Current Settings
Help Index
Usual Setting
You will typically use the current settings, and continue on by choosing the
Next
button.
The Purpose of This Step
This screen displays the current settings that will be used for calibration. These are the
values that will be used to adjust the monitor’s characteristics.
The Long Answer
The settings are the desired values to which the monitor will be adjusted.
Settings include:
White Point (the color of white)
Tone Response (often called Gamma)
and optionally:
Black Luminance (darkness and detail at the black end)
White Luminance (brightness and detail at the white end)
If you want to calibrate to values different than those shown, you may click the
Change
button to see other choices.
Why choose one calibration setting over another?
Calibrating to the expected gamma and white point for the type of work you do can make non-color
managed applications display in a more reasonable manner. Color managed applications will compensate
