russellcbanks

Thanks, Andrew. What is the relationship between setting one active profile with the Eizo software, and a different one in the Mac's display settings? (such as your suggested Adobe RGB for Eizo and DCI-P3 for the Mac's display settings) When I switch to DCI-P3 I notice that a lot of dark gray interface/backgrounds, such as the OmniFocus Dark setting and various other dark modes, lighten up quite a bit, and colored text loses a lot of saturation.

Alan, what does "CD" mean when you write, "CD brightness"? BTW, how do you respond to a particular post in this photo.net interface? All I see is a "reply" button for the entire topic at the bottom. Thanks, Russell

I've made good progress setting up my Eizo display with profiles for my specific papers and my Epson 3330 printer. However, these profiles designed for processing images in Lightroom and Photoshop for printing seem a little dull for general computer usage. What should I use when I'm not editing photos? In my Mac's display settings, there are a lot of choices for the color profile: Apple RGB Color LCD Display Display P3 sRGB Or should I make something different with my Eizo's ColorNavigator profile maker? Thanks, Russell

My EIZO CS 2740 display can connect to my M1 MacBook Air directly via USB C, or through my Twelve South Stay-Go hub via HDMI. Since the MacBook's in/out is limited to two USB C ports, I'd like to free up the one connecting my display, and use HDMI instead. Is there something I'd lose by not using USB C with this display and going with HDMI instead? Thanks, Russell

I have some 35mm B&W negatives that I scanned with a Nikon slide scanner, but scanning seems to increase grain. I want to try Camera Raw's new Denoise tool to see if it will reduce the grain, but it only works on raw files from a camera. My scanned files won’t work. Before I invest in a macro lens rental to copy my negatives with a digital camera, I’d like to try Denoise. Do you have a raw file made by photographing a B&W negative on a light box? (preferably 35mm) If you could send me a file, I could see how Denoise handles real film grain, which is just one type of "noise." Thanks, Russell

Thanks, everyone for your input. I’ll be traveling for the next week and will have time to think about it, Best, Russell

Thanks! So it’s OK to use a display profile that takes into account the paper's white point AND also do Photoshop soft proofing that uses the profile supplied by the manufacturer (Canson, in my case). I just thought that seems like correcting twice... and might overdo it. Best, Russell

In Rocco Ancora's video about using EIZO's ColorNavigator 7 for calibration, he makes a display profile with a D65 white point for editing and adjusting the image, and another (with brightness, white point and gamut manually adjusted for a specific paper and viewing lighting) to use when printing. But I don’t understand how would you use these two profiles in an actual workflow: 1. Use the editing/adjusting profile when making the "master" Photoshop file. 2. Then make a copy of the master file and switch to the printing profile and make further adjustments to optimize for that paper? But isn't that what Photoshop's soft proofing (View>Proof Setup) is supposed to do? You wouldn’t want to do both, would you? Thanks, Russell

Thanks for clarifying!

If the metadata's being changed, wouldn’t I get the "metadata has been changed," message? The one I’m getting says the "photo" has been changed (nothing about metadata). If it IS the metadata that’s changed, I want Lightroom to overwrite, since that’s the only thing I use to edit metadata. It's interesting that the "warning" dialog offers a don’t show this message again checkbox, which would seem to indicate it’s not a big deal whether or not you see it. As others have observed, this happens intermittently, so it’s hard to troubleshoot. I opened the file that was giving the message when I started this thread, and when the message came I let Lightroom overwrite as it loaded into Photoshop. I added an adjustment layer, saved and closed. Then opened again from Lightroom and didn’t get the message. Since it appears innocuous, I’ll just tell it to not show the message in the future. Best, Russell

Yes, what you've described is exactly the way I do it. The TIFF I save and close ends up in the catalog next to the DNG. I don’t do anything to the TIFF in Lightroom (that I know of)... no adjustments in the Develop module, no metadata changes... So I’m puzzled about what Lightroom thinks it might want to "overwrite." But, like you say, it’s probably not a big deal if all the LR develop settings remain zeroed.

I keep getting this message when using Lightroom to open a TIFF file I’ve edited in Photoshop: "This photo has been changed in an external application. Should Lightroom overwrite the settings on disk?" I searched this forum (and everwhere else via Google) and found many references to "metadata has been changed," but this message just says the "photo" has been changed. My working procedure is to: 1 Make initial "camera raw" adjustments to the DNG in Lightroom 2 Open that DNG in Photoshop 3 Edit with adjustment layers, clone-stamp, etc. 4 Save as TIFF and close the file 5 Later, return to do more work on the file by selecting it in Lightroom, then Edit in... Photoshop, ticking the "Edit Original" button. 6 As the file is opening, I get this "photo has been changed in an external application" message, SOMETIMES, but not always. What causes this? I’m not doing anything to that TIFF in Lightroom that I’m aware of. At that point I’m just using Lightroom to catalog it with the rest of the shoot. And if something changed in the metadata, wouldn’t that get the metadata changed message? I’m concerned that something other than the metadata is being changed, without my direction (presumably the image itself!). Should I select Cancel (where it apparently opens without overwriting) or let Lightroom overwrite the settings on disk? Thanks,
 Russell

Thanks for all your insight, folks! Best, Russell

Unfortunately the PA271Q has apparently been discontinued. Sharp/NEC has none in stock to ship to retailers, and B&H offered the EA271U as a "replacement" for about $580. 2560 x 1440, 78.1% Adobe RGB, etc. Not even close. LGs appear to be out of stock, too. Eizo USA says shipment from Japan arriving late Feb. Expensive, yes, but less than my D6 Mark II body, and I spend a lot more time with the display than the camera. (Is that sad?)

Thanks!