Dual Monitor Calibration Load Problem

I recently got a second monitor and have it set up for an extended desktop. I calibrated it because it was too bright and while this works most of the time I do find that seemingly at random the display settings will revert back to the defaults. This usually will happen when the monitors go into energy saver mode or the computer goes to sleep. When I go back into the display settings it loads the display settings right away.
Is this an issue with Leopard or the monitor setup.
Any information on this would be helpful.

Hi,
Is it just the brightness that changes?
you could try deselecting "adjust brightness as ambient light changes"
in display settings.
DM

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Ok, this problem is getting really annoying and I think its a problem with windows 7 itself and not my computer.
Basically I have a dual monitor setup with the left hand monitor as my secondary and right hand monitor as my primary. Whenever I have an application with any graphics on it at all such as a progress bar on my left hand monitor moving windows around becomes laggy and juddery, yet this doesn't happen when the graphical app is on my primary monitor!
My system Specs:
ASUS Striker Extreme MOBO
OCZ 850W gameXtreme
Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz CPU
4GB (4x1GB) OCZ DDR2 1066MHz RAM
Nvidia 8800GTX
Sound blaster x-fi Xtreme Gamer (older PCI version)
3 x 80GB HD for system drive in RAID 0
1 x 500GB and 1 x 250GB drives for storage
Monitors are 1680 x 1050 res
Windows 7 Exp Index:
CPU: 5.9
Memory: 5.9
Graphics: 6.8
Gaming Graphics: 6.8
Primary HD: 5.9
What iv tried:
Updating to latest drivers
Upgraded system memory from 2GB to 4GB
Installing 64-bit version
removing sound card and re-installing windows from scratch
upgraded my PSU
Thanks for your help!

(Latest update) This is the best I can do to alleviate the problem, and does reduce its severity immensely, but I found myself still noticing some slight playback glitches in videos on my second monitor which probably also translate to anything else with movement. I have tested with a panning scene in one of my videos and there is a subtle micro-stutter on my second monitor which I can find no way to fix. This doesn't occur if outputting to a single display, one or the other, nor does it occur when playing the video on my primary monitor in a dual-monitor configuration. Note that when I say "primary monitor", I am not referring to the monitor Windows has marked as primary, but my actual monitor rather than TV. In a dual-monitor configuration, this micro-stutter will only occur when playing video on my right monitor (TV), regardless of settings or which ports the monitors are connected to on the GPU. The micro-stutter occurs with no relation to the activity on the other screen, as it can be completely still. I can confirm the micro-stutter does not occur at all with Desktop Window Manager (Aero) disabled. In short, this is a nightmare.
(Note that this micro-stutter is equally replicable in the 182.50 (WDDM1.1-less) driver, meaning there is no way to solve it other than disabling Aero or outputting to a single monitor.)
I think I've solved the problem.. for me, anyway. I've divided this into short answer and "long answer", which is closer to a stream of consciousness in some ways, as I found out about Force10Level9 as I was writing.
The short version:
I've found some registry keys which seem to have fixed the problem for me. I haven't experienced any side effects, but use the tweaks at your own risk!
I don't know exactly what they do. This comes from a lot of.. experimentation. I believe FrameRateMin tells the Desktop Window Manager that it's crucial to try to keep the framerate at or above the value specified (more details below), and Force10Level9 sounds like it forces DWM to use DirectX 9. I'm fairly certain about the former, not as certain about the latter, but together they do wonders.
You can view the fix below. You can then save it as a .reg file and import it into your registry. Restart the Desktop Window Manager service or reboot to see the changes.
Fix: http://pastebin.com/FFDbubw9
Undo: http://pastebin.com/zA8CJY06
(P.S. Just ran a FurMark test between fix applied and no fix. No difference in performance, with an inactive secondary monitor. I also noticed no difference in Physical Memory usage as reported by Task Manager. YMMV, let me know if you have any side effects.)
(P.P.S. The screen fade that happens when you log in/out is just as choppy as before (or if it wasn't choppy for you, that shouldn't have changed). Oh well, how often do we see that thing, anyway? :))
By the way, it appears 10Level9 is Windows 7's emulation platform for running DX10 on DX9 hardware. It's reported to be at least a 0.5x performance hit, so it's surprising that it actually makes Aero run better. If this article is anything to go by, Force10Level9 makes Aero run exactly the same as it does with older WDDM 1.0-only drivers like 182.50: http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=637&pgno=1
The long version:
Well... I was able to do one more thing.
There is an undocumented registry key which allows you to fine-tune the Desktop Window Manager's scheduling. Unfortunately, all of its values seem to be defunct in the final version of Windows 7 we all use today... except one: FrameRateMin.
From what I gather, the Desktop Window Manager (Aero) carefully monitors the framerate it is able to achieve, and when it can't measure up to its own expectations, it will perform a "step down", or framerate reduction, and maintain this lower framerate for a given period of time (at one time specifiable with a registry value) before trying again at maximum speed.
I presume it does all this to keep things looking "smooth".
The problem is, in most cases, it doesn't help, and actually prolongs the stuttering duration. By "in most cases", I mean in every case it's happened in my personal usage of my Windows 7 computers.
So what helped me was setting this FrameRateMin value to 60. That way, the Desktop Window Manager considers anything under 60fps to be unacceptable and will not remain at a lower framerate for purposes of perceived smoothness. Thus, the stuttering will take up as little time as possible, making it nearly unnoticeable most of the time.
Keep in mind DWM shouldn't be having performance problems to begin with, but apparently in some cases, like with my particular hardware (desktop and laptop) and the latest NVIDIA drivers, it does.
Down to brass tacks. The registry key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Schedule. The value is FrameRateMin, a DWORD representing the minimum framerate DWM will consider as acceptable. I set it to 60, but you can set it to whatever you want.
To repeat, this WILL NOT prevent Aero from ever getting below the framerate you specify; it simply prevents Aero from retaining a lower framerate after a stutter in order to give the illusion of smoothness (an illusion which fails).
I imagine the main reason it fails so spectacularly in my usage is because I watch a lot of videos which play back at 24fps. Such a framerate plays back terribly with a 30Hz refresh rate, which is what Aero would reduce itself to for extended lengths of time. Now, performance hiccups are minimal, but sadly still existent.
So this isn't a solution, but it does help. I am still uncertain of where the problem lies, considering GPU-Z shows graphics card loads to be as low as always when it's happening.
Oh, and I found one more registry value. This one is far more important. :) It solves the problem for me entirely, from what I can tell.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Avalon.Graphics
add the DWORD value Force10Level9 with a value of 1.
I haven't noticed any side effects, just smooth performance.
Apply these tweaks at your own risk!

Dual Monitor Causing System Problems?

Hi, I'm new to this site, so I hope this is where I ask this question! My design group switched to G5/Cinema Display screen from old g4 setups mid 2005. I retained my Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2020u monitor to use as a secondary display for pallettes, extra files, etc. It's hooked up using a dvi-vga adapter.
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Just curious...
I have a 24" iMac Core 2 Duo 2.16Ghz, I am thinking of attaching an extrenal monitor to the system (non-Apple) and also borrowing a friends monitor calibration unit.
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Hi there,
i am 3d Animator and am amazed by the power of the Geforce 4. The problem is that maya 4 crashes often when i enable the dual monitor open GL mode. When i disable it is runs smoothly. I need that mode for Maya to work on both monitors properly. Did someone made the same experience and knows how to solve it. Please :))
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Phil,
It sounds like the drivers did not get in there properly. You need to try Add/Remove Programs to get them out. Also, you could go into the Registry (If you feel comfortable editing your Registry) and remove all references to nVidia.
That will get all of the drivers out. There is a program you can download to remove the drivers from the registry. It has been referenced in other posts in this forum.
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Hello,
I am experiencing a problem with my new dual monitor setup.
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The old monitor went in power saving mode, and I couldn't wake it up.
After a few days working with only 1 monitor, without taking any further actions such as drivers re-installation etc, the pc boots and the monitor wakes up again!
Today, stopped from working again, after 1 month of normal dual monitor operation.
The monitors are connected to the following DVI Ports (starting to count from left to right, as we face the ports with the PCI-E interface being in the left):
DELL @ DVI#1 (set as primary)
LG @ DVI#2
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3. Switched the DVI cables
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4. Searched the forum for similar case:
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Quote from: delice on 17-January-12, 04:44:15
Is your problem completely gone?
I have the lightning version, same thing happened to me. I will try the last thing that fixed your problem - but if it does not solve or problems start again, I guess the best option is to get a replacement RMA.
This is the second time the 2nd DVI stopped and then started again (with the method mentioned).
After the last time it started working, everything is fine.
While having the problem, I tried to plug in only 1 monitor in that DVI and boot the pc, the boot screen appeared fine, but when entering windows it went power saving.
So i guess it is not an issue of RMA.
I guess Windows or the nVidia drivers under some unknown (to me) circumstances are causing this.
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I don't know if this is the best place to post this, but here it goes.
If I use a dual monitor configuration in GNOME, when I lock the screen, X hangs.
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Last edited by surion (2013-06-20 10:33:16)

Have you tried to enable sna ? A lot o problem with gnome and GDM 3.8 seems to be solved that way.
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Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
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EndSection
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We have a GUI application that runs on a dual monitor setup and are experiencing strange behaviour. The application is started on one monitor (the left hand one), but at times a window which has been dragged to the right hand monitor stops getting screen updates (e.g. typing show nothing on screen, but the characters are in fact in the field). If a window is positioned so that it overlaps both screens and the problem occurs, what we observe is the portion of the window on the left monitor (where the application was started) is redrawn successfully, but the portion of the window on the right hand monitor is not drawn at all - half the window shows correct detail, half the window is a grey rectangle.
This issue is not experienced when we run the application on a single monitor. The problem is intermittent, and is not due to idle time in the application (it can occur which an operator is working with the GUI).
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We noticed the same problem.
We've got JSE 1.5.0_06 and a swing GUI. For me it looks like this: Only the bigger part of the application is refreshed. So if the application starts at the secondary monitor and is dragged so that a small part of the GUI is displayed on the primary monitor only the bigger part of the GUI (so that one on the secondary monitor) gets refreshed. So scrolling leads to graphic mistakes in the smaller GUI part.
If the main part of the application runs on the primary monitor and only a small part is on the secondary one we observe the same problem: Only the part on the primary monitor gets refreshed.
We also observed this grey rectangle paulch already mentioned.
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Hello,
For a few days I struggle to calibrate my dual monitor setup (Dell XPS15 laptop and Dell S2240M monitor). I used Eye-One to calibrate them and I'm pretty happy with laptop monitor profile, but the external one looks too cold and greenish. However I LOVE how Photoshop changes the colors when I drag a photo on the external monitor (at first its greenish, but then it adjusts and looks great). I don't quite understand how this all color profiles thing works and how Photoshop uses profile of the primary monitor (that's what I remember from reading somewhere). So I wonder if there is any possibility to adjust the external monitor like Photoshop does?
Any ideas?
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You are talking about ICC Profiles and that can be done for each display in Windows 7 ICC Profile Settings. The explanation from Microsft is here:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/change-color-management-settings
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I have read kbeat's color management blog and many entries on this blog here, but I have not found a solution. I appreciate your help.

Kai,Simon,
This is the problem i have been having.Colour profiling is correct,prints are rubbish.I run a fuji frontier
as well as epson printers.Anything from aperture is not what you see on screen.I am running aperture2.1.
Today we are removing 2.1 and doing a reinstall of 1.1 but not upgrading to 2 to test run prints.I have been looking for answers to this for sometime.
Simon,the problems we are have are very similar to you clients,photoshop fine,aperture not.I also have 20"external apple monitor attached which is used as the colour correcting monitor ( as the imac screen is not that good for criticl work ) I will post my findings here.
Simon, if you wish to investigate further,e-mail me,i am in leeds
daisy ( not a happy printer )

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All good stuff 21, but when it has finished doing all that foreign language stuff, will it calibrate my computer screens?
But seriously, thanks for the info. I don't what video LUT is, and I back off double quick when I see Eizo mentioned:
www.bornrich.com/eizo-debut-35000-lcd-monitor-multiple-screens.html
The i1 is being sold for NZ$500 here, and since Christmas I have put >NZ$1600 into sorting my computer out, and I'd prefer to delay this a month or so. Fortunately I have no video projects on the go, so the second monitor is not colour critical right now.
What about the Color Munki Smile? Keith Cooper over on Northlight was more or less positive about it, and he is someone I trust.
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/reviews/profiling/colormunki_smile.html
I don't do a lot of printing, and when I do I use Canon's Easy Photo Print Pro, because it always gets it right without and hassle. Perhaps I'll go ask on the PremPro Hardware forum, and on DVInfo, because video is probably the most colour critical use of that second screen.
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hello everybody,
I've been trying since 2 days to find a solution with the calibration of both my monitors.
With mountain lion, there is a bug. I can choose a profil or calibrate the left monitor but the right no....
When I change the parameters of the right monitor, the modifications are applied to the left !!! it's crazy !!!
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Hi,
I also wrestled with this problem for a long time now but I think I found a solution.
I'm using:
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- Software is 10.7.5
- X-rite I-display pro screen calibrator
- 2 x 24inch screen Samsung Syncmaster BX 2440 connected via DVI connection. Exactly the same screens
So what have I done:
Step 1
- Shut down MAC
- Connect only screen #1 to output 1
- Calibrate that screen with X-rite and save profile under something like screen-1
- DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING under screen preference like colors etc
- Close all prg's and shut down computer
Step 2
- Disconnect screen 1 - or switch off so MAC only sees 1 screen
- Connect screen #2
- Calibrate that screen with X-rite and save profile under something like screen-2
- DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING under screen preference like colors etc
- Close all prg's and agin shut down computer
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- Start up your MAC
- Your colors now should look exactly the same on both screens.
- Done and DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING under screen preference like colors etc.
On my siutation the result was excellent. I always had problems with inconsistant colors between the screens. Left screen was always greenish and teh right screen always reddish instead of grey.
If this procedure is OK for other situations I really do not know but I thought I let you all know and maybe help.
regards
Andre (from Holland :-)

Mac pro 5.1 dual monitor calibration

hy everyone hope your having a nice day
i am working on a macpro 5.1 station with ATI Radeon 5870 video card and 2x 27 " inch led display from apple
and i would like to know how to adjust the color of the led displays and color match them
the reason for that i'm a colorist for a special FX postproduction house and i have to do
a job on the Autodesk Smoke on Mac using the color correction soft effect
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patricebarrette wrote:
so since they are no adjustment control on the display i assume it is done software wise or with a sensor plug-in
patricebarrette wrote:
and by the way does anyone know wich is the best monitor to do color correction on a mac ( minimum 24 inch)
For high-end quality the monitor should not be adjusted by hand. That's why pro monitors usually have few controls. The calibration is done precisely using a lookup table generated by calibration software. In addition to the Datacolor idea above, X-Rite has a number of display calibrators used by professionals. You should ask them which one is best for matching multiple monitors, because not all software can match two monitors.
patricebarrette wrote:
and by the way does anyone know wich is the best monitor to do color correction on a mac ( minimum 24 inch)
The ones often recommended are the high-end Eizo monitors (expensive) or NEC PA series. These are better than any monitor ever made by Apple.

Dual monitor setup color problem in windows.

Hello.
I've CS5 Standard running on Windows7 64 laptop with additinal monitor.
Both displays are profiled with ColorMunki Photo spectrophotometer.
The problem is concerned with the way of displaying images when project is dragged between monitors. On primary monitor (notebook display) image look ok, but it changes colors when dragged to the other display.
This problem also shows in InDesign, while Photoshop works perfectly.
To my eye it looks, that Illustrator uses the same display profile (connected to the system primary display) and uses it for both available screens.
Is it known problem? Is there any solution?
Regards

Well, so it's the real shame...
If I cannot force application to use profile of "serious" monitor to display colors means that I have to swap system's main monitor to the second one.
And it means real mess, whenever I take my laptop without second display...

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