Do you use a color management profile in Windows?

[mshan]

Just wondering if I should be using a color management profile in Windows Display options (e.g. sRGB colorspace), or just leave no color management profile selected?

 

[corkyg]

I leave Windows out of it and use the Pantone-based color settings that came on a CD with my Monitor.

 

[ojingoh]

color space profiles are handy if you want to nail down your color calibration.

use it if you are into having the color space of the monitor match the output of your printer.

keep in mind though that calibration is the key word. if you get really serious about color cal you will accept the limitations of the system... or jump out a 10 story window. current hardware drifts a lot in its color output. again, if you are hardcore, you will get your own calibration tools - get custom profiles for your printer and a calibration eye for your monitor.

a big part of the problem is that monitors are light-emissive devices and printers are light reflective output.

fyi: most calibration ICM profiles are not very good, and windows can only use one profile for one video output device, e.g. 2 different monitors one one card will use the same profile.

 

[mshan]

So is it better to select NO color calibration, or to select some Microsoft standard such as sRGB colorspace?

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: ojingoh

fyi: most calibration ICM profiles are not very good, and windows can only use one profile for one video output device, e.g. 2 different monitors one one card will use the same profile.

Actually that is not entirely true, Microsoft has added a new color control panel applet (downloadable as a power toy here) that I'm relatively certain adds support for multiple profiles on the same card. If nothing else third party software provides this capability (Colorvision's Spyder2Pro).

You are correct, however, that the majority of profiles out there are useless since the devices shift. Even if they were accurate when shipped they almost certainly are not accurate after any significant amount of time.

Anything short of a colorimeter & a custom generated profile is a waste of time.

Viper GTS

 

[ojingoh]

hey viper thanks for the tip!

 

[SparkyJJO]

I've never touched the color management to actually use it, I played with it to make colors go funny when I was bored once but thats it