Contents
Precautions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Supported Display Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1
Introduction to SpectraView II
9
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Main Features and benefits . . . . . . . . . . 9
2
Dialogs, Settings and Menus
11
Main SpectraView II window . . . . . . . . . . 11
Display Configuration dialog (Windows version only) . 13
Edit Calibration Target Configuration dialog . . . . 14
Custom Gamma Curve dialog . . . . . . . . . 16
Custom White Point dialog . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Preferences dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Preferences dialog - Calibration Sensor tab . . . . 18
Preferences dialog - Calibration tab . . . . . . . 19
Preferences dialog - ICC Profile tab . . . . . . . 20
Preferences dialog - Interface tab . . . . . . . . 21
Preferences dialog - Display tab . . . . . . . . . 22
Information window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Information window - Summary tab . . . . . . . 23
Information window - Color Gamut tab . . . . . . 25
Information window - Curves tab . . . . . . . . 26
Information window - Color Tracking tab . . . . . 27
Information window - DICOM Conformance tab . . . 28
Colorimeter window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ambient Light Measurement window . . . . . . . 31
Monitor Settings window. . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Introduction to display monitor calibration . . . . . 34
3
Calibration Overview
34
About Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Gamma and Tone Response Curves (TRC) . . . . 36
White Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Intensity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4
Using SpectraView
38
Launching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Selecting a calibration Target . . . . . . . . . . 38
Modifying Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Calibrating and Profiling the Display . . . . . . . 39
Profiling the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Validating the current Calibration . . . . . . . . 39
5
Outside of SpectraView
40
Using ICC/ColorSync Monitor Profiles . . . . . . . 40
Adobe Photoshop Overview . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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