LaCie blue eye pro
Calibrating LaCie 300/500/700 Series Monitors
User Manual
page 17
5.2. Calibrating your LaCie
300/500/700 Series Monitor
If you are using LaCie Blue eye pro for the first time or if you want
to enter new calibration settings, you will first need to specify the
target values you want to adopt before calibrating your monitor.
From the
Main Menu
window, click on the
Settings
button to
open the Settings window.
5.2.1. Setting Calibration Values for your
LaCie 300/500/700 Series Monitor
The
Settings
window of the LaCie blue eye pro application in-
vites you to provide your target values for your monitor’s settings
of Gamma, White Point Temperature, and Luminance.
✦
Gamma can be set at any value between 1 and 3 in 0.1
increments. Please choose the gamma value that corre-
sponds to your working environment.
✦
White Point Temperature can be set either through a preset
value (From 5000 Kelvin to 9500 Kelvin in 500 K incre-
ments), or manually.
✦
Luminance can be targeted as an absolute value in cd/m2
(candelas/meter2), or a predefined value expressed as a
portion of the maximum luminance offered by the moni-
tor. If you are not familiar with calibration and do not have
known pre-set values, you may simply use the settings con-
tained in the box at right.
General recommendations regarding settings
If you are not yet familiar with color management meth-
ods or with your workflow’s specifics, you may adopt the
following settings as general settings:
✦
White point: 6500 Kelvin
This is close to the native white point of most LCD pan-
els and is a relatively neutral white (values below 5000K
tend to appear yellowish).
✦
Brightness: 120 cd/m2
Under common office lighting conditions, a setting of
120 cd/m2 is sufficient. However, if you work in a dim
environment a lower luminance may be sufficient, and
if your office is very bright, or if you are using a lightbox
for critical color comparisons, a higher luminance may
be preferable.
✦
Gamma: 2.2
This is also a good starting point for gamma. You may
want to compare the aspect of the same document with
gamma values of 1.8 and 2.2 to determine which is
preferable.
If your workflow relies on soft proofing
If your workflow relies on soft proofing, you may consid-
er following UGRA’s recommendation for calibration:
white point between 5600 and 6000K, gamma of 1.8
and luminance of at least 120 cd/m2. Also, make sure
that the type of profile selected in the Advanced Settings
window is “Matrix” (refer to section
5.4.4. Profile Type
for details).
If you use such settings, you will be able to evaluate your
monitor’s calibration against UGRA’s criteria by select-
ing the UGRA methodology in the “Test and Report”
feature of blue eye pro (see section
5.3.
).
