User`s manual

About ColorNavigator
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About ColorNavigator
The ColorNavigator software for ColorEdge series monitor makes monitor adjustment both simple and
accurate. You can adjust the monitor settings easily.
*Please prepare the measurement device separately.
Features
• Precisely adjusting monitor characteristics on the ColorEdge series
- Preset adjustment targets for each of principal uses (Simple mode)
- Specify the brightness, white balance, black level and/or gamma of the monitor (Detailed mode)
- L* is available as the target of gamma
- Displays the measurement result with CIE-chromaticity diagram
- Generates ICC 2.0 profiles (for Windows XP) / ICC 4.2 profiles (for Windows Vista) / Apple
ColorSync profiles (for Macintosh) based on the measurement result
- 6 Color adjustment function
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- Manual adjustment function (white balance/brightness/black level/gamma)
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- Measures ambient light
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- Measures paper white
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- Emulation of Monitor Display based on the profile
(CG220/CG221/CG222W/CG241W/CG301W)
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The function's availability depends on the monitor, the measurement device, or usage
• Profiling monitor validation
• Switching monitor display
- Switches monitor display based on the monitor adjustment result.
• Supporting monitor adjustment function with timer setting
• Supporting a multi monitor environment
• Showing Patterns
Tips
• L* is a lightness value based on the CIELUV and CIELAB color spaces. CIELUV and CIELAB are color
spaces that describe the relationship between color and human vision, in which L* corresponds to
perceived brightness.