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Installing a display profile for your monitor is very operating - system - dependent, which is why dispin -I 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.
+ system dependent, which is why dispin -I + 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.

Please choose from the detailed instructions below that suite your system:

- Microsoft - Windows
+ Microsoft Windows
Apple OS X
Linux/UNIX X11

On Microsoft Windows, display - profiles are typically in one of the - following directories:
+ profiles are typically in one of the following directories:

    MS Windows Me and 98: C:\Windows\System\Color

    MS Windows NT: - C:\Winnt\system32\spool\drivers\color -

+ C:\Winnt\system32\spool\drivers\color

    MS Window 2000, XP, Vista and 7: C:\Windows\system32\spool\drivers\color

An alternative to using dispwin - -I - 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.
+ -I 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.

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.
+ 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.

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.)
+ 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.)

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.

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 dispwin + "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 dispwin tool to do this for you, as it takes either a .cal or ICC - file - as an argument. The xcalib - tool could also be used.
+ href="cal_format.html">.cal or ICC + file as an argument. The xcalib tool + could also be used.

To add a startup item that will load a profiles calibration into - the - display using dispwin, - use the - following - instructions:
+ the display using dispwin, + use the following instructions:

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 - dispwin.exe, add a space - then - the option -L, eg:
+ select "Properties", then select the "Advanced" tab, then click + "Add..". then browse till you locate dispwin.exe. In the box + containing the path to dispwin.exe, + add a space then the option -L, + eg:

    c:\bin\argyll\dispwin -L

If you don't want to use the default installed profile, you could explicitly set the calibration file - to use - as an argument:

+ to use as an argument:

    c:\bin\argyll\dispwin c:\myprofiles\mydisplay.icm

Click "Next >", select the - "Startup" - folder, then name the item (ie. - "Argyll Calibration Loader"), then press "Finish".
+ "Startup" folder, then name the item (ie. "Argyll Calibration + Loader"), then press "Finish".

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.
+ 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.

Microsoft Windows XP has an optional Microsoft Color Control Panel Applet for Windows XP - 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 Profiles tab, then associate it - with - the display in the Devices - tab, but NOTE that it seems - to - have a bug, in that it - sometimes associates the profiles with the wrong monitor entry!
-
- On - Microsoft Vista 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 Profiles + tab, then associate it with the display in the Devices tab, but NOTE that it seems to have a bug, in that it sometimes + associates the profiles with the wrong + monitor entry!
+
+ On Microsoft Vista you can + set the display profile in Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Color Management, as an alternative to dispwin -I. 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 dispwin will still have to be - used - to do this. Note that currently Vista also has a bug 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 -c - flag: e.g.: c:\bin\argyll\dispwin - -c - -L
-
- On - Microsoft Windows 7 you can - set - the display profile by opening the Color + + though, it doesn't use the 'vcgt' calibration curves on system + startup, so a tool such as dispwin + will still have to be used to do this. Note that currently Vista + also has a bug 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 -c flag: e.g.: c:\bin\argyll\dispwin -c -L
+
+ On Microsoft Windows 7 & 8 + you can set the display profile by opening the Color + Management control by clicking the Start button and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type color management, @@ -213,25 +161,25 @@ Unfortunately profile has been marked "(default)" if you want it to be automatically used for your display.

- 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 Color Management - (see above), and then select the "Advanced" - tab, and then "Change system defaults...", then - select the "Advanced" - tab, and select/un-select the "Use Windows display calibration" - check box. (You could use dispwin - -I as an alternative to this if you really wanted.)
+ 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 Color + Management (see above), and then select the "Advanced" tab, and then "Change + system defaults...", then select the "Advanced" tab, and select/un-select the "Use Windows + display calibration" check box. (You could use dispwin -I as an alternative to + this if you really wanted.)

 
On Apple OSX, the display - profile are in one of the following - locations:
+ style="font-weight: bold;">Apple OSX, the display profile + are in one of the following locations:

    /Network/Library/ColorSync/Profiles
    /System/Library/Colorsync/Profiles
@@ -239,25 +187,22 @@ Unfortunately     ~/Library/ColorSync/Profiles

Note though that  /System/Library/Colorsync/Profiles is only - for - profiles supplied by Apple. You can use dispwin - -S  to select the appropriate scope when installing a - profile - using dispwin -I. You can use the - "System + for profiles supplied by Apple. You can use dispwin -S  to select the + appropriate scope when installing a profile using dispwin -I. 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 -D - flag used with the colprof - tool) will be used to identify the profile.
+ has been installed correctly. Note that the contents of the + description tag (the argument to the -D flag used + with the colprof tool) will + be used to identify the profile.

On Linux and other Unix style systems, there is no - universally agreed location for ICC profiles yet, - although the following locations have been suggested at various - times:
+ universally agreed location for ICC profiles yet, although the + following locations have been suggested at various times:

    /usr/share/color/icc
    /usr/local/share/color/icc
@@ -270,18 +215,16 @@ Unfortunately
Argyll dispwin follows uses the ucmm scheme for storing user and system - display - profiles, and when a display is set to use a profile correctly, it - will - follow this + convention to make it available to applications.
  
If you want the display calibration to be loaded, you should - consider - installing a tool to do so at startup, such as dispwin - or xcalib.
+ consider installing a tool to do so at startup, such as dispwin or xcalib.

Using dispwin the currently installed profile for a particular display can be loaded using the which will both upload the installed profile into the root - window _ICC_PROFILE property, and also load it into the display - VideoLUTs.
+ style="font-weight: bold;">root window _ICC_PROFILE + property, and also load it into the display VideoLUTs.

You can use the dispwin -d parameter - in - the usual way to select other - displays to store or load the calibration using the _ICC_PROFILE - property.
+ href="dispwin.html#d">-d parameter + in the usual way to select other displays to store or load the + calibration using the _ICC_PROFILE property.

To do this when you start your X11 server, you could put the above command in your .xinitrc - file - in your home directory for each screen.
+ file in your home directory for each screen.


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