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support for multi monitors

David Remington
Hi,

I'm currently evaluating capture1. One big problem I see is that it does not support more than one monitor profile. I'm running it from a powerbook with an Eizo LCD. Both screens have been calibrated with Monico Optix. C1 only uses the powerbook profile. If I move the preview to the Eizo the display is clearly way off. Anyone have C1 working with two monitors with correct display on both?

Thanks,

David
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  • Ulf Liljegren
    David

    This is completely controlled by Mac OS.
    We support dual monitor fully through Capture One.
    Apple + 2 will allow you to split windows for one main view and a light board for secondary screen.

    (Unless you have posted in the wrong forum and are refering to Windows version)
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  • David Remington
    Ulf,

    Thanks for the reply. Yes I'm working on a Mac. Does the split screen workflow only work with Pro? Apple 2 doesn't do anything in LE. Still even trying it with Pro Capture 1 is not using the Eizo profile. I know it is set up correctly as Photoshop works fine. An image window dragged from the powerbook screen to the Eizo in Photoshop is updated as it is moved. This is unfortunate since the Eizo is my good screen. As is stands now C1 only uses the powerbook profile. Have you seen this work? I should add that I think it color palette and accuracy is the best feature of C1, better that CR and DPP. Does C1 have a method of selecting the default profile or displaying which profile it is using? My power book is profiled native the Eizo is set to 2.2 gamma and has a wider gamut so they are very different. Any other tips?

    Thanks,

    David
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  • Ulf Liljegren
    Ops.. sorry, dual monitor support is a PRO (and DB) feature.
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  • jjlphoto
    David-
    I also run an Eizo with my PB. I have my Eizo set as the start-up screen, IE has the menu bar on top. The PB screen is only for viewing thumbnails, but usually it is off.
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  • Wilfried Overwater
    david, Ulf,
    i'm using c1 pro
    Same problem here, if 've two eizo cg21 and cg210 both are way off color when using the apple powerbook. Tried everthing but can't find a solution. With the lacie and Barco it went well. The eizo's are calibrated with eyeone GMB. And the profile is then loaded into the eizo itself.
    hope there is a solution for this problem. Also contacted Eizo but they do not have a solution. It's probably the c1 software.
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  • NN8
    I have the same problem with my Powerbook 12`and an external LaCie 19bIV. With Photoshop, NikonCapture and Digital Photo Professional it is not a problem: when you move the window from the powerbook screen to the big monitor, the colors look strange for half a second and then automatically adapt to the profile of the right monitor and look correct again. Not (never) with C1 pro. I have to do my raw conversion on the little power book screen. I wonder why phase one can`t do the same, what other software developers do. Is it that difficult?

    Bernd
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  • NN8727722
    I too work on a powerbook and can't use 2 monitors with C1 pro.
    What I do is very simple.
    Before launching C1 I set the PB monitor profile to be the same as my other (main)
    monitor.
    Now my main monitor displays correctly and the PB monitor is just for thumbs.
    A compromise but not too bad.

    Odi
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  • Greg Scheidemann
    I have the same problem with a MacBook Pro, and a Cinema display. The dual monitor setup works well with photoshop. (you clearly see the image change.)

    But in C1, the second display is far more saturated than the powerbook. Changing which monitor has the menu bars makes no difference, in my experience, but perhaps restarting the laptop while the external display is selected as the 'menu bar' monitor may change that.

    I will try the suggestion of setting the laptop's profile to the external display's profile, that is an interesting suggestion.

    I sent a tech support case to PhaseOne about this issue, so I find it troubling that Ulf is claiming that:

    This is completely controlled by Mac OS.
    We support dual monitor fully through Capture One.


    Yes, you can split the display between 2 monitors, but the external is NOT controlled by its calibrated monitor profile. PhaseOne??

    greg
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  • Jason1
    Out of interest (I don't have a powerbook or dual monitor set-up myself), could you try the following AppleScript and post the result?

    Start the Script Editor in /Applications/Applescript/, and copy and paste the following text in the script window and press run. The script will show the colorsync profiles being used by each logical display. Are the results what you expected? The script is:


    tell application \"ColorSyncScripting\"
    set dispProfile to \"\"
    set numDisplays to count displays
    repeat with i from 1 to numDisplays
    set dispProfile to dispProfile & \"Display\" & i & \": \" & name of display profile of display i & return
    end repeat
    end tell


    Alternatively, you can download the script from the url below, if you don't want to copy and paste:
    .

    Jason
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  • Greg Scheidemann
    I ran the apple script, it reports that the correct profiles are being used, but it doesn't tell me whether C1 is using them. Photoshop clearly uses the correct profiles, C1 clearly does not.

    I did try what Odi suggested, setting the laptop's profile 'incorrectly' to be the calibrated profile for the external display, and it works. It seems C1 uses the profile the laptop is running for both displays. Obviously it's a flawed solution, since the laptop display is now WAY off, but at least the large screen is color corrected.

    Thanks Odi!

    greg
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