Is Adobe Gamma not installed with CS3?

Hi, guys,
seems that the forum is moderated, and the message thread is broken. So, how I suppose to operate with Adobe gamma in CS3 under Vista, if it does not appear in the control panel and autostart?

Any manual way to make it working or just step down to CS2

Thanks!

Dave,

The thing is that with the current prices in the lower range you don't have to be 'a pro' (yikes!) to get a calibrator. And the thing is that they are much easier to use than Adobe Gamma.

I don't know how things are in Quahog, but under this rock an EyeOne Display-2 is quite easy and relatively cheap. And the Pantone Huey is even cheaper and easier.

I understand mat and gus. but it IS better than nothing. and as a non-pro user, i don't feel the need to get closer than i've been to "true calibration" than i've been since version 5.0 using adobe gamma. My prints match my screen and are what i expect them to be and that's enough for me.

I'll keep cs2 installed anyway for a while, and if it comes to it, use the 3rd party free calibration sw.

That's really strange - I did a fresh install of Vista (formatted too) and only installed CS3. the file was there.

well in answer to the original quesion: NO, Adobe still distributes AdobeGamma with CS3. I told you how to find it. It's just not installed (for whatever reason, I thought it mught be due to Vista)

And whats this crap about gamma correction NOT working on LCD's? what rock have you been living under?. I bounce from office to office doing temp contracts, and first thing I do is calibrate everyone's monitors using Adobe Gamma, you wouldnt believe the results. If you can more closely match the colour onscreen to the printed output then there's bugger-all guess work involved.
Sure most LCD's dont have the rich black of a CRT, but every monitor can benefit from some gamma correction and colour adjustment. Maybe you just have no idea how to use the program...

Microsoft rulez the World
Adobe sees it for you
X-Rite calibrates that vision.

Surrender, Dave. Resistence is futile!

Dave,

I think you are missing the point. Software calibration is not calibration. Really, it isn't. Now we just need to educate the whole user base save for the top pros on this.

so not only are they charging us more (even for the standard version, don't get me started about the extortion edition!) but now we don't have imageready (buy flash!) and we don't have a calibrator (buy external). jeez louise!

maybe they're developing adobe gamma into a for pay application... wouldn't suprise me.

I understand what you mean: Better Adobe Gamma than nothing. But, if I follow your reasoning (and I think I do), I'd hope that we would be better off in a general sense if general users would start thinking more appropriatedly about what is colour reproduction. That means no eyeball, use a calibration device, use a proper illumination, etc...

Hyperoptimistic, I know ;)

I dont think so either, but factor in the number of Photoshop users, and how many of them are actually going to buy a hardware calibrator. Are we better or worse off as a whole?

I dont know.