Thanks for the welcome John.

I have a new Dell widescreen and right now, with PSCS3, whenever I look 
at bridge and choose an image; I have a "settling" or refining of the 
image when it comes into the preview box on my default page in PS.

Thanks for asking.

I'm not technically inclined and don't investigate all of my settings, 
etc.  That's why I end up asking so many questions.  

Please be tolerant of this newbie.

Thanks,
Dee

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "Dee" <had2tryharder@...> wrote:

> I have a new Dell widescreen and right now, with PSCS3, whenever I look 
> at bridge and choose an image; I have a "settling" or refining of the 
> image when it comes into the preview box on my default page in PS.

My guess is what you see is Bridge/CS3 building a preview...slowly. Bridge CS3 was always 
slow. If you can, upgrade to CS4 as Bridge has been improved very much...it's faster for sure.

Thanks for the suggestion, I guess I'll be learning LIGHTROOM very soon and I'm told I won't need another thing! LOL!  They're kidding me, right? (smile)
 
 

Dee
 
"Make Happy Memories today, for all of your tomorrows."

On Feb 6, 2009, at 1:02 PM, Dee Murphy wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion, I guess I'll be learning LIGHTROOM very  
> soon and I'm told I won't need another thing! LOL!  They're kidding  
> me, right? (smile)
>
Definitely kidding. But Full Photoshop, plus Lightroom, plus Keynote  
for presentations, plus possibly something else for putting your stuff  
on a website, covers most of it, though a new camera may require a new  
version of the Adobe apps, to support it, a new computer may require  
new versions of most any software, and new features may tempt you to  
upgrade anyways, so there is no guarantee of an end in sight.

The way I see it, there is an inverse relationship: as Lightroom usage  
increases, Photoshop usage decreases. I don't expect Photoshop usage  
to ever go away entirely, but I expect to have an increasing smaller  
percentage of my images go through Photoshop, while an increasingly  
large amount of my editing will be done directly in Lightroom. As  
printing functions improve in Lightroom, I will have more and more  
images that never get rendered out to TIFF at all, and get printed  
directly from Raw files in Lightroom; as long as I'm not sending them  
to a fine art printer, book printer, etc, in which case eight bit per  
channel TIFFs is the most I'm willing to let go out-of-house.

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...



Datacolor
www.datacolor.com/Spyder3

No doubt - no end to it all.
 
O.K., I'm looking for recommendations - I guess I need the system to calibrate BOTH monitor and printer - 1800 Epson.  It needs to be simple, for me!
 
Thanks, and the best place to purchase?
  


It is appreciated
 
Dee
 
"Make Happy Memories today, for all of your tomorrows."

Well, this is the ColorVision list, so the obvious answer is  
Spyder3Studio, which will calibrate your displays, and profile your  
R1800 for most any media. Just be forewarned that the R1800, even with  
custom profiles, is still a bit weak on B&W, since it does not include  
gray inks. You can get B&W prints, but under differing light sources,  
their neutrality will vary.

C. D. Tobie
Global Product Technology Mngr.
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
Datacolor.com
CDTobie@...

On Feb 7, 2009, at 8:27 AM, Dee Murphy <had2tryharder@...> wrote:

>
> No doubt - no end to it all.
>
> O.K., I'm looking for recommendations - I guess I need the system to  
> calibrate BOTH monitor and printer - 1800 Epson.  It needs to be  
> simple, for me!
>
> Thanks, and the best place to purchase?
>
> It is appreciated
>
> Dee
>
> "Make Happy Memories today, for all of your tomorrows."
>
>
>
>

Thanks for the information, espcially about the 1800 - a very bad review for their companies support on the B&H site.


  


 
Dee
 
"Make Happy Memories today, for all of your tomorrows."

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, J Zachary <ambientmusic@...> wrote:
>
> On the same topic, what would be some recommendations for GOOD printers up
> to a price range of about $500-600?

Hands down the Epson Stylus Photo R2880 Ink Jet Printer. There's a $200.00 rebate that 
brings the price down to $599.99

Has the K3 inks (uses the two extra grays inks) and Advance Black and White driver.

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, J Zachary <ambientmusic@...> wrote:
>
> I'm also looking for a pair of monitors that work well with Spyder3.  I have
> separate video cards for two monitors and I work in Windows XP Pro SP3.  I
> would be willing to spend about $300 each for the monitors.

A  friend of mine has an HP LP2475W 24" TFT Monitor. It's really outstanding... that will be 
my next purchase.

 
> Also does Spyder3Studio work in a 64-bit environment like Vista Ultimate?

Yes.