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</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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MS Windows Me and 98: C:\Windows\System\Color<br>
</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MS Windows NT:
- C:\Winnt\system32\spool\drivers\color
- </p>
+ C:\Winnt\system32\spool\drivers\color </p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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-&gt;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-&gt;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;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span
style="font-weight: bold;">c:\bin\argyll\dispwin
c:\myprofiles\mydisplay.icm<br>
</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">Click "Next &gt;", 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&nbsp;Color&nbsp;Control&nbsp;Panel&nbsp;Applet&nbsp;for&nbsp;Windows&nbsp;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&nbsp;Panel&nbsp;-&gt;&nbsp;Hardware&nbsp;and&nbsp;Sound
-&gt;&nbsp;Color&nbsp;Management, as an alternative to <span
style="font-weight: bold;">dispwin -I</span>.&nbsp;In&nbsp;Devices&nbsp;
you&nbsp;select&nbsp;"Use&nbsp;my&nbsp;settings&nbsp;for&nbsp;this
device",&nbsp;and&nbsp;then&nbsp;add&nbsp;the&nbsp;profile&nbsp;you've&nbsp;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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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>
&nbsp;<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>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /Network/Library/ColorSync/Profiles<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /System/Library/Colorsync/Profiles<br>
@@ -239,25 +187,22 @@ Unfortunately
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ~/Library/ColorSync/Profiles<br>
<br>
Note though that&nbsp; /System/Library/Colorsync/Profiles is only
- for
- profiles supplied by Apple. You can use <a href="dispwin.html#S">dispwin
- -S</a>&nbsp; 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>&nbsp; to select the
+ appropriate scope when installing a profile using <a
+ href="dispwin.html#I">dispwin -I</a>. You can use the "System
Preferences-&gt;Displays-&gt;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>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /usr/share/color/icc<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /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>
&nbsp;&nbsp; <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>