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diff --git a/doc/dispprofloc.html b/doc/dispprofloc.html index b583914..668ed16 100644 --- a/doc/dispprofloc.html +++ b/doc/dispprofloc.html @@ -11,195 +11,143 @@ </h2> <br> Installing a display profile for your monitor is very operating - system - dependent, which is why <a href="dispwin.html#I">dispin -I</a> is a - good way of taking care of all these details. On some systems it is - not - the operating system itself that - supports display profiles, but individual applications, or helper - programs.<br> + system dependent, which is why <a href="dispwin.html#I">dispin -I</a> + is a good way of taking care of all these details. On some systems + it is not the operating system itself that supports display + profiles, but individual applications, or helper programs.<br> <br> Please choose from the detailed instructions below that suite your system:<br> <br> - <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="#MSW">Microsoft - Windows</a><br> + <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="#MSW">Microsoft Windows</a><br> <a href="#OSX">Apple OS X</a><br> <a href="#Linux">Linux/UNIX X11</a></span><br> <br> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><a name="MSW"></a>On <span style="font-weight: bold;">Microsoft Windows</span>, display - profiles are typically in one of the - following directories:<br> + profiles are typically in one of the following directories:<br> <p> MS Windows Me and 98: C:\Windows\System\Color<br> </p> <p> MS Windows NT: - C:\Winnt\system32\spool\drivers\color - </p> + C:\Winnt\system32\spool\drivers\color </p> <p> MS Window 2000, XP, Vista and 7: C:\Windows\system32\spool\drivers\color</p> <p>An alternative to using <span style="font-weight: bold;">dispwin - -I</span> - to install your display profiles, - is to use the Display - Property dialog, advanced settings, Color management tab, and - locate - the profile and install it there. This in - itself does not cause the profile to be made use of anywhere in - your - system.<br> + -I</span> to install your display profiles, is to use the + Display Property dialog, advanced settings, Color management tab, + and locate the profile and install it there. This in itself does + not cause the profile to be made use of anywhere in your system.<br> </p> <p>If you are using Adobe Photoshop on your system, then you can - tell - it to use your monitor profile by editing the appropriate registry - key, - typically "My + tell it to use your monitor profile by editing the appropriate + registry key, typically "My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Color\Monitor\Monitor0", - to - contain the name of the display profile, and then restart - Photoshop - This is the simplest way of ensuring that the Adobe calibration - loader - tool Adobe Gamma loads the video hardware lookup tables from the - vcgt tag, and - uses the profile as its display profile.<br> + to contain the name of the display profile, and then restart + Photoshop This is the simplest way of ensuring that the Adobe + calibration loader tool Adobe Gamma loads the video hardware + lookup tables from the vcgt tag, and uses the profile as its + display profile.<br> </p> <p>The adobe gamma tool can be told to use your profile, but the procedure is slightly tricky: Open adobe gamma from photoshop (in - the - Help->Color Management... menu item), select "Open Adobe - Gamma", and - select the "Load.." button. Select your profile and "Open". Select - "OK" - in the Adobe Gamma, it will then ask you to save it's modified - version - of your profile under a different name. Chose a name for the - modified - profile, and save it. Exit from Photoshop. Copy the profile you - want to - use, over the modified profile that you saved in Adobe Gamma. (If - you - don't do the last step, the profile Photoshop will be using will - have - been modified in strange ways from what you intended.)<br> + the Help->Color Management... menu item), select "Open Adobe + Gamma", and select the "Load.." button. Select your profile and + "Open". Select "OK" in the Adobe Gamma, it will then ask you to + save it's modified version of your profile under a different name. + Chose a name for the modified profile, and save it. Exit from + Photoshop. Copy the profile you want to use, over the modified + profile that you saved in Adobe Gamma. (If you don't do the last + step, the profile Photoshop will be using will have been modified + in strange ways from what you intended.)<br> </p> <p>Installing a profile on Microsoft Windows generally doesn't mean that the profiles calibration will be automatically loaded into a - display on startup. A separated tool is usually needed to achiev + display on startup. A separated tool is usually needed to achieve this.<br> </p> <p>Some Microsoft Windows applications may come with - "Gamma/VCGT/RAMDAC/Video LUT" - loader tools, consult their documentation and check your Start - Menu - Startup folders. If you don't want to use any of these 3rd party - tools, you can also use the <a - href="file:///D:/src/argyll/doc/dispwin.html">dispwin</a> + "Gamma/VCGT/RAMDAC/Video LUT" loader tools, so consult their + documentation and check your Start Menu Startup folders. If you + don't want to use any of these 3rd party tools, you can also use + the <a href="dispwin.html">dispwin</a> tool to do this for you, as it takes either a <a - href="file:///D:/src/argyll/doc/cal_format.html">.cal</a> or ICC - file - as an argument. The <a - href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/xcalib/">xcalib</a> - tool could also be used.<br> + href="cal_format.html">.cal</a> or ICC + file as an argument. The <a + href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/xcalib/">xcalib</a> tool + could also be used.<br> </p> <p>To add a startup item that will load a profiles calibration into - the - display using <span style="font-weight: bold;">dispwin</span>, - use the - following - instructions:<br> + the display using <span style="font-weight: bold;">dispwin</span>, + use the following instructions:<br> </p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">On the task bar, right click and - select - "Properties", then select the "Advanced" tab, then click "Add..". - then - browse till you locate dispwin.exe. In the box containing the path - to - <span style="font-weight: bold;">dispwin.exe</span>, add a space - then - the option <span style="font-weight: bold;">-L</span>, eg:<br> + select "Properties", then select the "Advanced" tab, then click + "Add..". then browse till you locate dispwin.exe. In the box + containing the path to <span style="font-weight: bold;">dispwin.exe</span>, + add a space then the option <span style="font-weight: bold;">-L</span>, + eg:<br> </p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">c:\bin\argyll\dispwin -L</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">If you don't want to use the default installed profile, you could explicitly set the calibration file - to use - as an argument:</p> + to use as an argument:</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">c:\bin\argyll\dispwin c:\myprofiles\mydisplay.icm<br> </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">Click "Next >", select the - "Startup" - folder, then name the item (ie. - "Argyll Calibration Loader"), then press "Finish".<br> + "Startup" folder, then name the item (ie. "Argyll Calibration + Loader"), then press "Finish".<br> <br> You can test it out by simply navigating the "Start" menu to the "Startup" folder and selecting the item you've just created. If - you - want to alter any of the details, navigate to the item again and - right - click it, and select "Properties". More than one startup item can - be - created to set the calibration for more than one display. You may - want - to cut and paste the "Target" line to a normal Command Prompt - shell to - check that it works as expected, as it is impossible to catch - error - messages in the startup.<br> + you want to alter any of the details, navigate to the item again + and right click it, and select "Properties". More than one startup + item can be created to set the calibration for more than one + display. You may want to cut and paste the "Target" line to a + normal Command Prompt shell to check that it works as expected, as + it is impossible to catch error messages in the startup.<br> </p> Microsoft Windows <span style="font-weight: bold;">XP</span> has an optional <span style="font-weight: bold;">Microsoft Color Control Panel Applet for Windows XP</span> - available for - download from - Microsoft, which handles installation and registering of the a - display - profile, and will also automatically set the display calibration on - system startup. The applet is started from the control panel, and - first - you have to "Install..." the profile in the <span - style="font-weight: bold;">Profiles</span> tab, then associate it - with - the display in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Devices</span> - tab, but <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOTE</span> that it seems - to - have a <span style="font-weight: bold;">bug</span>, in that it - sometimes associates the profiles with the <span - style="font-weight: bold;">wrong monitor</span> entry!<br> - <br> - On - Microsoft <span style="font-weight: bold;">Vista</span> you can set - the display profile in + available for download from Microsoft, which handles installation + and registering of the a display profile, and will also + automatically set the display calibration on system startup. The + applet is started from the control panel, and first you have to + "Install..." the profile in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Profiles</span> + tab, then associate it with the display in the <span + style="font-weight: bold;">Devices</span> tab, but <span + style="font-weight: bold;">NOTE</span> that it seems to have a <span + style="font-weight: bold;">bug</span>, in that it sometimes + associates the profiles with the <span style="font-weight: bold;">wrong + monitor</span> entry!<br> + <br> + On Microsoft <span style="font-weight: bold;">Vista</span> you can + set the display profile in Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Color Management, as an alternative to <span style="font-weight: bold;">dispwin -I</span>. In Devices you select "Use my settings for this device", and then add the profile you've created. Unfortunately - though, it doesn't use the 'vcgt' - calibration curves on system startup, so a tool such as <span - style="font-weight: bold;">dispwin</span> will still have to be - used - to do this. Note that currently Vista also has a <span - style="font-weight: bold;">bug</span> that causes the calibration - curves to be reset whenever the User Account Dialog (and similar) is - displayed. This problem can only be worked around manually, by - re-running the startup item whenever this happens. Note that due to - the - details of this bug it is necessary to actually reset the - calibration - to something else before re-setting it. This can be done quite - conveniently in dispwin by adding the <span style="font-weight: - bold;">-c</span> - flag: e.g.: <span style="font-weight: bold;">c:\bin\argyll\dispwin - -c - -L</span><br> - <br> - On - Microsoft <span style="font-weight: bold;">Windows 7</span> you can - set - the display profile by opening the <span class="phrase">Color + + though, it doesn't use the 'vcgt' calibration curves on system + startup, so a tool such as <span style="font-weight: bold;">dispwin</span> + will still have to be used to do this. Note that currently Vista + also has a <span style="font-weight: bold;">bug</span> that causes + the calibration curves to be reset whenever the User Account Dialog + (and similar) is displayed. This problem can only be worked around + manually, by re-running the startup item whenever this happens. Note + that due to the details of this bug it is necessary to actually + reset the calibration to something else before re-setting it. This + can be done quite conveniently in dispwin by adding the <span + style="font-weight: bold;">-c</span> flag: e.g.: <span + style="font-weight: bold;">c:\bin\argyll\dispwin -c -L</span><br> + <br> + On Microsoft <span style="font-weight: bold;">Windows 7 & 8</span> + you can set the display profile by opening the <span class="phrase">Color + Management control by clicking the <span class="ui">Start</span> button and then clicking <span class="ui">Control Panel</span>. In the search box, type <span class="userInput">color management</span>, @@ -213,25 +161,25 @@ Unfortunately profile has been marked "(default)" if you want it to be automatically used for your display.<br> <br> - By default Windows 7 seems to automatically load the default display - profiles calibration on startup, but needs to be told to do this at - all other times by changing the system defaults, or if some 3rd - party tool to load display calibration has been installed. This can - be done by logging on with a user account that has administrative - privileges, then opening the <span class="phrase">Color Management - (see above), and then select the "</span><span class="ui">Advanced</span>" - tab, and then "<span class="ui">Change system defaults...", then - select the </span><span class="phrase">"</span><span class="ui">Advanced</span>" - tab, and select/un-select the "<span class="ui">Use <span - class="notLocalizable">Windows</span> display calibration</span>" - check box. (You could use <span style="font-weight: bold;">dispwin - -I</span> as an alternative to this if you really wanted.)<br> + By default Windows 7 & 8 seems to automatically load the default + display profiles calibration on startup, but needs to be told to do + this at all other times by changing the system defaults, or if some + 3rd party tool to load display calibration has been installed. This + can be done by logging on with a user account that has + administrative privileges, then opening the <span class="phrase">Color + Management (see above), and then select the "</span><span + class="ui">Advanced</span>" tab, and then "<span class="ui">Change + system defaults...", then select the </span><span class="phrase">"</span><span + class="ui">Advanced</span>" tab, and select/un-select the "<span + class="ui">Use <span class="notLocalizable">Windows</span> + display calibration</span>" check box. (You could use <span + style="font-weight: bold;">dispwin -I</span> as an alternative to + this if you really wanted.)<br> <br> <br> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><a name="OSX"></a>On <span - style="font-weight: bold;">Apple OSX</span>, the display - profile are in one of the following - locations:<br> + style="font-weight: bold;">Apple OSX</span>, the display profile + are in one of the following locations:<br> <br> /Network/Library/ColorSync/Profiles<br> /System/Library/Colorsync/Profiles<br> @@ -239,25 +187,22 @@ Unfortunately ~/Library/ColorSync/Profiles<br> <br> Note though that /System/Library/Colorsync/Profiles is only - for - profiles supplied by Apple. You can use <a href="dispwin.html#S">dispwin - -S</a> to select the appropriate scope when installing a - profile - using <a href="dispwin.html#I">dispwin -I</a>. You can use the - "System + for profiles supplied by Apple. You can use <a + href="dispwin.html#S">dispwin -S</a> to select the + appropriate scope when installing a profile using <a + href="dispwin.html#I">dispwin -I</a>. You can use the "System Preferences->Displays->Color" tool to check that the profile - has been installed correctly. Note that the contents of - the description tag (the argument to the <span style="font-weight: - bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-D</span></span> - flag used with the <span style="font-weight: bold;">colprof</span> - tool) will be used to identify the profile.<br> + has been installed correctly. Note that the contents of the + description tag (the argument to the <span style="font-weight: + bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-D</span></span> flag used + with the <span style="font-weight: bold;">colprof</span> tool) will + be used to identify the profile.<br> <br> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><a name="Linux"></a>On <span style="font-weight: bold;">Linux</span> and other <span style="font-weight: bold;">Unix</span> style systems, there is no - universally agreed location for ICC profiles yet, - although the following locations have been suggested at various - times:<br> + universally agreed location for ICC profiles yet, although the + following locations have been suggested at various times:<br> <br> /usr/share/color/icc<br> /usr/local/share/color/icc<br> @@ -270,18 +215,16 @@ Unfortunately <br> Argyll <a href="dispwin.html">dispwin</a> follows uses the <a href="ucmm.html">ucmm</a> scheme for storing user and system - display - profiles, and when a display is set to use a profile correctly, it - will - follow <a + display profiles, and when a display is set to use a profile + correctly, it will follow <a href="http://www.burtonini.com/computing/x-icc-profiles-spec-0.2.html">this + convention</a> to make it available to applications.<br> <br> If you want the display calibration to be loaded, you should - consider - installing a tool to do so at startup, such as <a - href="file:///D:/src/argyll/doc/dispwin.html">dispwin</a> - or <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/xcalib/">xcalib</a>.<br> + consider installing a tool to do so at startup, such as <a + href="dispwin.html">dispwin</a> or <a + href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/xcalib/">xcalib</a>.<br> <br> Using <a href="dispwin.html">dispwin</a> the currently installed profile for a particular display can be loaded using the <a @@ -292,21 +235,17 @@ Unfortunately <br> </span>which will both upload the installed profile <span style="font-style: italic;"></span>into the <span - style="font-weight: bold;"></span>root - window _ICC_PROFILE property, and also load it into the display - VideoLUTs. <br> + style="font-weight: bold;"></span>root window _ICC_PROFILE + property, and also load it into the display VideoLUTs. <br> <br> You can use the <span style="font-weight: bold;">dispwin</span> <a - href="file:///D:/src/argyll/doc/dispwin.html#d">-d</a> parameter - in - the usual way to select other - displays to store or load the calibration using the _ICC_PROFILE - property.<br> + href="dispwin.html#d">-d</a> parameter + in the usual way to select other displays to store or load the + calibration using the _ICC_PROFILE property.<br> <br> To do this when you start your X11 server, you could put the above command in your <span style="font-weight: bold;">.xinitrc</span> - file - in your home directory for each screen.<br> + file in your home directory for each screen.<br> <br> <br> </body> |