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1. 20 These lines 3 represent your calibration settings Calibration targets versus the results obtained Differences in per owas pr ae Kelvin 6500 6556 Whitepoint minance of the black color displayed by the monitor XYZ 125 14 132 15 144 17 XYZ normalized 94 70 100 00 109 09 This table 4 summarizes the measurements taken tatationte 132 2 Cam Next Temperature 6556 Kelvin of the greyscale displayed by your monitor For each line Ecce snae i Ea ou will find h Blackpoint Luminance 0 6 Cd m2 lt Color the shade of gray measured Graybalance 17 heavy dark 25 dark gray Kelvin the temperature of the measured color 6581 22 amp Chroma the chromaticity difference between the 5 Hie Gamma 2 20 I I I I I I I I centage are also displayed This value represents the lu l cd m2 120 132 I I I I I I I I I measured color and target color l Gamma the Gamma value of the curve on which the point belongs 22 ee ae Be ae ia SS ae aa re ee Ye Figure 5 3 D Average Gamma 5 the average of the values giv en in the Gamma table This is the average of the values given in the gamma column Profile Statistic Note The deltaE calculation takes the blackpoint into account Based on chromatic adaptation Bradford This table 6 summarizes the L a b values of the measured color patches and their mea
2. C WINNTYSystem32 spool DRIVERS COLOR directory 6 Double click on the LaCie Blue eye pro icon from your applications folder The LaCie blue eye pro Main Menu will appear Click the Settings button from the Main Window to access the Settings window 8 Mark the Reference profile button and select from your profiles list the required profile The selected profile will be used as a reference for any further calibration All calibration settings are now locked LaCie blue eye pro User Manual Calibrating 300 500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro page 26 5 7 Analyzing Your Ambient Lighting Conditions Your ambient lighting conditions can influence the way you perceive your monitor s colors If your ambi ent lighting is too intense for instance if your office s windows are not shaded the contrast offered by your monitor may seem insufficient If the ambient light has a dominant chroma for instance if your light bulbs have a yellowish shade or if the walls of your office are paint ed with a saturated color you may have the impression that your monitor also has a cast of the same color This is why ISO standard 6334 recommends that for color critical work you make sure that your work ing environment s Ambient Light is neutral no color cast and subdued less than 64 lux according to the standard LaCie blue eye pro offers you an easy way to analyze your Ambient Lighting conditions To perform this
3. Profiles or Table Profiles are created using lookup tables LUT Profiles are a perfect match for devices that don t respond in a linear way such as printers or some older monitors Though LUT Profiles are more precise and may give better results especially for nonlinear dis H 5 4 4 Profile Version By default profiles created with Blue eye pro are ICC 2 profiles If required you can choose version 4 profiles by marking the ICC 4 button Though ICC2 profiles have been widely used and proved their reliability improvements needed to be added in ICC4 profiles to increase predictability and performance and to reduce eventual differences of in terpretation ICC4 profiles provide Calibrating 300 500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro page 23 plays they are not recommended in workflows using Adobe Software especially Photoshop as they are not fully compatible with it Matrix profiles on the other hand are the best choice for high quality monitors such as Series 300 500 due to their linear response even if they may not be as accurate as LUT profiles Matrix profiles give smoother results with Adobe Photoshop Though both profiles types rely on different calcu lation techniques they generally dont provide signifi cantly different results on Series 300 500 monitors We therefore recommend the use of LUT or Matrix de pending on your workflow and the software used gt A more precise definition of rendering in
4. User Manual page 5 1 Introduction to the LaCie blue eye pro Thank you for purchasing the LaCie blue eye pro color management solution The LaCie blue eye color imeter and LaCie blue eye pro software deliver precise color control for monitors allowing for calibration of the three red green and blue gains of the monitor indi vidually and creating an ICC profile of the monitor These profiles provide a description of the monitor s individual characteristics measuring the gamma white point and luminance Profiles created with a colorimeter and software such as those created by the LaCie blue eye are more accurate and help programs like Adobe PhotoShop display images properly Graphic professionals working in color managed environments will be able to adjust every monitor in their image chain allowing them to evaluate images and perform real time edits with assured accuracy A properly calibrated and profiled monitor also allows for soft proofing because the image is verified which saves time and money Your monitor will display the im ages as they were intended 1 1 LaCie blue eye pro capabilities gt Automatic Hardware Calibration with the LaCie 300 500 Series White Point Temperature 5 000 to 9 500 K in increments of 500 K e Gamma 1 to 3 in increments of 0 1 e Brightness Maximum Absolute or a Per centage settings Manage your color with ICC profiles for com parison bet
5. analysis please select the Ambient Light Analysis feature On Apple Macintosh click on the Tools menu bar and select the corresponding menu option On Microsoft Windows please right click the application bar and select the corresponding menu op tion This window Figure 5 7 A appears on your display Please adjust the Ambient Light Diffuser on the LaCie blue eye sensor and turn the sensor towards your office back to the display then click on the Start but ton The software will start analyzing the ambient light BOO Blue Eye Pro N Ambient Light Test Place the diffuser on your colorimeter and place A key recommendation of the ISO 3664 the device facing outwards towards the room standard is that ambient light should be Press lt Start gt to perform the analysis uniform and neutral in your working environment when editing digital images on a computer display Furthermore the standard recommends illumination to be inferior to 64 lux This tool allows you to evaluate how close Luminance Lux you are to these recommended conditions Temperature Kelvin Figure 5 7 A ing and will display Illuminance and Color Temperature values The ISO 3664 standard recommends an Ambi ent Light that offers less than 64 lux Illuminance and has a neutral chroma If you are working with a D50 5000 Kelvin White Point Temperature setting for instance it is recommended that your Ambient Light have a Color Temperature near 5000 de
6. be connected to the USB port on Apple keyboards Can the LaCie blue eye vision cali brator be used with the LaCie blue eye pro software Is the process for calibrating a moni tor other than the LaCie 300 500 Series Monitor the same Can LaCie photon monitors be cali brated in DVI or VGA mode with the LaCie blue eye pro software Why dont all of the saved ICC pro files appear in the dropdown menu of the Select Profile module Solution Verify that the LaCie blue eye colorimeter is connected to your com puter through a USB port also verify that the proper device has been selected in the Device menu of the blue eye pro software Yes the Apple keyboard provides a sufficient amount of power for the colorimeter The LaCie blue eye vision calibrator can be used with the LaCie blue eye pro software in Windows only Under Mac OS X this calibrator is unfortunately not supported Please refer to page 15 Using Another Colorimeter for more information No the calibration process is different Please refer to pages 29 to 35 for full instructions and additional information Yes but the calibration process will be manual Please refer to pages 29 to 35 for full instructions and additional information The drop down menu displays the last 49 profiles created using the LaCie blue eye pro If you have created more than 49 profiles you will need to erase or move the older and or un used profiles to a folder other than the C
7. of the color displayed by the RGB value R 255 G 255 B 255 These characteristics are often summarized with the Calibration J term White Point Temperature because scientists have developed a model where a given body brought to a certain temperature emits light of a given color This temperature is expressed in degrees Kelvin K Com mon White Point Temperature settings in the pre press workflow are 5000 K and 6500 K To influence White Point Temperature it is necessary to adjust the respective intensities also called gains of red green and blue light that are emitted by the RGB value of 255 255 255 The Luminance controls the overall brightness of the monitor With the LaCie blue eye pro you can fine tune all of these factors and target the Brightness Gamma and White Point Temperature settings of your choice The sensor that is included is an advanced device that mea sures the light emitted by your monitor and expresses it in absolute colorimetric terms LaCie blue eye pro Color Management User Manual page 12 H Device Profiles Device profiles are the most important part of the TECHNICAL NOTE color management puzzle because without an ICC pro f GA CIEL AR ee ee ee Conseu Tient file within your image chain you cant implement color a ionale de lEclairage and L the lightness ee A the position of a color on a red green axis Profiles serve three very important functions and B the posit
8. the application by clicking on the Quit button You also have the option of obtain ing a detailed report regarding your monitor s calibra tion by clicking on the Test amp Report button see 5 2 4 Calibration Report or to go back to the main menu by clicking on the Main menu button 5 3 Controlling the Calibration of Your LaCie 300 500 Series Monitor The Test and Report Tool gives you the opportunity to verify the accuracy of your monitor s current profile settings for Gamma White Point and Luminance by measuring and comparing them to the actual monitor settings Once Test amp report is completed the LaCie blue eye pro software will display a Monitor Report window containing a chromaticity diagram of your monitor s current Gamut as well as a diagram representing the discrepancies measured by the Tool Clicking on the Test amp Report button opens a win dow Fig 5 3 A Place the calibrator on the target and click on the Start button to launch the test process the colorim BOO Blue Eye Pro NN Test and Report l l l l This test Panel measures some sample colors l to compare them with your active profile Please place the device inside the measurement l circle and press lt Start gt to begin l l l l l Figure 5 3 A LaCie blue eye pro User Manual eter measures color patches of a series of different col ors Shades of gray Red Green Blue Cyan Magenta Yellow and Past
9. your target settings manipulating the colorimeter To take advantage of this possibility two profiles corresponding to both of these i 03 05 06 6500K 22 100 icc H environments must have already been created through the standard calibration process described in section 5 2 Calibrating Your LaCie 300 500 Series Monitor When you click on the Select Profile button the rain menu Cam J window to the right Fig 5 5 A appears i E Figure 5 5 A To switch from your current colorimetric environ ment to another select a new profile from the pull down menu Simply highlight the profile and click on the Acti vate button The new monitor profile is activated and its associated settings are loaded in the monitor Calibrating 300 500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro page 25 LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 5 6 Using a Reference Profile for Easy Setup or Monitor Matching The Reference Profile Setting allows you to cali brate your monitor to closely match another monitor This allows you to ensure colors are closely matched be tween two monitors connected to the same computer or on two different computers All related calibration set tings including advanced settings such as specific Black Point or Chromatic adaptation are memorized includ ed in the calibration without the need for further setup and locked thus preventing any accidental change This feature can also be used as an easy and safe wa
10. Blue eye pro icon from your applications folder The LaCie blue eye pro Main Menu will appear In this window you will find four buttons each dedi cated to a specific use Button Settings Calibration Test Report Select Profile Description Click this option to setup your calibra tion settings See Chapter 5 2 1 for details Click this option to calibrate your monitor See Chapter 5 2 2 for details Click this option to evaluate the Calibration state of your monitor See Chapter 5 3 for details Click this option to switch from one colorimetric environment to another to choose your colorimetric environ ment See Chapter 5 5 for details blue eye pro Calibration Select profile Test amp Report LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 6 2 Calibrating your 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 E 6 2 1 Setting Calibration Values for your Monitor The Settings window of the LaCie blue eye pro ap plication invites you to provide your target values for your monitor s settings of Gamma White Point Tem perature and Luminance Gamma can be set at any value between 1 and 3 in 0 1 increments Please choose the gamma value th
11. Carmen LLL fest Qenire Calbratien To adjust the chromaticity and brightness of the Figure 5 8 A White point move the 4 available sliders The first three sliders adjust your display s White Point Chromaticity Cyan to red this slider will slightly increase 10 the Red or Cyan component Magenta to Green this slider will slightly increase 10 the Magenta or Green component Yellow to Blue this slider will slightly increase 10 the Yellow or Blue component With the fourth slider you can adjust the brightness by 20 Once you are visually satisfied with the modifica tions you performed you can measure the influence of the changes in your monitor s White Point and Lumi nance by placing the LaCie blue eye calibrator on the measuring target and clicking on the Measure button The software will measure the new White Point and Brightness and display them on the Finetuning win dow Once the new White Point is satisfactory to you and has been Measured click on Calibrate to implement the changes in your calibration The calibration step will be performed as usual see Sections 5 2 2 and 5 2 3 for de tails LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating 300 500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 28 5 9 Accessing Key Monitor and System Information LaCie blue eye pro offers you easy access to some A A Display Model LaCie 321 key system and monitor information fields To
12. LaCie blue eye pro Table of Contents User Manual page Table of Contents 1 Introduction to the LaCie blue eye pro 5 1 1 LaCie blue eye pro capabilities 5 2 Your LaCie blue eye pro 6 2 1 Minimum System Requirements 6 2 2 Package Content 7 3 Color Management 3 1 Basic Issues With Monitor Color Rendering 8 3 2 Monitor Calibration And Device Profiles 10 4 Installing Your LaCie blue eye pro 13 4 1 Installing the Software 13 4 2 Connecting The LaCie blue eye Colorimeter 14 4 3 Using Another Colorimeter 15 5 Calibrating 300 500 Series Monitors with the LaCie blue eye pro 16 5 1 Starting the Application 16 5 2 Calibrating your LaCie 300 500 Series Monitor 17 5 2 1 Setting Calibration Values for your LaCie 300 500 Series Monitor 17 5 2 2 Calibration 18 5 2 3 Saving the Profile 19 5 3 Controlling the Calibration of Your LaCie 300 500 Series Monitor 19 5 4 Advanced Options 22 5 4 1 Blackpoint Adjustment Setting 22 5 4 2 Chromatic Adaptation Setting 22 5 4 3 Profile type 23 5 4 4 Profile Version 23 5 4 5 OSD lock 24 5 5 Switching Colorimetric Environments 24 5 6 Using a Reference Profile for Easy Setup or Monitor Matching 25 5 7 Analyzing Your Ambient Lighting Conditions 26 5 8 Fine Tuning your LaCie 300 500 Series Monitor eri 5 9 Accessing Key Monitor and System Information 28 6 Calibrating Other Monitors with the LaCie blue eye pro 29 6 1 Starting the Application 30 6 2 Calibrati
13. LaCie blue eye software see page 13 Installing the Software for more informa tion 1 Remove the LaCie blue eye colorimeter from the pro tective shell by applying downward pressure on the protective shell while holding the LaCie blue eye colorimeter with your other hand You should hear a click noise whenever the LaCie blue eye colorimeter is removed or placed in its protective shell figure A 2 Incline the monitor by 10 figure B 3 With EasyHood installed simply unfold the hook to attach your calibrator If no hood is installed position the LaCie blue eye colorimeter and cable counterweight The LaCie blue eye colorimeter should be flush against the monitor s screen figure B 4 Connect the LaCie blue eye colorimeter s USB cable to an available USB port on your computer figure C TECHNICAL NOTE You may attach the LaCie ZA 7 luc eye colorimeter to powered USB hubs hes Po T A LaCie blue eye pro Installing Your LaCie blue eye pro User Manual page 15 4 3 Using Another Colorimeter LaCie blue eye pro supports a variety of colorim eters including the following LaCie blue eye Monaco Xrite DTP94 GretagMacBeth eyeOneDisplay ColorVision Spyder 2 The default device expected by LaCie blue eye pro is the LaCie blue eye colorimeter If you are using another colorimeter please select the appropriate device from the Device dropdown me
14. Please choose the gamma value that corresponds to your working environment White Point Temperature can be set either through a preset value From 5000 Kelvin to 9500 Kelvin in 500 K increments or manually Luminance can be targeted as an absolute value in cd m2 candelas meter or a predefined value ex pressed as a portion of the maximum luminance of fered by the monitor If you are not familiar with calibration and do not have known pre set values you may simply use the fol lowing settings MPORTANT INFO These settings are only ndicated as guidelines We advise you to consult your monitor documentation for further informa tion on calibration Gamma 2 2 White Point 6500 K amp Luminance 120 cd m These settings are a good starting point for calibra tion due to their relatively neutral values 4200 Blue Eye Pro N a K L gt ES Settings 2 2 H f White Point l Predefined 6500 K H Please define your target settings on the left To match a specific monitor please check the Custom 5000 Reference Profile checkbox and select the appropriate profile in the drop down menu To calibrate the monitor click on the I l l l l l l Luminance l l l l l l Maximum Calibration button Brightness 100 Absolute in cd m2 120 Reference Profile 03 05 06 6500K 22 100 icc BR CE R R aeren Figure 5 2 1 A A 2 2 gamma corresponds to the native
15. ake care that the OSD does not cover the measurement area Si l I I l 4 Rr e d w Figure 6 2 2 A TECHNICAL NOTE If you cannot reach the green zone after adjusting your monitor to its maximum brightness move to the next step 6 2 3 Contrast Adjustment by clicking on the Next button CAUTION Do not modify your monitor s brightness setting after this stage Doing so will force you to restart the calibration and profiling process LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating Other Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 33 E 6 2 3 Contrast Adjustment The Contrast Adjustment window will assist you in a0 Blue Eye Pro placing your monitor in its optimal dynamic for your Contrast Please set the contrast to maximum Place the device on the monitor and press lt Start gt Decrease the contrast until the quality is fine Take care that the OSD does not cover the measurement area colors The right contrast setting produces brighter col ors through continuous tones detailed shadows and highlights 1 Using your monitor s OSD set your monitor to its highest contrast value 2 Press Start 3 Using the OSD decrease your monitor s contrast value a few increments at a time As you decrease the contrast of your monitor the slider will move to the left towards the green area When it reaches this green area a m
16. ar on the monitor IMPORTANT INFO The correctness of the ICC profile depends on your monitors OSD set tings If at any time you need to change them you will need to rebuild a profile Likewise if you want to change your monitor s settings to move to a different White Point for instance you will need to rebuild a profile LaCie blue eye pro User Manual Calibrating Other Monitors with blue eye pro page 36 6 3 Controlling the Calibration of Your Monitor E 6 3 1 Calibration Report Now that your monitor has been calibrated you can run a test to verify the quality of the calibration The La Cie blue eye pro software will measure the quality of the color correction performed by the ICC profile you have E 6 3 2 Test And Report In the main window of your application you also have the opportunity to test your monitor s current set tings for Gamma White Point and Luminance To do this simply click on the Test amp Report button and the following window Fig 6 3 2 A will prompt you to place the LaCie blue eye colorimeter onto your moni tor he application will display a sampling of colors to determine the current values of your monitor s Gamma White Point and Luminance At the end of the process the blue eye software will display a chromaticity diagram of your monitor and lists your monitor s current settings for Gamma White Point and Luminance Based on this information you can ea
17. at corresponds to your working environment White Point Temperature can be set either through a preset value From 5000 Kelvin to 9500 Kelvin in 500 K increments or manually Luminance can be targeted as an absolute value in cd m candelas meter or a predefined value ex pressed as a portion of the maximum luminance of fered by the monitor If you are not familiar with calibration and do not have known pre set values you may start by using the following settings as guidelines With experience you will be able to more specifically determine which set tings are the best for your workflow Gamma 2 2 White Point 6500 K amp Luminance 120 cd m These settings are a good starting point for calibra tion due to their relatively neutral values a 2 2 gamma corresponds to the native performance characteristics of most professional monitors and may therefore result in smoother continuity of tone Calibrating Other Monitors with blue eye pro page 31 4200 Blue Eye Pro N a K L gt ES Settings 2 2 H f White Point l Predefined 6500 K H Please define your target settings on the left To match a specific monitor please check the Custom 5000 Reference Profile checkbox and select the appropriate profile in the drop down menu l Luminance l To calibrate the monitor click on the Maximum Calibration button Brightness 100 Absol
18. at least one hour This ensures that the monitor has had enough time to warm up and stabilize Disable any screen savers Delete or disable any competing profile pro grams you may have installed These programs could compete for control of the display and it is important that only one program is running at a time Gamma to your desired settings The next chapter will guide you through this process When you run LaCie blue eye pro on a dual moni tor system the software will automatically detect on which monitor the window is located and will run the appropriate calibration process automatic or manual gt If another profile program is installed and it has a startup utility that is used at your computer s boot time this program will need to be deleted Setup your work area in the way that you will use it after calibrating and profiling Room lighting has an effect on the appearance of screen images Tilt the monitor upwards 10 with the axis mea suring from the horizontal length of the bottom of the monitor This helps to prevent unwanted light from affecting the results If your monitors OSD offers color adjustment mechanisms set them as close to your targeted workflow settings as possible before launching the LaCie blue eye software LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 6 1 Starting the Application Calibrating Other Monitors with blue eye pro page 30 Double click on the LaCie
19. ay be significantly different The benefit is that both professionals see the same colors and that there is no color shift across the workflow Color Management page LaCie blue eye pro User Manual H Monitor Calibration 4 00 Blue Eye Pro b _ Gamma Setti ngs White Point Predefined 6500 K H Please define your target settings on the left To match a specific monitor please check the Custom 5000 Reference Profile checkbox and select the appropriate profile in the drop down menu Luminance To calibrate the monitor click on the Maximum Calibration button Brightness 100 b Absolute in cd m2 120 Reference Profile 03 05 06 6500K 22 100 icc 3 Advanced Options The calibration process allows the professional to influence the range of colors displayed The main set tings that influence the range of colors displayed are the following The Gamma Curve determines the characteristics of the absolute colors associated with all the RGB val ues between the white point and the black point It ex presses the intensity of the light emitted by each of the RGB dots for each of the intermediary values between O and 255 The shape of the gamma curve in particu lar determines the level of detail and contrast that are displayed on the monitor A practical way of describing this curve is through the use of a numerical value that describes its slope The White Point i e the characteristics
20. cy The same problem can occur when a printer receives digital art included in their customer s document The colors displayed on the printers monitor may not be identical to the ones displayed at the customer site 3 2 Monitor Calibration And Device Profiles The LaCie blue eye pro implements a convenient so lution to these problems It entails two steps Step 1 The monitor is set to a calibrated state that is described in terms of its Brightness Gamma and White Point Temperature This allows the color conscious professional to knowingly choose the range of colors that will be dis played on the monitor and in particular to be certain MONITOR 1 that the colors displayed on the monitor correspond to a standard environment Step 2 An ICC International Color Consortium monitor profile is created and systematically embedded in the artwork produced from the professional s work station Ihe ICC profile acts as a translator between RGB values and absolute colorimetric measurements that are expressed in a scientific color model such as CIELAB or Yxy nos MONITOR 2 RGB MONITOR 1 ppogie MONITOR 2 ICC Profile CONNECTION ICC Profile j SPACE b By taking into account the translation mechanisms contained in the ICC profile another computer monitor or any other device such as a printer for example can reproduce the exact same absolute colors even though its components settings and aging m
21. display Serial number 63100163YB DDC Detect yes o this data please click on About in the blue eye pro Ce r a PA AA P Hours running 498 hours menu and the following window will appear displaying Device on time 496 hours Current Profile the following information Cie Eee e Display model Serial number of your display CE blue eye pro blue eye pro v t 2004 2006 Lacie e www lacie com DDC Detect Connection mode VGA or DVI Resolution Figure 5 8 A Hours running Device on Time Current Profile Date of Creation of the profile LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating Other Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 29 6 Calibrating Other Monitors with the LaCie blue eye pro LaCie blue eye pro also offers the possibility of cali brating other monitors than the LaCie 300 500 Series such as the LaCie 119 and 120 When the application is run on such a monitor the calibration process is manual The software will guide you through several steps that allow you to adjust Luminosity Contrast and individ ual RGB controls to set White Point Temperature and CAUTION BEFORE BEGINNING Before you begin to calibrate ensure that the fol lowing conditions are met Ensure that you have a copy of your monitor s User Manual for OSD On Screen Display ref erence and to help determine factory presets and configuration Make sure that your monitor has been powered on for
22. e R G and B gain settings of your monitor using the OSD 1 Press the Start button 2 Identify which of the settings need to be decreased by looking at the three sliders The slider that needs to be will be the setting whose slider is furthest away from the center Reduce or increase this setting s E 6 2 5 Creating A Profile with Calibration After completing steps 6 2 1 through 6 2 4 LaCie blue eye will finish calibration by creating a custom ICC profile of your monitor based on the information pro vided to the program by measuring color patches with the LaCie blue eye colorimeter Press the Start button to begin the profiling process E 6 2 6 Saving The Profile Once all steps are complete the Save Profile win dow will automatically appear In this window you can simply choose the default filename or enter a custom filename for your profile to be saved under The default profile filename contains the date of calibration color temperature gamma and luminance settings With this practical format you can easily remember at a future date when your last calibration took place and what the settings were Once you have chosen the profile s filename click on the Save Profile button Your new profile automatically becomes the current profile for your monitor settings Calibrating Other Monitors with blue eye pro page 34 gain by decreasing gain using your monitors OSD The corresponding slider
23. el values to evaluate the quality of the calibration by comparing measured values with expected ones The Calibration Report Fig 5 3 B appears auto matically at the end of the process It shows The Chromaticity Diagram color gamut of the monitor compared to the sRGB and SO coated gamut The average and maximum Delta Es of the mea sured color patches these Delta E values are calcu lated with the CIE94 method and therefore express perceptive color differences The lower these Delta E values the better if these Delta Es are below 2 the values will be displayed in Green The difference between the measured and targeted Gamma White Point Temperature and Luminance and their deviation in percentage The Calibration Report can be saved by clicking on the Save button The Save As window Fig 5 3 C then appears After choosing a name location and format PDF Html Text to save the file click on the Save but ton and the software will create and display a document containing a detailed Monitor Calibration Report Calibrating 300 500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro page 20 Target Current Deviation Delta E Average 0 4 2 2 ox Delta E Maximum 16 Kelvin 5000 5024 ox cd m2 120 120 o Figure 5 3 B The combination of these three elements allows you to have an overall appreciation of the quality of the cali bration if the deviation between target values and cur rent values i
24. essage will inform you the monitor is correctly set You may then click on the Next button to go to the White Point Adjustment window petfep 6 2 4 White Point Adjustment by clicking on the Next button CAUTION Do not modify your monitor s brightness setting after this stage Doing so will force you to start the calibration and profiling process over E 6 2 4 White Point Adjustment The value of the White Point Temperature deter OOO Bue Bye Pro SN mines the actual color of white White Point If you monitor does not support white point adjustments you may skip this step Place the device on the monitor and press lt Start gt Use the R G B adjustments in the OSD menu of your monitor to move the quality indicators to the middle PORTANT INFO Some monitors do not c individual R G B settings If your monitor do s not offer these settings check to see if your monitors OSD settings let you choose a color temperature 9 Ga V E UE Next During this phase of the calibration process the 92 A a LaCie blue eye colorimeter constantly measures the Figure 6 2 4 A colorimetric characteristics of white as displayed by your monitor To reach your target White Point Temperature LaCie blue eye pro User Manual you will adjust the relative quantities of Red Green and Blue used by the monitor to create white To do this you will sequentially increase or decrease th
25. grees Kelvin If you notice that either your Ambient light offers a higher Illuminance or a non neutral Color Temperature it may be useful to adjust your lighting until more standard val ues are attained This can be achieved by changing your light bulbs turning off your office lamps or reducing their intensity shading any windows and so on When you are satisfied with your Ambient Light Analysis please click on the Stop and Done buttons This will bring you back to the main application window of LaCie blue eye pro LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating 300 500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 27 5 8 Fine Tuning your LaCie 300 500 Series Monitor LaCie blue eye pro offers you an easy way to fine Or Blue Eye Pro tune your LaCie 300 500 Series Monitors White point Finetuning Use the sliders bel dj l d and brightness brightness of the White Point To continue l l l press lt Measure gt and then lt Calibration gt To use this Tool on your Mac please click on the I Tools menu bar and select the corresponding menu op l Cyan F Red I l Magenta a es Green 0 Hon l Yellow iOaReR Blue 0 l l l l l I Brightness 0 On Microsoft Windows please right click the appli XYZ 165 8 172 6 167 2 Luminance 173 cd m2 Temperature 5705K cation bar and select the corresponding menu option The window to the right Fig 5 8 A appears on your display
26. ion of a color on a yellow blue amp They describe what color the RGB pixel values actu axis ally represent Yxy refers to a specification where a color is They relate device dependent RGB values to device specified by its x and y co ordinates on a chro independent CIELAB Yxy values maticity diagram graph They contain data to convert between the RGB value that each device produces and the CIELAB Yxy number value LaCie blue eye pro Installing Your LaCie blue eye pro User Manual page 13 4 Installing Your LaCie blue eye pro 4 1 Installing the Software H Mac Users Insert the LaCie Color Utilities CD ROM into your computers CD or DVD drive Once the disc ap pears on your desktop double click the disc icon to open the LaCie Color Utilities CD ROM A pop up win dow will appear Follow the on screen instructions to drag LaCie blue eye pro into your applications folder or other location H PC Users Insert the LaCie Color Utilities CD ROM into your computer s CD or DVD drive Follow the on screen in structions to install the software Once installation is complete go into Programs and launch the LaCie blue eye pro software LaCie blue eye pro Installing Your LaCie blue eye pro User Manual page 14 4 2 Connecting The LaCie blue eye Colorimeter MPORTANT INFO Before connecting the e blue eye to your monitor lean the monitor to remove fingerprints and dust amp Install the
27. l number of the device is defaced or missing The broken part is a replacement part such as a pick up tray etc lt The tamper seal on the device casing is broken LaCie and its suppliers accept no liability for any loss of data during the use of this device or for any of the problems caused as a result Warranty Information page 42 LaCie will not under any circumstances be liable for direct special or consequential damages such as but not limited to damage or loss of property or equipment loss of profits or revenues cost of replacement goods or expense or inconvenience caused by service interrup tions Any loss corruption or destruction of data while us ing a LaCie device is the sole responsibility of the user and under no circumstances will LaCie be held liable for the recovery or restoration of this data Under no circumstances will any person be entitled to any sum greater than the purchase price paid for the drive To obtain warranty service call LaCie Techni cal Support You will be asked to provide your LaCie product s serial number and you may be asked to furnish proof of purchase to confirm that the drive is still under warranty All products returned to LaCie must be securely packaged in their original box and shipped with postage prepaid IMPORTANT INFO Register online for free Nr E technical support www lacie com register TD
28. l range of bright ness When in this range two conditions are met Full black and the darkest gray can be distinguished one from the other This insures there is no loss of detail in the dark zones of your artwork The darkest black remains black This prevents any potential loss of contrast 1 In your monitors OSD please choose the lowest possible value for Brightness 2 Place the colorimeter over the dark measurement area and click Start 3 You will now slowly increase the Brightness control in your monitor s OSD a few increments at a time While you do this the colorimeter constantly mea sures the actual luminosity of the monitor and displays it with the slider As you increase the brightness of your monitor the slider will move to the right towards the green area When it reaches the green zone a message will inform you the monitor is bright enough You may then click on the Next button to go to the Contrast Adjustment window Calibrating Other Monitors with blue eye pro page 32 For further information on menus and options avail able in this software refer to the table of contents to find the related chapter _ m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m BOO Blue Eye Pro gt Brightness Please set the brightness to minimum Place the device on the monitor and press lt Start gt Increase the brightness until the quality is fine or the brightness is maximal T
29. ng your Monitor 31 6 2 1 Setting Calibration Values for your Monitor 31 6 2 2 Brightness Adjustment 32 6 2 3 Contrast Adjustment 33 6 2 4 White Point Adjustment 33 LaCie blue eye pro Table of Contents User Manual page 2 6 2 5 Creating A Profile with Calibration 34 6 2 6 Saving The Profile 34 6 3 Controlling the Calibration of Your Monitor 36 6 3 1 Calibration Report 36 6 3 2 Test And Report 36 7 Using Your LaCie blue eye pro with Windows 37 8 Troubleshooting 38 9 Contacting Customer Support 40 9 1 LaCie Technical Support Contacts 41 10 Warranty Information 42 LaCie blue eye pro User Manual Forward page 3 Copyrights Copyright 2007 LaCie All rights re served No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval sys tem or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical pho tocopying recording or otherwise with out the prior written consent of LaCie Trademarks Apple Mac and Macintosh are regis tered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Microsoft Windows NT Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows 2000 Windows Millennium Edition and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation PhotoShop Illustrator and InDesign are registered trademarks of Adobe Inc Sony and iL ink are registered trademarks of Sony Electronics Other trademarks men tioned in this manual are the property of their respective owners Changes The ma
30. nu to enable the application to detect it If you are using a GretagMacBeth eyeOne Display colorimeter please select the blue eye device v blue eye blue eye CRT mode Spyder 2 LCD Spyder 2 CRT DTP94 LCD mode DTP94 CRT mode LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating 300 500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 16 5 Calibrating 300 500 Series Monitors with the LaCie blue eye pro CAUTION BEFORE BEGINNING Make sure that your monitor has been powered gt If another profile program is installed and it has on for at least one hour This ensures that the a startup utility that is used at your computer s monitor has had enough time to warm up and boot time this program will need to be deleted stabilize A j j j Setup your work area as you will use it after cali Disable any screen savers brating and profiling Room lighting has an af fect on th f j l Delete or disable any competing profile pro ECE OF a Ol serch igo grams you may have installed These programs gt Tilt the monitor upwards 10 with the axis mea could compete for control of the display and it suring from the horizontal length of the bottom is important that only one program is running of the monitor This helps to prevent unwanted at a time light from affecting the results 5 1 Starting the Application Double click on the LaCie Blue eye pro icon from In this window Fig 5 1 A you will find four but your application
31. o fre quency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications There is no guarantee however that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equip ment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and then on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving an tenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and the antenna 3 Connect the equipment into an out let on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced TV radio technician for help FCC Compliance Statement For US Users This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protec tion against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruc tions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful in terference to radio or televisi
32. olorsync folder Library gt Colorsync gt Profiles LaCie blue eye pro Troubleshooting User Manual page 39 Problem Question Solution Issues regarding Can the Select Profile module be Yes a saved profile can be loaded without having the colorimeter con the Select Profile used without the colorimeter con nected Module nected Compatibility Is the LaCie blue eye pro software No the LaCie blue eye pro software is only compatible with Mac OS issues compatible with Mac OS 9 10 Panic later Various Issues Does the monitor need to be reca No simply select your previous profile from the Select Profile module librated if the OSD settings were Please see page 24 Switching Colorimetric Environments for more altered information Can the LaCie 300 500 Series Yes but you will need to use an ADC to DVI converter cable Monitor be calibrated while con nected through an ADC port LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 9 Contacting Customer Support Before You Contact Technical Support 1 Read the manuals and review the Troubleshooting section 2 Try to isolate the problem If possible make the de vice the only external device on the CPU and make sure that all of the cables are correctly and firmly at tached If your question is related to monitor calibration launch the LaCie blue eye pro application and in the About section verify that your monitor is plugged in via the DVI connection Then perform a monit
33. on recep tion which can be determined by turn ing the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures lt Reorient or relocate the receiving an tenna lt Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an out let on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected amp Consult dealer or an experienced ra dio TV technician for help Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could LaCie blue eye pro User Manual Forward page 4 void the authority of the user to operate this equipment This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interfer ence received including interference that may cause undesired operation For European Users This product conforms to the require ments of EC Directives 73 23 EEC and 89 336 EEC Declaration of Conformity D claration de Conformit Erklarung zur einhaltung von Produktnormen Sequel Imaging Inc 25 Nashua Road Londonderry NH 03053 USA ProductName Designation Produktname Sequel Imaging Model Number Num ro de mod le Modelnummer Digital Control Conforms to the following Product Specifications Satisfait au
34. or Cali bration Report and send it via email to Tech Support along with your question If you still cant get your LaCie device to work properly contact us via the provided Web link Before contacting us make sure that you are in front of your computer and that you have the following information on hand Contacting Customer Support page 40 amp Your LaCie device s serial number Monitor brand and model Video card brand and model Operating system Mac OS and version Computer brand and model lt Names of CD or DVD drives installed on your computer Amount of memory installed lt Names of any other devices installed on your computer LaCie blue eye pro User Manual Contacting Customer Support 9 1 LaCie Technical Support Contacts LaCie Asia Singapore and Hong Kong Contact us at http www lacie com asia contact LaCie Belgium Contact us at http www lacie com be contact Fran ais LaCie Denmark Contact us at http www lacie com dk contact LaCie France Contact us at http www lacie com fr contact LaCie Italy Contact us at http www lacie com it contact LaCie Netherlands Contact us at http www lacie com nl contact LaCie Spain Contact us at http www lacie com es contact LaCie Switzerland Contact us at http www lacie com chfr contact Fran ais LaCie Ireland Contact us at http www lacie com ie contact LaCie International Contac
35. performance characteristics of your LaCie 300 500 monitor and may therefore result in smoother continuity of tone A 6500 K White point is also close to most native TFT monitors settings and is commonly used in pre press workflow especially by users who consider that 5000K calibrated monitors tend to look too dim and yellow 120 cd m may be considered a reasonable Lumi nance value under normal lightning conditions If you work in a dim environment a lower luminance may be sufficient If your office is very bright or if you are using a lightbox for document proofing a higher luminance could be preferable LaCie blue eye pro User Manual Once these settings are selected you can immedi ately proceed to calibration by clicking the Calibration button for further instructions go directly to step 5 2 2 Calibration If you wish to navigate to other options click on the corresponding button Reference Profile To be active this option requires at least one existing LaCie blue eye profile Mark this button to easily select a LaCie Blue eye H 5 2 2 Calibration The LaCie blue eye pro program creates a custom ICC profile of your monitor based on the information provided to the program by displaying color patches which are measured by the LaCie blue eye colorim eter and comparing them to the theoretical values to be displayed Position the LaCie blue eye program screen so that the white circle i
36. r spectrum This is why the method used in a computer monitor to reproduce color is for each pixel to be composed of three dots that respectively emit red green and blue light LaCie blue eye pro User Manual E The Three Primaries Red Green And Blue The intensity of the light emitted by the red green and blue dot in each pixel is set as a function of three values commonly called R G and B The R G and B of a given pixel can be set as any integer value from 0 to 255 A pixel set to R 255 G 255 B 0 has its red and green dots emitting at maximum intensity and the blue dot not emitting at all The result is an intense yellow A pixel set to R 128 G 128 B 128 has its three dots emitting red green and blue lights at a medium intensity H RGB Values Are Device Dependent As we noted earlier every monitor has its own indi vidual settings for reproducing the RGB because moni tor manufacturers make very different choices as to the components that are used in their monitors This leads to very strong differences between the color produced by any given RGB settings on separate monitors Besides the different components there are also sev eral reasons for this variation On a TFT for instance here are some of the most important factors that come into consideration The color filters used to create the dots of each pixel amp The nature of the backlights amp The light transmittance cha
37. ra the montor dekon the Cabrasonbuttin Main l C trigeness hos J 7777272777277777 v Absokte in odine IE l l I Reference Proffe focus gt Man Mer _ Advanced Options a Choosing your calibration device The main application window to the right allows you to choose the calibration device to be used The default choice is the LaCie blue eye When using an alternate device please select the appropriate device in the drop down menu When using a Gretag MacBeth eyeOne device please select the LaCie blue eye option as the LaCie blue eye colorimeter uses the same driver Accessing Finetuning Ambient Light Analysis and Advanced Calibration settings Settings These three features of blue eye pro can be accessed by right clicking on the application bar of the LaCie h blue eye application papisa feor _ peche meraes pias check te Reference Prel heb wd Ube appropiate profile in the droped man Please select the appropriate feature from the drop a D piinia down menu and the corresponding window will appear C etr TOE F Ache ein a on your Screen l l l l l Cutia i To calibrate the mordor eck an the Calibration button l l l l l Please refer to the corresponding chapters of the l Mac section of this manual for detailed instructions on using these features User Manual In the event that your LaCie blue eye pro software or hardware is not working co
38. racteristics of the liquid crystal technology used in the display The brightness contrast and other settings used on the monitor lt The age of the monitor With this in mind moving back to our example about the RGB setting to produce blue We know that we re getting the color blue but is the color of blue being Color Management page 9 Fig 3 1 A displayed accurate One particular monitor could dis play the blue as akin to sky blue another as Navy Blue and another as another shade of blue And this is the case for all colors not just blue Because the color that is actually produced by a giv en RGB setting is not necessarily the same from one monitor to another color scientists say that RGB values are device dependent LaCie blue eye pro User Manual H The Consequences Of Device Dependency The direct consequence of this is that a given image for instance a digital photograph will not necessarily appear the same on two separate monitors One may of ten observe color shifts loss of contrast or loss of detail As a result considerable inefficiencies can appear in professional workflows When receiving a picture from its photographer the news agency may have the impres sion that some color correction needs to be performed Color Management page l0 on the photograph even though it may already have been done by the photographer before sending the pic ture to the agen
39. rrectly please refer to the fol lowing checklist to find out the source of the problem If you have gone through all of the points on the checklist and your product is still not working correctly please have a look at the FAQs that are regularly published on our Web site www lacie com One of these FAQs may provide an answer to your specific question You can also visit the drivers page where the most recent LaCie blue eye pro 8 Troubleshooting software updates will be available If you need further assistance please contact your LaCie reseller or LaCie Technical Support see page 40 Contacting Customer Service for details Troubleshooting page 38 TECHNICAL NOTE Manual Updates LaCie is constantly striving to give you the most up to date comprehensive User s Manuals available on the market It is our goal to provide you with a friendly easy to use format that will help you quickly install and utilize the many functions of your new device If your manual does not reflect the configura tions of the product that you purchased please check our Web site for the most current version available Problem Issues with the LaCie blue eye colorimeter Issues regarding the calibration of monitors other than the LaCie 300 500 Series Monitor Issues regarding the Select Profile Module Question Is the LaCie blue eye colorimeter being recognized Can the LaCie blue eye colorimeter
40. s below 5 it will be displayed in green Dif ferences exceeding 5 will be highlighted in orange NOA Select a file l Save As Report pdf fa eae I Caley m Gi Desktop H Q search Network h X Applications gt TF 8B3572A 05 1 pdf lt LaCie Disk gt esses T 8B3572A AFOS pdf E Panther Documents r Aquatint dmg T Sauvegarde L Library b bep4 20 0515 dmg te Tiere Movies BEv4 screenshots P a 9 Music gt Z blue eye enshots gt 3 an 40 la Pictures h gt blue eye pro v4 Ri Desktop A L amp Public h Cal report Pdf 4 Sites h Calibration cas 1 l l l l l l ienes 9 Caen cas 2 Calibration cas 3 l l l l l l l Documents Calibration cas 3 3 Movies Calibration cas 3 2 amp Music T Cin_Disp30_report Y fn ete Pictures r zes lt gE OPS Format PDF Files pdf B XN Figure 5 3 C LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating 300 500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 21 These first lines 1 indicate the date on which the i Date 2006 5 31 17 46 05 Profile Library ColorSyne Profiles 29 05 06 6500K 22 120ed icc calibration took place the path of your saved profile on the system and its name in this case 23 05 06 5000K 22 100cd These two diagrams 2 show the Chromaticity diagram and the delat E differences between measured color patches and targeted values for details see page
41. s folder The LaCie blue eye pro Main tons each dedicated to a specific use Menu will appear NY o Paa Blue Eye Pro gt U N Button Description l Settings Click this option to setup your calibra l l tion settings See Chapter 5 2 1 for details blue eye pro Calibration Click this option to calibrate your monitor See Chapter 5 2 2 for details i Test Report Click this option to evaluate the I Calibration state of your monitor See Ees T a Chapter 5 3 for details Select Profile Click this option to switch from one colorimetric environment to another to choose your colorimetric environ ment See Chapter 5 5 for details LaCie blue eye pro User Manual Calibrating 300 500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro page 5 2 Calibrating your LaCie 300 500 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 H 5 2 1 Setting Calibration Values for your LaCie 300 500 Series Monitor The Settings window of the LaCie blue eye pro ap plication invites you to provide your target values for your monitor s settings of Gamma White Point Tem perature and Luminance Gamma can be set at any value between 1 and 3 in 0 1 increments
42. s underneath the LaCie blue eye color imeter then press the Start button to begin the profiling Process Your selected Target settings are displayed on the calibration window during calibration process to remind you the selected values You can stop the calibration process at anytime by pressing the Stop button You can also go back to the Settings or Main menu window by clicking the cor responding button At the end of the Calibration Process the Save Pro file window will appear Calibrating 300 500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro page 18 pro profile to match another monitor as closely as pos sible For further information on this specific option refer to chapter 5 6 If necessary you can access the Advanced options menu by clicking on the advanced options button Go to step 5 4 Advanced Options for further information For further information on menus and options avail able in this software refer to the table of content to find the related chapter 400 Blue Eye Pro N _ Gamma Settings 2 2 H White Point Predefined 6500 K H Please define your target settings on the left To match a specific monitor please check the Custom 5000 Reference Profile checkbox and select the l l l l l appropriate profile in the drop down menu l Luminance l l l l To calibrate the monitor click on the Maximum Calibration button Brightness 100 r Absol
43. sed when ultimately printing it may not See allow a full black Coe Ge _ _ _ _ ____ a To increase the luminance of black adjust the black Figure 5 4 A point slider to your desired value This setting will be automatically taken into consideration when calibrating your monitor E 5 4 2 Chromatic Adaptation Setting Some constraints in your color chain may force you to use a monitor White Point other than D50 5000 Kelvin while still targeting D50 paper prints In this situation you may perceive a difference between dis played colors and printed colors due to the Chromatic Adaptation behavior of the human brain Color scien tists have devised methods to correct this impression Two of these methods are Bradford and von Kries When one of these methods is selected the profiling process of LaCie blue eye pro will minimize this im pression by slightly adjusting the chromaticity of your monitor To activate this feature please select your chosen chromatic adaptation method by clicking on the cor responding radio button of the Advanced Options set tings window LaCie blue eye pro User Manual E 5 4 3 Profile type With LaCie blue eye pro 4 you can choose the type of profile you want to create By default profiles created are matrix profiles Select the required Profile type by clicking on the related button Matrix profiles are created using algorithms based on matrices and linearization curves LUT
44. should move to the center towards the green area When it reaches this green area this setting is correct 3 Repeat the above steps on the next two sliders until all of the R G and B sliders have reached the green area monitors RGB gains are now set according to your target White Point Temperature Once the White Point Temperature has been set click on the Next button to continue onto the last step 409 Blue Eye Pro Settings Gamma 2 2 White Point 6500 K Luminance 120 Cd m2 Blackpoint 0 0 Cd m2 Place the device on the monitor and press lt Start gt The calibration will automatically setup to match your target settings Main Menu C start J Figure 6 2 5 A e m n e blue eye pro annie N Save Profile Please enter the name for the ICC profile It will be set as the active profile for this monitor automatically Do not modify the display settings If you do so you have to redo the calibration Profile Name 05 01 05 6500K 18 100 icc Save Profile d Figure 6 2 6 A LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating Other Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 35 1 his pr nsure that nothing disr h During t en w AL g dis k a CAUTION Do not modify your monitor s m rement LaCi colorimeter shou E A i ee eee ee D OSD settings or you will have to restart the remain aligned on the measurement area at all times and Ss entire calibration process no other window should appe
45. sily decide if it is necessary to recalibrate your monitor or if the current monitor state is satisfactory simply continue working with the monitor as is To go into the calibration pro cess press the Calibration button Fig 6 3 2 B If you are satisfied with the current monitor state you can exit the application by clicking the Quit button built The process is the same as described in section 5 3 Controlling Calibration of Your LaCie 300 500 Series Monitor 400 Blue Eye Pro N Test and Report l l l l l l l l l This test Panel measures some sample colors l to compare them with your active profile l Please place the device inside the measurement l circle and press lt Start gt to begin l l l l l l l l l l Target Current Deviation Delta E Average 0 4 Gamma 2 2 2 2 ox Delta E Maximum 16 Kelvin 5000 5024 ox ox cd m2 120 120 Figure 6 3 2 B LaCie blue eye pro Using Your LaCie blue eye pro with Windows User Manual page 37 7 Using Your LaCie blue eye pro with Windows The calibration and profiling process of LaCie blue eye pro is identical on Microsoft Windows systems and Settings on Macintosh systems Gamma Apart from the following two user interface dif 2 z White Port Please defne targat settings on the left To match ferences please refer to the corresponding Macintosh Por o fc glauca dh Ue alec te box i Custom chapters of this manual Tec
46. ss video or digital photography With these improvements how ever new challenges arose One of those issues confronting professionals is the variability of the reproduction of color from one moni tor to another Every monitor has its own color characteristics In order to effectively deal with this variability in monitor personalities its important to have a means of con trolling or managing this difference The most effective color management solution for monitors involves using a piece of hardware the LaCie blue eye and software Color Management page 8 the LaCie blue eye pro to adjust and control the color among different monitors To implement color management it is essential to properly calibrate and create custom individual profiles for all your monitors Once a monitor has been cali brated and a profile has been created the profile then communicates with the operating system and the ap plication software to ensure that images are displayed accurately This section will help to explain how color is created and how the LaCie blue eye pro utilizes calibration and profiles to help you implement your color management solution 3 1 Basic Issues With Monitor Color Rendering Human perception of color is the result of the ad percep dition by our brain of the stimuli received from three types of nerve cells located in our eyes that are sensitive to the red green and blue areas of the colo
47. sured delta E and Delta E CIE94 values This table 7 summarizes the XYZ values of the mea sured color patches for the Black White and 50 Gray color patches and their measured Color Temperature a a D OU DE NC NOE VO ROC O EOC NO asto tighegray __ _ 192 192 192 780 oo 02 04 oa 1009 white 255 255 255 1000 0 9 08 o se fs os as 235 061 o o f s 383 324 985 a Ps 85 8 170 85 170 Po Average tes Maximum Metric 0 50 100 0 5 27 9 125 1 0 6 29 3 132 2 0 7 32 1 144 2 653 6 6556 R N lt X m mu mu m m m m m H H H H H H _ m m m m m m Figure 5 3 E LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating 300 500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 22 5 4 Advanced Options This menu allows you to set up advanced calibration 15a R E E n A I l options used for special purposes Fig 5 4 A _ 2A Advanced Options i 0 0 Cd m2 a ee R Oe ee l Adaptation l l sae To activate the Rene Settings please use 7 r von Kries the controls on the left and indicate your E 5 4 1 Blackpoint Adjustment Setting Qadir choices ele oo Please refer to your user manual for details on You may elect to increase the luminance of the color how to use them black This can be useful to obtain a realistic rendering i a of your document in situations where you know that the joram A A a ee I e l paper and inks u
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49. tents to re duce ambiguities embedded chromatic adaptation information Improved look up table LUT specifications lt Improved translation from PCS XYZ to PCS L a b Both profiles versions will provide excellent results in your workflow Though ICC4 profiles are newer and integrate several improvements they might not be sup ported by every CMM We therefore recommend the use of ICC4 or ICC2 profiles depending on your work flow and the software used LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating 300 500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 24 E 5 4 5 OSD lock Use this option to prevent accidental changes in your go back to the main menu by clicking on the Main monitor s settings that may invalidate your calibration menu button Mark the locked button to lock the on screen dis go to the Settings window by clicking on Settings play OSD Mark the Unlocked button to allow chang s Click the Calibration button in order to calibrate D your monitor Once your advanced options are modified you can 5 5 Switching Colorimetric Environments From the Main Menu window the Select Profile a00 Blue Eye Pro button offers the possibility of easily switching from one Select profile colorimetric environment to another for instance from D65 to D50 without re calibrating the monitor or even Place the device on the monitor and press lt Start gt The calibration will automatically setup to match
50. terial in this document is for in formation only and subject to change without notice While reasonable ef forts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy LaCie assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this docu ment or from the use of the informa tion contained herein LaCie reserves the right to make changes or revisions in the product design or the product manual without reservation and without obligation to notify any person of such revisions and changes FCC Information Information For Users Any changes or modifications made to this device which are not expressly ap proved by LaCie are prohibited and may void the user s authority to operate this equipment General Information Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation of this device is subject to the following two conditions LaCie blue eye pro Tested To Comply With FCC standards For Home or Office Use 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must ac cept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protec tion against harmful interference in a commercial installation This equipment causes uses and can radiate radi
51. ute in cd m2 120 Reference Profile 03 05 06 6500K 22 100 icc B Ee E Figure 5 2 2 A LaCie blue eye pro User Manual E 5 2 3 Saving the Profile The Save Profile window will automatically appear at the end of the Calibration process In this window you can simply choose the default filename or enter a custom filename for your profile to be saved under The default profile filename contains the date of calibration color temperature gamma and luminance settings With this practical format you can easily re member at a future date when your last calibration took place and what the settings were Once you have chosen the profile s filename click on the Save Profile button This file is stored in the Home gt Library gt ColorSync profile folder In Windows 2000 the file is stored in C WINNT System32 spool DRIVERS COLOR 04 05 05 300 5000K 22 100 icc In Windows XP the file is stored on C WINNT System32 spool DRIVERS COLOR 04 05 05 300 5000K 22 100 icc Calibrating 300 500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro page 19 400 Blue Eye Pro Save Profile Please enter a name for the profile and click lt Save gt The profile will be saved in the ColorSync Folder and set as monitor profile Profile Name 23 05 06 5000K 22 100cd icc Figure 5 2 3 A Your new profile automatically becomes the current profile for your monitor settings After saving the profile you just created you can exit
52. ute in cd m2 120 Reference Profile 03 05 06 6500K 22 100 icc ee Main Menu Advanced Options e y Figure 6 2 1 A A 6500 K White point is also close to most native TFT monitors settings and is commonly used in pre press workflow especially by users who consider that 5000K calibrated monitors tend to look too yellow 120 cd m may be considered a reasonable Lumi nance value under normal lightning conditions If you work in a dim environment a lower luminance may be sufficient If your office is very bright or if you are using a lightbox for document proofing a higher luminance could be preferable Once these settings are selected you can immediately proceed to calibra tion by clicking the Calibration button for further instructions go directly to step 6 2 2 Calibration If you wish to navigate to other options click on the corresponding button LaCie blue eye pro User Manual IMPORTANT INFO These settings are only indicated as guidelines We advise you to contact your monitor documentation for further informa tion on calibration Reference Profile This option is not available in Manual calibration mode If necessary you can access the Advanced options menu by clicking on the Advanced options button Go to step 5 4 Advanced Options for further information H 6 2 2 Brightness Adjustment The Brightness Adjustment window will assist you in placing your monitor in the optima
53. ween target environments lt Integrate into Apple ColorSync and ICCcom patible environments such as Adobe Photoshop Illustrator and InDesign and QuarkXPress LaCie blue eye pro User Manual Your LaCie blue eye pro page 2 Your LaCie blue eye pro 2 1 Minimum System Requirements H Windows Users amp Windows 2000 XP Vista 128MB RAM Graphics board supporting DDC Cl USB port amp LaCie 300 500 Series monitor for automatic calibra tion H Mac Users Mac OS 10 3 9 or later on PowerPC or 10 4 5 or later on Intel 128MB RAM USB port Graphics board supporting DDC CI LaCie 300 500 Series Monitor for automatic calibra tion LaCie blue eye pro Your LaCie blue eye pro User Manual page 7 2 2 Package Content Your LaCie blue eye pro should include the following light diffuser protective shell LaCie blue eye pro colorimeter with Ambient O D Cable counterweight 3 LaCie Display Utilities CD ROM includes User Manual and Calibration Software 4 Quick Install Guide MPORTANT INFO Please save your pack aging In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or serviced it must be returned in its original packaging LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 3 Color Management The digital age has brought about many important gains for color conscious professionals whether they work in fields such as graphic design pre pre
54. x sp cifica tons produit suivantes Den folgenden Produktspezifi kationen enspricht EMC EN 60950 EN 55022 1994 Class B EN 61000 4 4 1995 EN 55024 1998 EN 61000 4 5 1995 EN 61000 4 2 1995 EN 61000 4 6 1996 EN 61000 4 3 1996 EN 61000 4 11 199 For Japanese Users This product conforms to the require ments of the Japanese Regulation VCCI V 3 99 05 Class B for Conducted and Radiated Disturbance Brand Name Sequel Imaging Part Number 36 88 32 Type Eye One Display Power Requirements DC via Host PC This symbol on the product or on its packaging indi cates that this product must E not be disposed of with your other household waste Instead it is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equipment by handing it over to a designated collection point for the re cycling of electrical waste and electronic equipment The separate collection and recycling of your waste equipment at the time of disposal will help to conserve natural resources and ensure that it is re cycled in a manner that protects human health and the environment For more information about where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling please contact your local city office your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product CAUTION The LaCie blue eye pro s warranty may be void as a result of the failure to respect the precautions listed above LaCie blue eye pro Introduction
55. y to setup your calibration even if you only have a single monitor Instead of specifying all settings which may be complicated and unsafe a single file is used as a refer ence profile to define the standard Once the reference profile is selected its settings will be used for any future calibration All calibration settings are locked making accidental wrong calibration impossible To use this feature you must 1 Create a profile with LaCie Blue eye pro using your favourite settings on any Mac or PC Follow the standard Calibration process including Advanced Settings if necessary see Chapters 5 2 to 5 4 5 for details 2 If you wish to export the profile on several monitors and computers simply copy it in the profile folder of every computer on which you want to apply the reference profile 3 If this profile is to be used for one or two monitors on a single computer go directly to step 5 4 The files are located as indicated below according to your Operating System In Mac OS X Home gt Library gt ColorSync profile folder In Windows 2000 C WINNT System32 spool DRIVERS COLOR directory In Windows XP C WINNT System32 spool DRIVERS COLOR directory Copy the Profile on any Media and paste it on your Target computer s in the following folder In Mac Os X Home gt Library gt ColorSync profile folder In Windows 2000 C WINNT7 System32 spool DRIVERS COLOR directory In Windows XP

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