Hi everyone. I'm very new to this, my first post. I searched forums, but didn't see anything too helpful for this particular situation. I am working on an Powerbook connected to a HP LP3065 30 monitor. I need to use a custom color profile, which I have put in my library/colorsync/profile. However, when I go to the Color Pane of my Display preferences, the icc file does not show up for selection..... Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.
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Calibration of Monitor
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Try using the ColorSync application under /Applications/Utilities/ColorSync
Select your display on the left. Next to "Current Profile" you will see an arrow/button pointing down. Click on that and choose Other. Navigate to your new profile. If it is selectable I believe you will be ok. If it is greyed out then there may be a problem with the profile as in permissions/ownership etc.
See if that fixes your problem in System Preferences -> Display
Select your display on the left. Next to "Current Profile" you will see an arrow/button pointing down. Click on that and choose Other. Navigate to your new profile. If it is selectable I believe you will be ok. If it is greyed out then there may be a problem with the profile as in permissions/ownership etc.
See if that fixes your problem in System Preferences -> Display
ColorSync Application
Hi Merlin, Thanks so very much - partially. That got me a bit farther than where I started, but still stuck. I used hte application, found the profile, did a verify on it to check it was ok. Then when I went to Current Profile and selected the .icc file, the computer just beeped, did not give me any messages and did not change the current profile. Basically, everything stayed the same. The .icc file I want to use is there and not grayed out, but it will not make it the current profile....
Any further suggestions?
Hi Merlin, Thanks so very much - partially. That got me a bit farther than where I started, but still stuck. I used hte application, found the profile, did a verify on it to check it was ok. Then when I went to Current Profile and selected the .icc file, the computer just beeped, did not give me any messages and did not change the current profile. Basically, everything stayed the same. The .icc file I want to use is there and not grayed out, but it will not make it the current profile....
Any further suggestions?
You need to use an actual monitor calibrator and the software that comes with it. The calibrator software would typically place a profile in the right place and set it.
Launch Terminal and become the "root user".
sudo -s (hit return key)
Then navigate to the folder containing the profiles (including yours)
cd (drag the folder containing the profiles from a finder window to this terminal window and it will put in the correct path. Then hit a return key).
Example: I use an ACD display so my path is: /Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Displays
So I would issue the command as such:
cd /Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Displays
Now compare the files by issuing:
ls -al (return)
Post the output of the results here.
To exit from the "root user":
exit
Calibration....
I think that may be a little over my head. I'm concerned about doing something in Terminal I don't know how to do. But thank you for the suggestion. I'll have to figure out a solution I can do that I might not screw up and crash the entire system on.
I think that may be a little over my head. I'm concerned about doing something in Terminal I don't know how to do. But thank you for the suggestion. I'll have to figure out a solution I can do that I might not screw up and crash the entire system on.