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Digital Color Workflows and the  
HP DreamColor LP2480zx Professional Display 

Improving accuracy and predictability in color processing at the designer’s desk can 
increase productivity and improve quality of digital color projects in animation, 
game development, film/video post production, broadcast, product design, graphic 
arts and photography. 

Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 2

 

Managing color ............................................................................................................................. 3

 

The property of color ................................................................................................................... 3

 

The RGB color set .................................................................................................................... 3

 

The CMYK color set ................................................................................................................. 3

 

Color spaces........................................................................................................................... 4

 

Gamuts .................................................................................................................................. 5

 

The digital workflow .................................................................................................................... 5

 

Color profiles .......................................................................................................................... 5

 

Color accuracy and predictability............................................................................................... 6

 

HP DreamColor Technologies ........................................................................................................... 7

 

Background ............................................................................................................................ 7

 

Specifications.......................................................................................................................... 7

 

The HP DreamColor LP2480zx Professional Display.............................................................................. 8

 

Features ................................................................................................................................. 8

 

Platforms .............................................................................................................................. 10

 

Conclusions ................................................................................................................................. 11

 

For more information ..................................................................................................................... 11

 

 

 

Содержание LP2480zx - DreamColor - 24" LCD Monitor

Страница 1: ...pment film video post production broadcast product design graphic arts and photography Introduction 2 Managing color 3 The property of color 3 The RGB color set 3 The CMYK color set 3 Color spaces 4 Gamuts 5 The digital workflow 5 Color profiles 5 Color accuracy and predictability 6 HP DreamColor Technologies 7 Background 7 Specifications 7 The HP DreamColor LP2480zx Professional Display 8 Feature...

Страница 2: ...a video or a printed advertisement In early 2007 Hewlett Packard introduced HP DreamColor a set of technologies and use models that provide accuracy predictability and ease of use for color reproduction systems HP DreamColor combines HP technologies with existing color management tools to provide outstanding color reproduction throughout a digital workflow Importantly HP DreamColor technologies re...

Страница 3: ...were not absorbed after light is reflected off of an object reflective source These two ways of creating can be translated into two different sets of color RGB and CMYK The RGB color set We refer to the red green and blue RGB colors created from an emissive source as primary colors Specifically they are called additive primaries because any color that a display device is capable of producing is ma...

Страница 4: ...receptors in the eye These are known as the CIE 1931 color matching functions and they lead directly to a space defined by three standardized primaries known as X Y and Z A simplified two dimensional model was derived from the XYZ system and is referred to as the CIE xy color space or more correctly the xy chromaticity coordinates or chromaticity diagram The CIE 1931 system takes into account huma...

Страница 5: ...e entire visible space without at least one of the primaries being off in the black area outside of the horseshoe shape which would mean the primary itself would be somewhere outside of the range of visible colors We will discuss the gamut of different devices later when we review the features of the HP DreamColor LP2480zx display The digital workflow In the typical digital workflow an image and i...

Страница 6: ...pict color as accurately as possible The challenge is to maintain both color accuracy and color predictability Accuracy means that a color is always the same when measured against a known reference and generally involves some empirical form of measurement such as a colorimeter or a spectrophotometer Predictability means that a color is absolutely reproducible across workflows across pages across p...

Страница 7: ...in color reproduction from one operation to the next Device accuracy the degree to which in gamut colors can be reproduced correctly Cross device predictability the degree to which a consistent color appearance can be maintained across a wide range of display or printing technologies with widely varying gamuts Reproduction quality the degree to which the system produces pleasing reproductions that...

Страница 8: ...reatly increased reducing banding artifacts that can be present in today s 24 bit displays The RGB LED backlight provides an extremely wide color gamut Figure 5 and ensures stable control of white point and luminance The HP DreamColor Engine provides accurate color management and color space remapping The Engine supports multiple color space emulation presets including full gamut Rec 709 sRGB Rec ...

Страница 9: ... OS X Linux support is planned through an open source project that provides a number of options for display calibration white point gamma and luminance The APS will also validate the viewing environment ambient lighting conditions The HP APS can be used with the HP Designjet Z Photo printer series to provide an end to end calibrated ICC color workflow5 Figure 5 The gamut of the HP DreamColor LP248...

Страница 10: ...re set HP workstations will offer professional graphics cards with 30 bit color support that are certified on the applications that are needed for color critical workflow whereas on workstation platforms may not offer 10 bit professional graphics card support nor have ISV certifications or both In addition applications that are able to take advantage of the color critical display animation film an...

Страница 11: ... LP2480zx Professional Display HP Personal Workstations and HP DreamColor technologies For more information http www hp com go workstations HP Personal Workstations http h30267 www3 hp com country us en dreamcolor HP DreamColor Technologies http www hp com go monitors HP monitors 2008 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The o...

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