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Dual monitor colour calibration

Anonymous
2018-08-22T00:09:08+00:00

I've been trying to figure this out for a decent amount of time and it's driving me nuts now. I have two identical brand and type of monitors, a Nvidia graphics card (1060) with the most up to date drivers (I already re-installed them). The monitors aren't aligned color-wise. Creating an icc calibration profile (through colour management in windows 10) and setting it as the default for the monitor I'm trying to adjust is temporary, it reverts very quickly. The system defaults are set to "use windows display calibration" and the monitor with the set profile is also set to "use my settings for this device"

What's preventing this "default" from being a default setting? How do I make this calibration permanent?

Sidenote, using the Nvidia control panel to adjust the desktop colour settings yields the same results when any colour adjustments are made. After applying, the change is temporary, a few seconds. Even when the Nvidia control panel is set to use Nvidia settings over other applications

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-08-23T03:14:02+00:00

    Is there any way to prioritize icc profiles over Nvidia settings in Windows? If the answer is no, the solutions would be?

    -use a third party program to keep a color calibration active

    -change the manual monitor settings to be imbalanced and hope that's enough

    Thanks

    Thanks for the update, Lucask3. And I apologize that I was not able to explain my self clearly last time. The idea that I wanted to share was; If the settings being changed under Nvidia control panel could not be saved, the same will go with the Windows colour calibration since it is highly denpended on hardware settings (Graphic card and monitor settings).

    On what we know regarding the ICC profile, every application or programs has its respective profile, which means we can't depend that much on it. And also, its complexity is beyond my knowledge and the community's experties maybe.

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    Is there any way to prioritize icc profiles over Nvidia settings in Windows? If the answer is no, the solutions would be?

    -use a third party program to keep a color calibration active

    -change the manual monitor settings to be imbalanced and hope that's enough

    ....

    These are ideal alternative. To add on this, you would remember that there is a recommended color profile for every monitor. It is a file (.icm) that you can download from the manufacturer's site and you can upload it to the Windows Color Management. To do it: 

    1. Go to Start and search for Color Management.
    2. Under Devices Tab, click the dropdown list to select the monitor that you want to set.
    3. Tick the radio button for Use my settings for this device.
    4. Click Add... button below the same window, and select the downloaded color profile for your monitor.

    We're hoping that these info will help. For additional info and for any update, please feel free to get back.

    Best regards.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-08-22T06:01:11+00:00

    Hi Lucask3,

    The reason for Windows not being able to save the display changes is because it heavily depends on the graphic card (Nvidia) settings. Therefore, if the settings are being changed under the Nvidia control panel and the changes made are not saved, same thing would go with the Windows display settings. There were many reports about the Nvidia control panel settings being not saved after the changes made. Uninstalling the driver cleanly, and reinstalling its latest had helped most of the users. 

    Regarding the misalignment of the color settings on both identical monitors, they should also have the identical settings under their respective control panels. Try to go to your monitors main menu, and somewhere there should have the restore-default options. For much clear guidelines, please try to contact your monitor maker's support experts. 

    Please keep us updated.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-08-22T16:09:59+00:00

    Hi Marc,

    I just want to confirm what you're saying, so we're on the same page:

    -graphics card settings are a priority for display settings

    -I assume you meant to say "if thesettings are being changedthrough* theNvidia control paneland the changes made are not saved"*. But aren't changes through the Nvidia control panel changes to the graphics card settings? This is where you will say yes, and the Nvidia drivers are currently having issues. And the issue would be this? A result of a Windows 10 update that happened a year ago: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/1003026/geforce-drivers/psa-windows-1703-creators-update-breaks-colour-profiles-with-nvidia-gpus-icc-and-nvidia-/

    When I re-installed the drivers, I did it cleanly, to wipe past settings etc (there was an option for that kind of install)

    The monitors have the exact same manual settings, so default settings shouldn't change anything. In fact I don't expect them to look exactly the same with identical settings

    Is there any way to prioritize icc profiles over Nvidia settings in Windows? If the answer is no, the solutions would be?

    -use a third party program to keep a color calibration active

    -change the manual monitor settings to be imbalanced and hope that's enough

    Thanks

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