What's wrong with my calibrations?

[lobski]

So, as some of you may know, myself and some others have had problem calibrating.. (Basicc would never go past the "Calculating profile" window).


Another problem arose, when I tried measuring, I got this:

What are some colours waay, waaaaay off the charts? Could bad calibration be driver-related?

 

[10e]

They aren't finishing from what you've said, so I think there is something horrible going on here. You are making sure to keep the BasicColor gamma/VideoLUT loader in the "startup" folder right?

I use BCC on XP and it works well, and with my monitors I can get all three to an average delta E94 of less than 0.50.

BTW what are you using for video card drivers anyways?

Try Eye One Match and see if that works better.

 

[Moogle Stiltzkin]

Same issue here. I hope there is a fix for the basICColor software seeing as the options are more advanced and has a better report then the Eye Match.

But sad to say in terms of ease to use, Eye Match beats it hands down and the profile save works flawlessly.

Like i said when i hit calibration/profiling for the basICColor software, it flashes colors and stuff but after that when it says calculating, it doesn't successfully save your ICC or add it into your system at all. I know this because i checked my color management and no new ICC was being used ....

So i hit review get results then click edit and save. But i think that is wrong because it's probably reviewing my current settings and not actually calibrating

Whats the latest version for basICColor ?

 

[lobski]

They aren't finishing from what you've said, so I think there is something horrible going on here. You are making sure to keep the BasicColor gamma/VideoLUT loader in the "startup" folder right?

I use BCC on XP and it works well, and with my monitors I can get all three to an average delta E94 of less than 0.50.

BTW what are you using for video card drivers anyways?

Try Eye One Match and see if that works better.

Can I use the Eye One Match program with Spyder3?

Also, I'm now on 4870x2's

 

[Moogle Stiltzkin]

I am using Eye one display 2. I thought you were using the same calibrator :X

By the way is there a better software then eye match and basiccolor for me to buy ? or better yet download for free if possible

 

[lobski]

I am using Eye one display 2. I thought you were using the same calibrator :X

By the way is there a better software then eye match and basiccolor for me to buy ? or better yet download for free if possible

I think Basicc is the best...

 

[Moogle Stiltzkin]

But it's spoilt >-<;

I got the NEC Spectra software but it only works on NEC monitors only. I heard that was pretty good too

 

[10e]

I'm using Windows XP SP2 with Catalyst 8.7 drivers and a 4870+4850 in Crossfire right now. I haven't had any issues with BCC not being able to complete and write a profile. I also never had issues while using an nVidia 8800GTS G92 512MB from Asus or Galaxy with BCC. Very strange.

I purchased BCC 4.1.8 because I liked it so much, and because the Lacie Blue Eye software/colorimeter package was tough to get in Canada, and expensive (at $400.00+)

Maybe you can try it in safe mode?

I actually calibrated my NEC with the monitor in native (ie. non-programmable) mode last night, and received sparkling results of 0.33 average DE94 and worst on blue DE94 of 1.13 or so (going from memory) when I validated. I used "software only" calibration because to use hardware+software I need it in "programmable" (not native) mode. This is the only way I can crash BCC by trying a "hardware+software" calibration on a monitor that does not support it.

I then re-did my BenQ FP241VW and received a 0.48 average and 1.80 on dark blue there as well. Both monitors (outside of gamut differences) look identical when the profile is loaded into the Video cards' LUT.

Both monitors show minimal banding on grey scales with the profile applied, and the NEC shows basically zero banding.

Eye One Match (I believe) only supports Eye one devices.

Lobski, why not try the Spyder3 software then?

You may want to only have one package installed at any time to avoid Spyder3 and BCC conflicts as well, because they both use Startup applets to load your profile into the Video card's gamma/LUT tables.