"Quickie" Mac screen calibration software which seems to work

[William Robb]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Womer"
Subject: Re: "Quickie" Mac screen calibration software which seems to work



>
> Calibrating a monitor with software is like measuring
> a car's speed by licking a finger and sticking it out
> the window.

Well, not quite, but it does take a well trained eye. After a quarter century working in the 
photofinishing industry, I am able to use software based calibration and get visually as close 
to ideal as what a hardware based calibrator can get.
A bit of background though, back in the 80s, I was working for one of Kodak Canada's major 
customers as their quality control technician. The Kodak people came around and had my entre 
team do a series of visual tests to ensure that none of us had any visual impairments that would 
affect our abilities to do the job.
It turned out hat I had as close to perfect colour acuity as they had seen, and a certain amount 
of pressure was applied to me to move to Toronto and work at the main Kodak facility untill my 
green card could be aquired.
I still wonder sometimes how different my life would have been if I had taken them up on the 
offer.

William Robb