Quato iColor Display 3.7, User Manual

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If you work with sRGB, then your gradation in the
calibration setup should be sRGB or at least Gamma
2.2 (right, sRGB is not exactly Gamma 2.2). If you
are using Adobe-RGB, then it should be Gamma 2.2;
with ECI-RGB 1.0 it is Gamma 1.8 and with ECI-RGB
2.0 it is L* gradation.
Note: Keep in mind that sRGB is not a very good idea
as a working space as it limits the input from larger
spaces (and the print to larger gamuts, too).
If there is a mismatch between the display´s gradati-
on and the one used in applications like Photoshop,
smooth gradiants will look choppy and many details
will be lost.
Luminance
ISO 12646 (minimum requirements for softproofing
displays) defines a luminance range of 120cd/m2 to
160cd/m2. The darker the environment, the lower
the brightness has to be within the defined range.
Keep in mind that driving a display at higher lumi-
nances than 160cd/m2 will result in a fast aging of
the backlight. The backligth decay is not covered by
any warranty. Therefore, please use the display at
the recommended luminance level.
Profile locations
Color profiles can be stored in many different loca-
tions on your harddrive. iColor Display always uses
the system´s native profile location.
Mac OS X stores profiles in the „ColorSync“ folder in-
side the system and the user library. To gain access
to these profiles for every user, the iColor Display
stores profiles always in the system library.
Macintosh HD -> Library -> ColorSync -> Profile
Windows stores color profiles in a subfolder inside
„System32“:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\color