User's Guide

4 | Table of Contents
Contents
Precautions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Supported Display Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Introduction to SpectraView II 9
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Main Features and benets . . . . . . . . . . 9
Dialogs, Settings and Menus 11
Main SpectraView II window . . . . . . . . . .11
Target Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Display Conguration dialog . . . . . . . . . . 13
Edit Calibration Target Conguration dialog . . . . 14
Custom Color Gamut dialog . . . . . . . . . . 17
Custom Gamma Curve dialog . . . . . . . . .19
Custom White Point dialog . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Preferences dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Information window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Colorimeter window . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Ambient Light Measurement window . . . . . . . 35
Monitor Settings window. . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Update Internal Calibration window . . . . . . .37
Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Calibration Overview 40
Introduction to display monitor calibration . . . . .40
About Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Gamma and Tone Response Curves (TRC) . . . . 42
White Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Intensity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Contrast Ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Color Gamut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6 Axis Color Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Using SpectraView 45
Launching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Selecting a calibration Target . . . . . . . . . . 45
Modifying Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Calibrating and Proling the Display . . . . . . .46
Proling the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Validating the current Calibration . . . . . . . . . 46
Outside of SpectraView 47
Using ICC/ColorSync Monitor Proles . . . . . . . 47
Adobe Photoshop Overview . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Frequently Asked Questions 48