How do I assign separate color profiles to two monitors in Windows 7?
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I use two displays on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit: a Dell U2410 and a Wacom Cintiq 12UX. I calibrate with an X-Rite i1 device and software. I was told Windows can only apply one monitor profile, but I need the Cintiq to be as accurate as possible. In Bridge, a RAW file looks fine on the Dell, but when opened in Camera Raw on the Cintiq it looks much less saturated. How can I assign individual ICC profiles to each monitor in Windows 7, and could the Bridge vs. Camera Raw difference be caused by something other than monitor calibration?
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Windows 7 is definitely capable of using different color profiles for different monitors.
Manually setting a color profile (if your calibration software won't do it for you) for a monitor is done through the color management screen in control panel.
You need to click on 'Add', then on 'Browse' in the screen that appears and find the created profile for the current Device (monitor).
You may need to set the profile as the default after you add it.
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Windows 7 can use different ICC profiles for different monitors. In Control Panel > Color Management, select each display from the Device dropdown, check “Use my settings for this device,” then Add the correct ICC profile for that monitor and set it as default.
Two other points may explain what you’re seeing:
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Bridge preview vs Camera Raw: Bridge often shows the embedded JPEG preview from the camera, while Camera Raw shows the actual RAW rendering. The embedded JPEG includes in-camera processing like contrast, saturation, sharpening, and noise reduction, so it can look richer than the RAW image in ACR.
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ICC version compatibility: some applications don’t handle ICC v4 profiles well. If your X-Rite software is creating ICC v4 profiles, try recalibrating and saving ICC v2 profiles instead.
So yes, profile each monitor separately in Windows 7, but don’t assume the Bridge/ACR mismatch is only a monitor-profile problem.
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