Preflight for index color help

Hi, our RGB to CMYK conversion process does not like greyscale images in indexed colour mode, which is the way Quark converts them in it's PDFing process. Customer can't convert to ID, so I'd really like to create a Preflight Profile to provide them to identify future occurrences, but can't find a rule segment that does this. Customer doesn't have PitStop, so Acrobat prefllight appears to be our only hope. Any guidance on how to achieve this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
Mike

Andrew, thank you very much for your reply. We already apply a 3 stage processing to our Web Press jobs (didn't mention that in my earlier post), regular Acrobat Preflight, RGB > CMYK conversion in either one of 2 tools and then GCR in a Alwan product. Could build an un-index into our RGB>CMYK PitStop process, I suppose. This element seems unique to this customer, and we were hoping to use this as a teaching tool on their end. Will look into adding into PitStop action list with the operators. Thanks again,
Mike

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Indexed color / differences in dimension

Hi!
Is there anybody, who can explain to me, how and why an indexed color in PDF is generated? There is following entry in my file, that is originally saved in RGB:
15 0 obj
[/Indexed/DeviceRGB 2 18 0 R]
endobj
And why is it not possible to color manage indexed colors?
Furthermore there are differences in the dimension of objects in the PDF after the export out of InDesign. The differences are minimal, but I don`t understand, why there are any differences. My objects in InDesign are 50pt to 50pt. And in the PDF they are 50,004pt ...-what happened?
Thank your for some ideas!
Simone

with regard to color managing Indexed color - I can't see a reason why that should not be possible. At least callas software's pdfColorConvert simply does color conversions for Indexed color as well...
Whether Indexed color is used (as opposed to specifying color values directly) is up to the software writing the PDF. Most often Indexed color is found for images where only 256 or less different colors need to be addressed (like in duotone images). I have nevertheless seen use of Indexed color for grayscale (where it does not make a lot of sense as there would be max. 256 different gray values anyway, at least for 8 bit color) and even for bitmap images, and also for vector objects (where again Indexed color does not add any value). On the other hand - Indexed color does not do any harm (besides using a few unnecessary bytes).
Olaf Drümmer
callas software

Preflight warnings for registration color -- how to avoid?

In preflighting, is there any way to turn off registration color and font color warnings when checking for spot colors and non-CMYK colors?
I spend a lot of time tunneling through lists of fonts (that use non-CMYK color in their definitions) and registration color notes for crops, register marks, and so on, just to make absolute certain that the "Object uses non-CMYK color" info doesn't contain anything weird.
I've recently moved from CS3 to CS5 Acrobat Pro 9, and hoped there would be some option to turn off font color and registration color messages.
Thanks.

Non-CMYK elements are flattened (if necessary) and converted to CMYK using the fixups, but then they have to be proofed carefully for problems, so it isn't anything we want to add to the routine unless absolutely necessary.
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Example alerts:
"Object uses non-CMYK color (52 matches on 1 page)"
In the detail folder (after clicking on the open triangle) there are a dozen or so of these, or close variations:
"Page 1: stroked: 0.25 pt 'Registration color' Black (0.0) overprint: off"
Plus nested folders labeled:
"... Page 1: Further matches (20 out of 42)
... with nested folders with more alerts in that.
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If it were a simple list, I could scan it for problem, but with all the nested folders and scrolling, it take a fair amount of time (multiplied by 30 or 40 documents, say).
Thank you for your attention. I really appreciate it, though I think my problem is small. I was just hoping there was a way to "ignore registration color in preflight" somewhere that I hadn't found yet.

Hi all, where can i get a good refrence for Indexing for Tables..... HELP!

hi all, where can i get a good refrence for Indexing for Tables..... HELP!
i am looking for a information on indexing of tables.'
Saurabh

Thanks Mamta.........
but meanwhile i got this link...check it out
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[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/cf/21eb20446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm]

DCTDecode filter used for image with Indexed color space?

I've seen examples of images in PDF that have BitsPerComponent=8, with an Indexed Color Space, but the filter is DCTDecode. This doesn't seem intuitive to me, as JPG supports 24-bit RGB and 8-bit gray. I haven't heard of 8-bit color JPG so I'm just wondering how this is done?
I'm just trying to understand how this works if someone could please indulge me with a technical explanation it would be most appreciated. I understand how the image is represented using the colorspace, I just don't understand how this filter is applicable to 8-bit data.
Please note, I understand that it's not an actual JPG file, that the data is only using the compression scheme.

DCTDecode is entirely legal for 1-component (greyscale) samples as you've noted. There is no problem there.
Remember, that applying a filter (and later decoding it) is entirely separate from the meaning of the data. So it's possible to use filters that just don't map correctly to the data. For example, greyscale DCTDecode could be used to encode samples which were, on decoding, to be treated as RGB. It wouldn't compress well, but the meaning isn't affected.
But DCTDecode for an Indexed colour space is very unusual. Don't look for special treatment, it would be enconding the image data, which would be offsets into the colour table. And of course DCTDecode is lossy, so decompressed data should be close, but is not always equal, to the original.
In most cases of Indexed colour, this would lead to random and useless changes to colours. But it is entirely possible to have colours which map into a linear and smooth set of shades of the same colour - such as 256 shades of pink. An image using such an Indexed colour space is a candidate for using DCTDecode.
In using filters, it is best to forget what you think you know about the data, and just follow the precise rules of the filter.

Time Machine hangs at Waiting for index to be ready...help!

Installed widget, copied messages. Searched forum and google for answers, still can't figure it out.
Any ideas? - Thanks, Paul
Starting standard backup
Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://Paul%[email protected]/Time%20Capsule
Mounted network destination using URL: afp://Paul%[email protected]/Time%20Capsule
QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule/Paul's Mac_001f5bf5d5b8.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of Paul's Mac
Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of Paul's Mac/Backups.backupdb
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
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Okay, still no progress on getting my Time Machine working again. The last backup was 12/2, so I've been trying for 4 days to get it going. Any other ideas?
Starting standard backup
Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule
QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule/Paul's Mac_001f5bf5d5b8.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of Paul's Mac
Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of Paul's Mac/Backups.backupdb
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
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Eyedropper not working in index color on Mac

I recently changed from MAC 9.1 and photoshop 7 to a 24" IMAC and photoshop CS3. I have 3 gig ram -- operating system 10.4.10. I can't get the eyedropper to work in index color in CS3. I've talked with someone else who has a PC and it is working on the PC. I called Adobe and it is working on their PC's too. I went to the Apple Store and it isn't working on their MAC. So I am assuming either the eyedropper isn't working on the MAC or I don't know how to get it to work in CS3.
Can someone please help -- thanks.

Carol,
That was indeed helpful, Carol. Thank you.
I printed out your post and followed the steps you outline.
The eyedropper in the Color Table works just as expected on my computer. (See specs below)
Just to make sure, I opened the Help viewer and followed the instructions therein:
Color / Converting between color modes
Customize indexed color tables
The Color Table command lets you make changes to the color table of an indexed-color image. These customization features are particularly useful with pseudocolor imagesimages displaying variations in gray levels with color rather than shades of gray, often used in scientific and medical applications. However, customizing the color table can also produce special effects with indexed-color images that have a limited number of colors.
Note: To shift colors simply in a pseudocolor image, choose Image > Adjustments, and use the color adjustment commands in the submenu.
Edit colors and assign transparency with a color table
You can edit colors in the color table to produce special effects, or assign transparency in the image to a single color in the table.
Open the indexed-color image.
Choose Image > Mode > Color Table.
To change a single color, click the color and choose a new color in the color picker.
To change a range of colors, drag in the table to choose the range of colors you want to change. In the color picker, choose the first color you want in the range and click OK. When the color picker redisplays, choose the last color you want in the range and click OK.
The colors you selected in the Color Picker are placed in the range you selected in the Color Table dialog box.
To assign transparency to a color, select the Eyedropper tool in the Color Table dialog box, and click the color in the table or in the image. The sampled color is replaced with transparency in the image.
Click OK in the Color Table dialog box to apply the new colors to the indexed-color image.
Choose a predefined color table
Open the indexed-color image.
Do one of the following:
Choose Image > Mode > Color Table.
Choose Image > Mode > Indexed Color. In the Indexed Color dialog box, choose Custom from the Palette menu. This opens the Color Table dialog box.
In the Color Table dialog box, choose a predefined table from the Table menu.
Custom
Creates a palette you specify.
Black Body
Displays a palette based on the different colors a black body radiator emits as it is heatedfrom black to red, orange, yellow, and white.
Grayscale
Displays a palette based on 256 levels of grayfrom black to white.
Spectrum
Displays a palette based on the colors produced as white light passes through a prismfrom violet, blue, and green to yellow, orange, and red.
System (Mac OS)
Displays the standard Mac OS 256-color system palette.
System (Windows)
Displays the standard Windows 256-color system palette.
Save and load color tables
You use the Save and Load buttons in the Color Table dialog box to save your indexed color tables for use with other Adobe Photoshop images. After you load a color table into an image, the colors in the image change to reflect the color positions they reference in the new color table.
Note: You can also load saved color tables into the Swatches palette.
Since all of the above worked as expected, I would conclude that it is a bug that is not affecting PowerPC (pre-Intel) Macs. :(
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Animated gif color help

Hello, I shot a sequence of photos for a stopmotion and have been having issues with color. It was shot on a green screen and so I used keylight to remove it, made the sequence, it all looks fine in AE, render it and when I open it afterward, the colors are off and pixelated and just terrible. I've tried both web and system colors and am just lost. The adobehelp site says that you can make your own color palette in photoshop if you need it and so I made one, but when I browse for it in AE, it doesn't recognize the file. It's very frustrating. Please help!

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URGENT FIX MY Connect Four game for Wednsday PLEASE HELP

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import javax.swing.JApplet;
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Color;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
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private int[][] grid;
// the player whose turn it is.
private int currentPlayer;
public final int player1=1;
public final int player2=2;
private int place1=5;
private int place2=5;
private int place3=5;
private int place4=5;
private int place5=5;
private int place6=5;
private int place7=5;
public static void main()
int column1;
int column2;
String name1;
String name2;
Graphics g=new Graphics();
Board test= new Board();
boolean wait=true;
while(wait)
String starts=JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Are you ready? \n (yes or no)");
starts.toLowerCase();
if(starts.equals("yes"))
wait=false;
name1=JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter Player 1's Name");
name2 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter Player 2's Name");
test.paintBoard(true,g);
while(!test.done() || !test.hasWon(g,player1) || !test.hasWon(g,player2))
column1=0;
while(column1>0 && column1<8)
column1=Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog(name1+" what column do you choose?"));
test.place(player1, column1,g);
if(!test.done() || !test.hasWon(g,player1))
column2=0;
while(column2>0 && column2<8)
column2=Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog(name1+" what column do you choose?"));
test.place(player2, column2,g);
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// create the grid
grid = new int[7][6];
// initialize the gridc
for (int row=0; row<6; row++)
for (int column=0; column<7; column++)
// set the position to a default value
grid[column][row] = 0;
public boolean done()
boolean flags =true;
for (int row=0; row<6; row++)
for (int column=0; column<7; column++)
if(grid[column][row] == 0)
flags=false;
return flags;
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public void paintBoard(boolean flag, Graphics g)
int index= 0;
g.setColor(Color.YELLOW);
g.fillRect(0, 80, 700,700);
g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
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for(int y =100; y<700; y=y+100)
for(int x =10; x<700; x=x+100)
if(flag==false)
index++;
if(index%2==0)
g.setColor(Color.RED);
else
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
else
g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g.fillOval(x,y,80,80);
TextField column =new TextField(10);
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g.setFont(new Font("Times New Roman", Font.BOLD,24));
g.setColor(Color.YELLOW);
g.drawString("C",45,245);
g.drawString("O",145,245);
g.drawString("N",245,245);
g.drawString("N",345,245);
g.drawString("E",445,245);
g.drawString("C",545,245);
g.drawString("T",645,245);
g.drawString("F",145,145);
g.drawString("U",145,345);
g.drawString("R",145,445);
g.setColor(Color.BLUE);
g.drawString("START",512,548);
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g.setColor(Color.YELLOW);
g.fillRect(0, 80, 700,700);
g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
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for(int y =100; y<700; y=y+100)
for(int x =10; x<700; x=x+100)
index++;
if(player==1)
g.setColor(Color.RED);
else
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g.fillOval(x,y,80,80);
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for (int row=0; row<6; row++)
for (int column=0; column<4; column++)
if (grid[column][row] != 0 &&
grid[column][row] == grid[column+1][row] &&
grid[column][row] == grid[column+2][row] &&
grid[column][row] == grid[column+3][row] &&
grid[column][row] == player)
status = true;
// check for a vertical win
for (int row=0; row<3; row++)
for (int column=0; column<7; column++)
if (grid[column][row] != 0 &&
grid[column][row] == grid[column][row+1] &&
grid[column][row] == grid[column][row+2] &&
grid[column][row] == grid[column][row+3]&&
grid[column][row] == player)
status = true;
// check for a diagonal win (positive slope)
for (int row=0; row<3; row++)
for (int column=0; column<4; column++)
if (grid[column][row] != 0 &&
grid[column][row] == grid[column+1][row+1] &&
grid[column][row] == grid[column+2][row+2] &&
grid[column][row] == grid[column+3][row+3]&&
grid[column][row] == player)
status = true;
// check for a diagonal win (negative slope)
for (int row=3; row<6; row++)
for (int column=0; column<4; column++)
if (grid[column][row] != 0 &&
grid[column][row] == grid[column+1][row-1] &&
grid[column][row] == grid[column+2][row-2] &&
grid[column][row] == grid[column+3][row-3]&&
grid[column][row] == player)
status = true;
if(status)
paintFinish(g, player);
return status;
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int index=0;
if(column==1)
index=place1;
if(column==2)
index=place2;
if(column==3)
index=place3;
if(column==4)
index=place4;
if(column==5)
index=place5;
if(column==6)
index=place6;
if(column==7)
index=place7;
grid[column-1][index]=player;
if(player==player1)
g.setColor(Color.RED);
if(player==player2)
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g.fillOval((column*100)+10,(index+1)*100,80,80);
if(column==1)
place1--;
if(column==2)
place2--;
if(column==3)
place3--;
if(column==4)
place4--;
if(column==5)
place5--;
if(column==6)
place6--;
if(column==7)
place7--;
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gamefreak1192 wrote:
I am using an APPLET and i want to use JOptionpane it didnt work when i used it in the paint method. So i want to make a runner to make the program work. I don't know why the Graphics g = new Graphics isnt working PLEASE HELP. Email the revised code to my email at [email protected] URGENT FOR TOMORROW PLEASE HELP. should i have a spearate class for the runner, just email me please if you can help.
This is bloody ridiculous. You want somebody to do your work for you, you can't be bothered to carry on a discussion here and ask for private email, and you expect somebody else to make your urgency (i.e. lousy time management) their problem. You got big brass ones, kid.

How can i open the "Convert to Indexed Color" dialog with custom presets?

Hi,
I need to automatically open the "Convert to Indexed Colors" dialog in Photoshop. Before and after that i have some scripts running so its not possible to open the dialog manually. Also i want to set some custom presets (like number of colors etc.).
Found something similar to what i want for the Color Range selection (opens the dialog with the presets you put in):
function colorrange(enabled, withDialog, fuzziness) {
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      return;
    var dialogMode = (withDialog ? DialogModes.ALL : DialogModes.NO);
    var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();
    desc1.putInteger(app.charIDToTypeID('Fzns'),fuzziness);
    var desc2 = new ActionDescriptor();
    desc2.putDouble(app.charIDToTypeID('Lmnc'), 31.22);
    desc2.putDouble(app.stringIDToTypeID("a"), 0.86);
    desc2.putDouble(app.stringIDToTypeID("b"), 0.31);
    desc1.putObject(app.charIDToTypeID('Mnm '), app.charIDToTypeID('LbCl'), desc2);
    var desc3 = new ActionDescriptor();
    desc3.putDouble(app.charIDToTypeID('Lmnc'), 95.34);
    desc3.putDouble(app.stringIDToTypeID("a"), 54.59);
    desc3.putDouble(app.stringIDToTypeID("b"), 49.85);
    desc1.putObject(app.charIDToTypeID('Mxm '), app.charIDToTypeID('LbCl'), desc3);
    desc1.putInteger(app.stringIDToTypeID("colorModel"), 0);
    var desc4 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var desc4 = executeAction(app.stringIDToTypeID('colorRange'), desc1, dialogMode);
How can i achieve the same for the indexed color conversion dialog? Apart from doing a lot of guessing regarding the stringIDs.
Is there some kind of "lookup table" for char and string IDs?
Thank you guys in advance! This forum has been a great help many times.

Ok never mind i got it, stupid me.
Recorded it with Script Listener and changed the "DialogMode" parameter of the executeAction function from "DialogModes.No" to "DialogModes.All".
var idCnvM = charIDToTypeID( "CnvM" );
            var desc249 = new ActionDescriptor();
            var idT = charIDToTypeID( "T " );
                var desc250 = new ActionDescriptor();
                var idPlt = charIDToTypeID( "Plt " );
                var idClrP = charIDToTypeID( "ClrP" );
                var idSele = charIDToTypeID( "Sele" );
                desc250.putEnumerated( idPlt, idClrP, idSele );
                var idClrs = charIDToTypeID( "Clrs" );
                desc250.putInteger( idClrs, 4 );
                var idFrcC = charIDToTypeID( "FrcC" );
                var idFrcC = charIDToTypeID( "FrcC" );
                var idNone = charIDToTypeID( "None" );
                desc250.putEnumerated( idFrcC, idFrcC, idNone );
                var idTrns = charIDToTypeID( "Trns" );
                desc250.putBoolean( idTrns, false );
                var idDthr = charIDToTypeID( "Dthr" );
                var idDthr = charIDToTypeID( "Dthr" );
                var idDfsn = charIDToTypeID( "Dfsn" );
                desc250.putEnumerated( idDthr, idDthr, idDfsn );
                var idDthA = charIDToTypeID( "DthA" );
                desc250.putInteger( idDthA, 75 );
            var idIndC = charIDToTypeID( "IndC" );
            desc249.putObject( idT, idIndC, desc250 );
        executeAction( idCnvM, desc249, DialogModes.ALL ); //Change from NO to ALL

Photoshop CS4 and Indexed Color

The color swatches in the 64-bit version of Photoshop CS4 do not change to the used swatches for the indexed image, rather they show the default colors for Photoshop. I looked to see if there was a setting to show the colors in use, but alas there is none. Is this a feature or a bug?
Thanks,
-Chris

Chris Cox wrote:
Ok, what you stated is the way it's always worked.
Did you confuse Photoshop behavior with ImageReady or some other app?
ImageReady wouldn't let you import an indexed color image, it had to be converted to an 8bit format in Photoshop before you could send it to ImageReady. Allowing people to select colors not in the color table isn't an intuitive process. I miss the intuitive Adobe I've helped to support, since they began. I guess customer service shouldn't be expected anymore either, after spending a few hours in these forums with such whitty responses.
Anyhow back to my original point, Photoshop did not always act the way it does now. I was not aware it had changed. It's been a while since I tried to touch up something for separation into spot using indexed color. Must have been overlooked/omitted in the PS core for the CS line. The only pre-CS copy of Photoshop I had installed anywhere is 5.5. I've got every version since 2.5, but not enough time to install it or see if it will work on Vista 64, so unfortunately you'll have to accept this screenshot as evidence. Not everyone on these forums is confused.
Must have been another misguided attempt to try to "stay relevant."

Preflight to one color black

I'm struggling trying to figure this out. Hopefully a big brain can help me.
I am trying to get magazine ads ready using Preflight in Acrobat. The ads for this section of our mag are going to be Black and white (grayscale) PDFs. Most are registering as 4 plates, the odd one has spot colors. What I am trying to do is preflight the ads to convert all colors to 100K so they will be one plate.
Another question, if I manage to convert all color to 100K and then run the Magazine Ads preset in preflight will that keep the PDF as one plate or will it convert it to 4 color?
Suggestions? Advice? Input?
Thanks

Chris,
can you please provide me with such a prepared PDF? Please send to p.kleinheider [at] callassoftware.com
Preflight is capable to check for used colorants for almost all objects (CMYK images being the only one I am aware of that Preflight can not check for unused colorants)
Regards,
Peter

My HD TV as NTSC Monitor for secondary color correction

Can I use my new Panasonic HD TV model TH-42PX80U as a NTSC monitor for secondary color correction using both Final Cut Pro out of a Macbook Pro intel? What cable I can use to conect via HDMI? Will the color acuracy will be similar to that of a NTSC color correction monitor? will my TV do a decent job for NTSC? THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!
I am not sure I have this HDMI cable to be use in my macbook pro does it comes with it?

Can I use my new Panasonic HD TV model TH-42PX80U as a NTSC monitor for secondary color correction using both Final Cut Pro out of a Macbook Pro intel?
Yes, but I would only trust it if you are going to be making DVDs, and ONLY if you properly set it up. I would not rely on it for broadcast color correction. The reason broadcast monitors exist is to have a standard...HDTVs don't have a standard. Go to best buy and look at all of them....none of them match. BUT, as a nice simple solution for DVD, I'd use it.
But the only way you are going to get a signal to it is with the Matrox MXO. It will do component to the monitor, or you can get a DVI to HDMI adapter...if you do that the MXO software will allow you to set the monitor up to color bars. That option is only available from of the DVI out of the box.
Will the color acuracy will be similar to that of a NTSC color correction monitor?
No...it would be similar to color correcting NTSC on your home television...because that it what it is.
will my TV do a decent job for NTSC?
I doubt it. Taking an SD image and blowing it up huge on this HD TV...scaled up. I wouldn't think so. I wouldn't use it for SD color correction.
I am not sure I have this HDMI cable to be use in my macbook pro does it comes with it?
You have a DVI port on your MacBook Pro. And they make DVI to HDMI cable adapters I'm sure.
http://library.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/MXO.php
Shane

Display color problem - asking for a color solution

So I have this serious problem with my Macbook Pro.
Some months ago I suddenly saw green colors in black area's and pink line colors in white areas.
Text on white background was extremely frustrating to read, since it was surrounded with small pink lines and flickering.
Note this was only near max white and max black areas of the screen.
I found out that it was due to a hardware failure, since slightly bending the laptop (!!) would remove the problem
Attaching an external monitor doesn't show the defect, and booting in Windows 7 (bootcamp) still shows the same screen problem.
Searching the web, it appears that it was a NVidia related heat problem, known to my model, but the offer to get it fixed for free by apple (since it was a known issue) had already run out december 2012 (!!). I think my laptop is about 3-4 years old, and the battery pretty much died on me the first year, probably due to heavy usage and the graphic card getting too hot. There are small sweat/corosion marks of where my hand are placed when typing, on the aluminium, due to how hot my laptop got. It sometimes got so hot I couldn't touch the aluminium on the top left corner near the 1-2-Q-W keys.
Fixing my Macbook is too expensive. Just getting someone to look at it to diagnose it (without repairing it), costs a lot in my country, and we have no official apple store, only authorized resellers. I know it's probably the motherboard, because I tried to unscrew the backlid and gently touch certain area's on the motherboard with a pen, while the computer was still running, to find out where the short circuit was. I only started this kind of trying to "self service" it, because I knew how expensive replacing the motherboard would be (if that was even the issue?).
I have multiple times tried to place something up against the sensitive area's on the motherboard, and then screw back the backlid, to put some pressure on it, which at first worked brilliantly and removed the color issue for some weeks, before it started reappearing. I think the heat from the laptop slowly makes the motherboard adapt, and the problem returns. Extremely frustrating indeed.
I hope I can one day afford a Macbook Air, but until then, I don't want to throw more money after my poor macbook (which I pronbably can't sell anyway, like previous mac's I've owned, the day get a new. It's too worn out + battery got only 5min on a full charge).
I think it's wisest to rather save the money for a Macbook Air, and try to survive until then. Therefor I was hoping someone could help me with a temporary solution.
In Windows 7, using the Nvidia Control Panel to apply color management, I was able to adjust the individual color output values, and thereby remove the the screen issue! Maybe the colors are not as good anymore, but it sure beats not getting a headache after 10minutes trying to read an article.
I tried the same thing on the mac, using Preferences>Displays>Color>Calibrate, but this guide is much harder to use to get a decent result (since only the last 2 options really makes a difference, but changes the colors completely, which I can't change by going back to the first color settings since then it just undos the last step I just did. I'm currently writing this with a very blue pale screen.
I also tried to use ColorSync Utility, expecting to enter values manually, but contrary to the articles I read about using ColorSync, I cannot edit the values in the color profile I created (I can only change the ASCII text input fields). Trying to save the profile gives me the error 'The Document "screenbug.icc" could not be saved.'
I tried to look for alternative color calibration software, but most of them required hardware, or expensive full version to unlock the settings I needed (like SuperCal).
I hope some tech savy users out there that can help me, or at least make my life with my macbook less of a pain.
All help is much appreciated!!
PS: I've been a loyal Mac user since always. Few things I've learned is:
1) Don't buy the first version of new hardware. Wait about a month for reviews, to check for issues. I had a problem with an expensive MacPro that had to be replaced, but luckily for free since it was Apple's mistake. Sometimes Apple products also get minor internal changes/fixes without announcements, to help solve reported issues from early buyers.
3) Take care of you Mac, especially so because you can often sell your used Mac's for quite a value the day you want to upgrade. I've sold about 3 Mac's in my lifetime, for quite a gain, though I don't expect this macbook to do as well, if at all. But it's normally something to be cautious about.
3) Don't order custom configurations from the Apple Store, if you can live without it (+ it's usually crazy overprices). I payed extra to get the NVidia GeForce 9600M, and was happy with it for the first couple of years, but is now causing me all the problems I have today + made my Macbook worthless.
Stick with what the default configuration if possible, as other configurations might not have been tested carefully.

Who exactly is your comment "I am asking you to fix this problem soon" directed at?
Remember that you are posting on a user to user forum so nobody can really help you. If you want to give feedback to Apple, then contact them directly at http://www.apple.com/feedback.
Also, if you have an iPhone 3G and iOS 4.2.1 is the latest software that you can install on your phone, then there is absolutely nothing that anyone can do to fix the problem if you want to install Skype that requires iOS 4.3 - what do you think anyone can magically do?
iPhone 3G is a very old phone now and if you want to install Skype on your phone, then you need to go out and buy a new iPhone - either a 4s or a 5. Nothing more to it. Buy a new phone.

Install 3rd party PDF iFilter for index PDF file as attachment in e-mail (msg)

I have called Microsoft Permium Support, base on the reply, SharePoint 2013 does not support to index a PDF file attachment in E-mail (msg) except 3rd party iFilter installed. And they finally told me how to edit Windows Registry for install the Adobe iFilter.
But, the Adobe iFilter is too weak to call large PDF files. So, I would like to install and try the Foxit PDF iFilter, but I cannot find an installation guide for this 3rd party ifilter with SharePoint 2013.
Does anyone here have the experience for Foxit PDF iFilter with SharePoint 2013 can help me?
I am not sure it is bug or feature in SharePoint 2013, but in case I still have to install 3rd party iFilter for index PDF file. I have no idea what is the out of box pdf file indexing support for.

You ca plan to use Foxit.
steps are nearly the same which we use in sharepoint 2013
1. We need to update registry for pdf . Registry value is {987f8d1a-26e6-4554-b007-6b20e2680632}
2. we need to install the foxit ifilter
Here are steps for same
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2293357
3. run below command:
net stop spsearch4
net start spsearch4
net stop osearch14
net start osearch14
Check below:
http://bjarnegram.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/installing-foxit-pdf-ifilter-on-sharepoint-server-2010/

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