Calibrate the 3007WFP-HC

Question

I have a 3007 and 2 2007FPs on the sides ofthe 3007.   The colors of the wallpaper were obviously different, so I figured I use nTune control panel to 'fix' the color on the 3007. BIG Mistake!!! I messed up the colors and now can figure how to get it back to the way it was or even close :-(   Anyone know what would be a good way to get the 3007  colors adjusted?   I dont need it perfect, it would be good off course, but just better.   I am using it on a evga 8800gtx if it matters.   btw, I dont intent to get it professionally calibrated.

kakuzen · Answer

not sure what exactly you moved but if you go to the nvidia control panel, under "adjust desktop color settings"... the default settings with the sliders is:

B: 50%
DV: 0%
C: 50%
IS: none
G: 50%

under "color channel"
"all channels" etc have the same settings...

if that doesn't work... just uninstall and reinstall the latest nvidia drivers...

w.pasman · Answer

For acceptable color calibration you can use the standard system tools, e.g. color calibrator from the System Preferences / Color tab / Calibrate... For good color calib get a hardware calib too, such as the iOne Display, Spyder Pro For best color calib get a spectrometer-based hardware like the iOne Match

kakuzen · Answer

agreed... you can pick the spyder (lite) version up for around $50 on amazon.com Message Edited by kakuzen on 09-27-2007 05:00 PM

_666_ · Answer

As an owner of the spyderPro, I can say its nice, but beware that on the 3007WFP-HC, all you can adjust is from the video card, as the monitor offers no service menus or the like (that I ve been able to find).   In my experience, I ve found no amount of software (video driver based) color tweaking gets the monitor calibrated as well as the hardware color tweaking. So try and test it out to your heart's content, but I suspect in the end, you ll leave it the way it was out of the factory...

w.pasman · Answer

'In my experience, I ve found no amount of software (video driver based) color tweaking gets the monitor calibrated as well as the hardware color tweaking.' For me it's just the other way round: tweaking the color options on a display will bring you reasonably close, while a good hardware calibrator brings you spot on. I'm using a iOne Photo with the Dell 30' and it does a very good job. With the Dell 24' it's a bit tricky. Problems are caused because the brightness of the 24' is just over the maximum that the iOne Photo can handle. A ND filter might help here.

SpeedyVV · Answer

Thanks for all the suggestions, I will try these settings to start with and see where I end up.   If not I might just try the driver re-install trick.   Like I said I am not tha picky about the color accuracy, as long as the color on the face of people does not look blue ;-)

_666_ · Answer

uh... If your monitor ships from the factory with a heavy red bias, and you have no hardware calibration settings for RGB in the monitor, then all the software color tweaking, with or without a colorimeter, won't get you where you want to be.

In our case, the 3007WFP-HC came with no real problems, so calibration in software was doable. I just didn't like the results...

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