LaCie 130858 colorimeter
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1. Creating A Prole wih 38 Be Cet SING WINS Ie TM 38 LaCie blue eye pro Table of Contents User Manual page 2 6 3 Conirellmg Ine Calibration or Your eus ecocusa cxdusopducontacoednectlnaordveculaceessd p p eode eter etre OR eds 29 TNR 29 O RN 39 7 Using Your LaCie blue eye pro with Windows eee eene nenne 40 Troubles hooti 41 9 Contacting Customer SUDDOMT 43 2 1 Toechmical SUSDORUCIORIGEI 44 10 Warranty 2 1 45 LaCie blue eye pro User Manual Copyrights Copyright 2008 LaCie All rights re served No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval sys tem or transmitted in any torm or by any means electronic mechanical photo copying recording or otherwise without 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 Win dows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation PhotoShop Il lustrator and InDesign are registered trademarks of Adobe Inc Sony and iLink are registered trademarks of Sony Elec tronics Other trademarks2. monitor to move the quality indicators to the R G B settings If your monitor does not offer these settings middle check to see if your monitor s OSD settings let you choose a color temperature Cy During this phase of the calibration process the LaCie blue eye o gt colorimeter constantly measures the colorimetric characteris tics of white as displayed by your monitor To reach your target White Point Temperature you will adjust the relative quantities en of Red Green and Blue used by the monitor to create white To Me Li ian do this you will sequentially increase or decrease the R C 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 look ing 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 gain by decreasing gain using your monitor s OSD The corresponding slider 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 Monitor s 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 LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 6 2 5
3. Cassie Te ON scena nr 2 5 3 2 UGRA Display Analysis amp Certification Tool e 22 Dad DOING he GIO OOM 23 Seok The Calion ne mm 29 ee A nc EA UN M nen ne UMEN M er 25 5 4 1 Optimize Tor Accuracy or for ORE RI HER TEE REA RV ERKA i EYE ERI RE 25 4225 Blackpoini Sel 25 54 0 25 STONE Co T TERT 29 Eo 26 26 SW m 26 NiS 27 5 6 Using a Reference Profile for Easy Setup or Monitor 28 5 7 Analvzing Your Ambient Lighting iscrisse tu taed uet p Ue 29 5 8 Fine Tuning your LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitor cuc ceteri n rn RS ho miren na d o on 30 5 9 Accessing Key Monitor ond System 31 6 Calibrating Other Monitors with the LaCie blue eye 32 eA CO 33 Ja 6 2 1 Seitina Calibration Values for your MONI Ol 34 p 22 BiG ite so Ad DD Sergio E OS Ne eer E TOTO 36 p 24 Vic PONM 37
4. ema p 33 o UGRA Display Analysis amp Certification Tool Report Basics Date 2008 7 16 9 25 59 Report Version v1 3 1 Monitor Name LaCie 724 EDID Name LaCie 724 EDID Serial HIAK500000 Profile Library ColorSync Profiles 16 07 08 5000K 18 120cd icc Created 2008 7 16 9 19 Measurement device eye one display 2 Summary The monitor has passed the certification according to the UGRA DACT specifications Calibration White Point Gray balance Profile quality Softproofing MultiColor HighBody Offset Gravure Paper Type 1 2 Offset on uncoated paper Newspaper Printing sRGB AdobeRGB ECI RGB Diagram WhitePoint Gray Balance Profile Quality Softproof Quality Fig D LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors User Manual page 25 5 4 Advanced Options This menu allows you to set up advanced calibration options Optimize Advanced Options 9 Accuracy Speed used for special purposes Fig A Blackpoint oO 0 0 Cd m2 To activate the Advanced Settings please use raa rd rad the controls on the left and indicate your 5 4 1 Optimize for Accuracy or for Speed choices Adaptation Blue eye pro offers you the possibility to adjust the calibration a Mone Please refer to your user manual for details on Chr
5. 10 96 the Yellow or Blue component With the fourth slider you can adjust the brightness by 20 Once you are visually satistied with the modifications you per formed you can measure the influence of the changes in your monitor s White Point and Luminance by placing the LaCie blue eye calibrator on the measuring target and clicking on the Mea sure button The software will measure the new White Point and Brightness and display them on the Finetuning window Once the new White Point is satistactory to you and has been Measured click on Calibrate to implement the changes in your calibration The calibration step will be pertormed as usual see Sections 5 2 1 and 5 2 2 for details LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors User Manual page 31 5 9 Accessing Key Monitor and System Information LaCie blue eye pro offers you easy access to some key system and monitor information fields To display this data please click on About in the blue eye pro menu and the following window will appear displaying the following information Display model Serial number of your display DDC Detect Connection mode VGA or DVI Resolution Current Profile Date of Creation of the profile Display Model LaCie 724 Serial number 1 500000 DDC Detect yes Connection Mode Digital DVI Resolution 1920x1200 Current Profile LaCie724 15 07 08 6500K 22 120cd i cc Created 2008 7 15 16 55 blue ey
6. 0 3585 appropriate profile in the drop down menu To calibrate the monitor click the Luminance Calibration button Maximum Brightness 100 Absolute in cd m2 120 Reference Profile 03 03 08 6500K 20 119cd icc Select Main Menu Advanced Options Calibration IMPORTANT INFO These settings are only indicated as guidelines We advise you to contact your monitor documenta tion for further information 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 section 5 4 Advanced Options for further informa tion For further information on menus and options available in this software refer to the table of contents to find the related chap ter LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating Other Monitors User Manual page 35 6 2 2 Brightness Adjustment The Brightness Adjustment window will assist you in placing 600 Blue Eye Pro your monitor in the optimal range of brightness When in this rightness range two conditions are met Please set the brightness to minimum Place the device on the monitor and press Start Increase the brightness until the quality is fine or the brightness is maximal Take care that the 050 does not cover the measurement area Full black and the darkest gray can be distinguished one from the other This insures there is no loss of detail in
7. 6500K 22 120cd ice blue eye pro Proof Edition v1 0 0 Calibration Gamma Kelvin odim DDC CI was used for calibration Whitepoint XYZ 114 23 120 37 130 75 XYZ normalized 94 91 100 00 108 62 Luminance 120 4 Cd m2 Blackpoint Luminance 0 10 Cd m2 LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors User Manual page 24 This table a in figure C summarizes the L a b values of the measured color patches and their measured delta E and Delta E CIE94 values This table b in figure C summarizes the XYZ values of the mea 3 1 3 162 os sured color patches for the Black White and 5096 Gray color AF a u 4 T 4a 97 Lm ws us 9s ao os es patches and their measured Color Temperature Soros a E 113 5 LIES LO af 1522 EE 03 If you performed the UGRA Display Analysis and Certification Laur perl version of test the Report figure D is more detailed and con do Pene 5 ETT LUE uu tains the UGRA Certification level of the monitor as well as all EF T os os ss vm 33 relative measurements including Gray Balance and UGRA mee terete teeta FOGRA Mediawedge color patches as well as Monitor Unifor mity results m 35
8. Finetuning Settin S These three features of blue eye pro can be accessed by right Ambient Light Test g clicking on the application bar of the LaCie blue eye application White Point Predefined Please select the appropriate feature from the dropdown menu NE O Custom 65 Please define your target settings on the left To match a and the corresponding window will appear on your screen specific monitor please check the Reference Profile checkbox O Custom 1 3457 3 3586 and select the appropriate profile in the drop down menu Please refer to the corresponding chapters of the Mac section of this manual for detailed instructions on using these features To calibrate the monitor click on the Calibration button Luminance Maximum Brightness Absolute cd m2 Ll Reference Profile LaCie blue eye pro Troubleshooting User Manual page 41 8 Troubleshooting In the event that your LaCie blue eye pro software or hardware is not working correctly please refer to the following 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 work ing 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 software updates will be available If y
9. No the calibration process is different Please refer to section 6 the calibration of other than the LaCie 300 500 700 Calibrating Other Monitors with the LaCie blue eye pro for full monitors other than Series Monitor the same instructions and additional information the LaCie 300 500 OOSeries Monitor LaCie blue eye pro User Manual Issues regarding the calibration of monitors other than the LaCie 300 500 O0Series Monitor Issues regarding the Select Profile Module Issues regarding the Select Profile Module Compatibility issues Various Issues Can LaCie photon monitors be cali brated in DVI or VGA mode with the LaCie blue eye pro software Why don t all of the saved ICC pro files appear in the dropdown menu of the Select Profile module Can the Select Profile module be used without the colorimeter con nected Is the LaCie blue eye pro software compatible with Mac OS 9 Does the monitor need to be reca librated if the OSD settings were al tered Can the LaCie 3200 500 700 Series Monitor be calibrated while con nected through an ADC port Troubleshooting page 42 Yes but the calibration process will be manual Please reter to sec tion 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 unused profiles t
10. Report shows The Chromaticity Diagram color gamut of the monitor compared to the sRGB AdobeRGB and ISO coated gam ut The average and maximum Delta Es of the measured color patches These Delta E values are calculated 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 Gam ma White Point Temperature and Luminance and their de viation in percentage The combination of these three elements allows you to have an overall appreciation of the quality of the calibration if the de viation between target values and current values is below 596 it will be displayed in green Differences exceeding 5 will be highlighted in orange Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors page 21 Calibration Report Monitor SRGB Current Delta E Average 8 Delta E Maximum Gamma 8 Kelvin 5089 cd m2 118 LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 5 3 2 UGRA Display Analysis amp Certification Tool Report If you selected the UDACT test when running Test and Report the report will show how well the monitor s calibration and pro filing state matches UGRA s recommendations for softproofing with the following worktlows and gamuts ISO coated Gravure offset printing with coated paper ISO uncoated offset uncoated paper ISO newspaper
11. compete for control of the display and it is important that only one program is running at a time If another profile program is installed and it has a startup utility that is used at your computer s boot time this pro gram 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 measuring from the horizontal length of the bottom of the monitor This helps to prevent unwanted light from affecting the results If your monitor s OSD offers color adjustment mechanisms set them as close to your targeted workflow settings as pos sible before launching the LaCie blue eye software LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating Other Monitors User Manual page 33 6 1 Starting the Application Double click on the LaCie Blue eye pro icon from your applica Blue Eye Pro Proof Edition tions folder The LaCie blue eye pro Main Menu will appear In this window you will find four buttons each dedicated to a specific use Button Description blue eye pro Proof Edition Settings Click this option to setup your calibration settings See Chapter 5 2 1 for details Settings X Calibration Calibration Click this option to calibrate your moni Select profile Test amp Report tor See Chapter 5 2 2 for details Test Report Click this option to evaluate the Calibra tion
12. custom individual profiles for all your monitors Once a monitor has been calibrated and a profile has been cre ated the profile then communicates with the operating system and the application software to ensure that images are displayed accurately This section will help to explain how color is created and how 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 addition by our brain of the stimuli received from three types of nerve cells locat ed in our eyes that are sensitive to the red green and blue areas of the color 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 Color Management page 8 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 O to 255 pixel set to R2255 G 255 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 LaCie blue eye pr
13. damages such as but not limited to dam age or loss of property or equipment loss of protits or revenues cost of replacement goods or expense or inconvenience caused by service interruptions Any loss corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the user and under no circum stances 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 Technical 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 drives returned to LaCie must be securely packaged in their original box and shipped with postage prepaid IMPORTANT INFO Register online for free technical support www lacie com register
14. determine which settings are the best for your workflow Gamma 2 2 White Point 6500 Luminance 120 cd m2 These settings are a good starting point for calibration due to their relatively neutral values A2 2 gamma corresponds to the native performance char acteristics of most professional monitors and may therefore result in smoother continuity of tone A6500 K White point is also close to most native TFT moni tors settings and is commonly used in prepress workflow especially by users who consider that 5000K calibrated monitors tend to look too yellow 120 cd m2 may be considered a reasonable Luminance 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 prefer able Once these settings are selected you can immediately proceed to calibration by clicking the Calibration button for further instructions go directly to section 6 2 Calibrating your Monitor If you wish to navigate to other options click on the correspond ing button Calibrating Other Monitors page 34 ANON Blue Eye Pro Proof Edition Gamma 2 Settings 2 2 E White Point Predefined 6500 K Please define your target settings the left O Custom 6500 To match a specific monitor please check the Reference Profile checkbox and select the O Custom x 0 3457
15. mentioned in this manual are the property of their re spective owners Changes The material in this document is for in formation only and subject to change without notice While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy LaCie assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this document or from the use of the information con tained herein LaCie reserves the right to make changes or revisions in the prod uct design or the product manual with out reservation and without obligation to notify any person of such revisions and changes FCC Information LaCie blue eye pro Information for Users Any changes or modifications made to this device which are not expressly approved by LaCie are prohibited and may void the user s au thority to operate this equipment General Information Statement This de vice complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation of this device is subject to the following two conditions This device may not cause harmful in terference 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
16. on the LaCie blue eye sensor and turn the sensor towards your office back to the dis play then click on the Start button The software will start analyzing the ambient lighting and will display llluminance and Color Temperature values The ISO 3664 standard recommends an Ambient Light that offers less than 64 lux Illuminance and has neutral chroma you are working with a D50 5000 Kelvin White Point Temperature set ting for instance it is recommended that your Ambient Light have a Color Temperature near 5000 degrees Kelvin If you notice that either your Ambient light offers a higher llluminance or a non neutral Color Temperature it may be useful to adjust your lighting until more standard values 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 Place the diffuser on your colorimeter and place the device facing outwards towards the room Press Start to perform the analysis Temperature Main Menu page 29 Blue Eye Pro Proof Edition Ambient Light Test A key recommendation of the ISO 3664 standard is that ambient light should be uniform and neutral in your working environment when editing digital imag
17. s workstation The ICC profile acts as a translator between RGB values and absolute colorimetric mea surements that are expressed in a scientific color model such as CIELAB or Yxy 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 may be significantly different The benefit is that both profession als see the same colors and that there is no color shift across the workflow MONITOR 1 at MONITOR 1 PROFILE ICC Profil e CONNECTION y SPACE MONITOR 2 ICC Profile MONITOR 2 Color Management page 10 LaCie blue eye pro User Manual Monitor Calibration The calibration process allows the professional to influence the range of colors displayed The main settings that influence the range of colors displayed are the following The Gamma Curve a determines the characteristics of the ab solute colors associated with all the RGB values between the white point and the black point It expresses the intensity of the light emitted by each of the RGB dots for each of the intermedi ary values between O and 255 The shape of the gamma curve in particular 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 describ
18. the dark zones of your artwork The darkest black remains black This prevents any potential loss of contrast 1 In your monitor s OSD please choose the lowest possible value for Brightness 2 Place the colorimeter over the dark measurement area and Stat 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 measures the ac tual 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 TECHNICAL NOTE It 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 modity 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 User Manual page 36 6 2 3 Contrast Adjustment The Contrast Adjustment window will assist you in placing your GOO Blue Eye Pro monitor in its optimal dynamic for your colors The right contrast Contrast setting produces brighter colors through continuous ton
19. to rebuild a profile Likewise if you want to change your monitor s settings to move to a differ ent White Point for instance you will need to rebuild a profile Calibrating Other Monitors page 38 eon Blue Eye Pro Calibration Settings Gamma 2 2 White Point 6500 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 Settings Start QOD Blue Eye Pro Proof Edition 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 16 07 08 5000K 18 120cd icc Settings Main Menu Save LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 6 3 Controlling the Calibration of Your Monitor 6 3 1 Calibration Report Now that your monitor has been calibrated you can run a test to verity the quality of the calibration The LaCie blue eye pro soft ware will measure the quality of the color correction performed by the ICC profile you have built The process is the same as described in section 5 3 Controlling Calibration of Your LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitor 6 3 2 Test And Report In the main window of your application you also have the oppor tunity to test your monitor s current settings for Gamma White Point and Luminance To do this simply click on the Te
20. 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 moni tor based on the information provided to the program by mea suring color patches with the LaCie blue eye colorimeter Press the Start button to begin the profiling process 6 2 6 Saving The Profile Once all steps are complete the Save Profile window will au tomatically 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 During this process ensure that nothing disrupts the measure ment the LaCie blue eye colorimeter should remain aligned on the measurement area at all times and no other window should appear on the monitor CAUTION Do not modify your monitor s OSD settings or you will have to restart the entire calibration process IMPORTANT INFO The correctness of the ICC profile de pends on your monitor s OSD settings If at any time you need to change them you will need
21. LaCie blue eye pro Table of Contents User Manual page Table of Contents 1 Introduction to LaCie blue eye 5 23 OU LaCie blue eye DEO a EAR IN SUPCR 6 Zh s Minimum System Keg iremenis PP MER IRSE HU DENN HESS BUE M REV ep Oa 6 POS MEL oy INE E 7 SB Color VIR STI 8 3 l Basic Issues With Monitor Color Renderi 8 3 2 Monitor Calibration And Device Profiles oe RE TU RENI Rp OE MA 10 4 Installing Your LaCie blue eye 13 A Nx 13 4 2 Connecting the LaCie blue eye Colorimeter eme emere 14 4 3 Using AMOI Colom GI BE 15 5 Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series 16 16 5 2 Calibrating your LaCie 300 500 7 00 Series MODIIO 17 5 2 1 Setting Calibration Values for your LaCie 300 500 700 Series 17 5 2 2 18 EE o mmm 19 5 3 Controlling the Calibration of Your LaCie 300 500 700 Series 20
22. age 6 LaCie blue eye pro Your LaCie blue eye pro User Manual page 2 2 Box Content Your LaCie blue eye pro should include the following 1 LaCie blue eye pro Colorimeter with Ambient light diffuser protective shell 2 Cable counterweight 3 LaCie Display Utilities CD ROM includes User Manual and Calibration Software 4 Quick Install Guide IMPORTANT INFO Please save your packaging In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or serviced it must be O 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 press video or digital photography With these improvements however new challenges arose One of those issues confronting professionals is the variability of the reproduction of color from one monitor to another Every monitor has its own color characteristics In order to ef fectively deal with this variability in monitor personalities it s important to have a means of controlling or managing this difference The most effective color management solution for monitors involves using a piece of hardware the LaCie blue eye Colorimeter and software LaCie blue eye pro PE to adjust and control the color among different monitors To implement color management it is essential to properly cali brate and create
23. and can radiate radio fre quency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmtul 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 antenna Forward page 3 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 Us ers 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 instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equip ment does cause harmful interferen
24. and display a document containing a detailed Monitor Calibration Report 5 3 4 The Calibration Report These first lines a indicate the date on which the calibration took place the path of your saved profile on the system and its name in this case 23 05 06 5000K 22 100 These two diagrams b show the Chromaticity diagram and the delta E differences between measured color patches and tar geted values These lines c represent your calibration settings targets versus the results obtained Differences in percentage are also dis played This value represents the luminance of the black color displayed by the monitor This table d summarizes the measurements taken of the grey scale displayed by your monitor For each line you will find Color the shade of gray measured Kelvin the temperature of the measured color Chroma the chromaticity difference between the mea sured color and target color Gamma the Gamma value of the curve on which the point belongs Average Gamma e the average of the values given in the Gamma table This is the average of the values given in the gamma column Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors page 23 Save As Report pdf ZI Q search G Applications 33 Library 20 MacOS X System MacOS x Users iDisk gt SHARED Y PLACES E3 Desktop Sve New Folder 2008 7 17 15 36 11 Library ColorS ync Profiles 724 17 07 08
25. antes Den folgenden Produktspezifi kationen enspricht EMC EN 60950 EN 55022 1994 Class EN 61000 4 4 1995 EN 55024 1998 EN 61000 4 5 1995 EN 61000 4 2 1995 EN 61000 4 6 1996 EN61000 4 3 1996 EN 61000 4 11 199 For Japanese Users This product con forms to the requirements of the Japa nese Regulation VCCI V 3 99 05 Class B for Conducted and Radiated Distur bance Brand Name Sequel Imaging Part Number 36 88 32 Type Eye One Display Power Requirements DC via Host PC Forward page 4 This symbol on the prod uct or on its packaging indicates that this product ee must 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 collec tion point for the recycling of electrical waste and electronic equipment The separate collection and recycling of your waste equipment at the time of disposal will helo to conserve natural resources and ensure that it is recycled in a man ner 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 User Manual Introduction
26. ce to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and 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 antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an out let on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult dealer or an experienced ra dio TV technician for help Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could 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 LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interter ence received including interference that may cause undesired operation For European Users This product con forms to the requirements of EC Direc tives 73 23 EEC and 89 336 EEC Declaration of Contormity D claration de Conformit Erklarung zur einhaltung von Produktnormen Sequel Imaging Inc 25 Nashua Road Londonderry NH 03053 USA Product Name Designation Produkt name Sequel Imaging Model Number Num ro de mod le Modelnummer Digital Control Conforms to the following Product Specifications Satisfait aux sp cifica tons produit suiv
27. ct from your pro files list the required profile The selected profile will be used as a reference for any further calibration All calibration set tings are now locked LaCie blue eye pro User Manual Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors 5 7 Analyzing Your Ambient Lighting Conditions Your ambient lighting conditions can intluence the way you per ceive your monitor s colors If your ambient 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 painted 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 criti cal work you make sure that your working environment s Ambi ent 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 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 correspond ing menu option This window figure A appears on your dis play Please adjust the Ambient Light Diffuser
28. ds 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 LaCie blue eye pro User Manual Once you have selected the appropriate Calibration set
29. e pro Proof Edition blue eye pro Proof Edition v1 0 0 b c 2004 2008 LaCie www lacie com ugra LaCie blue eye pro User Manual Calibrating Other Monitors page 32 6 Calibrating Other Monitors with the LaCie blue eye pro LaCie blue eye pro also offers the possibility of calibrating other monitors than the LaCie 300 500 700 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 Con trast and individual RGB controls to set White Point Tempera ture and Gamma to your desired settings The next chapter will guide you through this process When you run LaCie blue eye pro on a dual monitor system the sottware will automatically detect on which monitor the window is located and will run the appropriate calibration process au tomatic or manual CAUTION BEFORE BEGINNING Before you begin to cali brate ensure that the following conditions are met E Ensure that you have a copy of your monitor s User Manual for OSD On Screen Display reference and to help deter mine factory presets and configuration Make sure that your monitor has been powered on for 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 programs you may have installed These programs could
30. es de i device on the monitor and press lt Start gt tailed shadows and highlights Decrease Hin contest uniil di quality 10 Take care that the 050 does not cover the measurement area 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 C area When it reaches this green area a message will inform you the monitor is correctly set You may then click on the Next button to go to the White Point Adjustment window IMPORTANT INFO If your monitor does not have an OSD control for contrast move on to the next step 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 LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating Other Monitors User Manual page 37 6 2 4 White Point Adjustment The value of the White Point Temperature determines the actual GOO Blue Eye Pro 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 Start Use IMPORTANT INFO Some monitors do not offer individual the R G B adjustments in the OSD menu of your
31. es its slope The White Point b i e the characteristics of the color dis played by the RGB value R 255 G 255 B 255 These characteristics are often summarized with the 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 Common White Point Temperature settings in the pre press workflow are 5000 and 6500 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 c controls the overall brightness of the moni With the LaCie blue eye pro you can fine tune all of these fac tors and target the Brightness Gamma and White Point Tem perature settings of your choice The sensor that is included is an advanced device that measures the light emitted by your monitor and expresses it in absolute colorimetric terms Color Management page 11 White Point Predefined 6500 K Custom 6500 Custom x 0 3457 y 0 3585 Luminance Q Maximum Brightness 100 Absolute in cd m2 120 LaCie blue eye pro Color Management User Manual page 12 Device Profiles Device profiles are the most important part of the color manage ment puzzle because without an ICC profile within your image chain you can t
32. es ona computer display Furthermore the standard recommends illumination to be inferior to 64 lux This tool allows you to evaluate how close you are to these recommended conditions Start LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors User Manual page 30 5 8 Fine Tuning your LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitor LaCie blue eye pro offers you an easy way to fine tune your LaCie eon Blue Eye Pro Proof Edition 300 500 700 Series Monitor s White point and brightness Finetuning Use the sliders below to adjust color and To use this tool on your Mac please click on the Tools menu brightness of the White Point To continue press Measure and then Calibration bar and select the corresponding menu option On Microsoft Windows please right click the application bar and select the corresponding menu option The window to the right appears Cyan TM Red 0 on your display To adjust the chromaticity and brightness of the Magenta Green 0 White point move the 4 available sliders The first three sliders Yellow Bue adjust your display s White Point Chromaticity Brightness 7 4 0 XYZ Cyan to red this slider will slightly increase 10 96 the Luminance Red or Cyan component Temperature Fw apte Magenta to Green this slider will slightly increase 10 96 e the Magenta or Green component SSS Yellow to Blue this slider will slightly increase
33. ethods is selected the profiling process of LaCie blue eye pro will minimize this impression by slightly adjusting the chromaticity of your monitor To activate this feature please select your cho sen chromatic adaptation method by clicking on the correspond ing radio button of the Advanced Options settings window 5 4 4 Profile type With LaCie blue eye pro 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 but LaCie blue eye pro User Manual ton Matrix profiles are created using algorithms based on ma trices and linearization curves LUT 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 es pecially for nonlinear displays 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 300 500 700 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 calculation tech niques they generally don t provide significantly different resu
34. eye pro User Manual page 14 4 2 Connecting the LaCie blue eye Colorimeter IMPORTANT INFO Before connecting the LaCie blue eye to your monitor Clean the monitor to remove fingerprints and dust Install the LaCie blue eye software see section 4 1 Install ing the Software for more information 1 Remove the LaCie blue eye colorimeter from the protective 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 untold 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 blue eye colo rimeter to powered USB hubs Fig B Fig C 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 colorimeters including the following v blue eye blue eye CRT mode LaCie blue eye S
35. for newsprint Multicolor Highbody future workflows UGRA s recommendations are the following White Point max 2DeltaE Gray Balance max 1 DeltaC average and max 2 DeltaC range with 95 tonal range Profile Quality max 3 DeltaE average and 6 DeltaE peak value Gamut MK max 4 Delta E average and 9096 volume 9896 in the case of HighColor Passing the test requires respecting all four criteria simultane ously Please note that a failed test can simply mean the display s calibration settings are not in line with those recommended by UGRA please refer to the Settings section of this manual for further information Also it may be required to recalibrate the display to exceed the above thresholds and obtain certification 1 The following delta values are calculated with the DeltaE ab 76 method Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors page 22 Blue Eye Pro Proof Edition Calibration Report MultiColor v ISOcoated ISOuncoated ISOnewspaper W sRGB AdobeRGB ECI RGB White Point EE D v Gray Balance D D Profile Quality SD Softproof Quality D ugra certified LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 5 3 3 Saving the Calibration Report The Calibration Report can be saved by clicking on the Save button The Save As window then appears After choosing a name location and format PDF Html Text to save the file click on the Save button and the software will create
36. ication screen so that the white disc is placed underneath the LaCie blue eye colorimeter then press the Start button to begin the calibration and profiling pro cess Your selected Target settings are displayed on the calibration window during calibration process to remind you of the select ed values You can stop the calibration process at any time by pressing the Stop button You can also go back to the Settings or Main menu window by clicking the corresponding button At the end of the calibration process the Save Profile window will appear Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors page 18 e Blue Eye Pro Proof Edition Calibration Settings Gamma 1 8 White Point 5000 K Luminance 120 Cd m2 Blackpoint 0 0 Cd m2 Con ng monitor Upda g monitor Mea g the color character Optir ng the whit oint Optir ng the luminance Op ng the black point Opt g the gray balance Measuring colors for profiling a N _ Main Menu Settings Start LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 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 col or temperature gamma and luminance settings With this practi cal format you can easily remember at a future date when your last calibratio
37. image for instance a digital photograph will not necessarily appear the same on two separate monitors One may often 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 impression that some color correc tion needs to be performed on the photograph even though it may already have been done by the photographer before send ing the picture to the agency The same problem can occur when a printer receives digital art included in their customer s document The colors displayed on the printer s monitor may not be identical to the ones displayed at the customer site eo Color Management page 9 LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 3 2 Monitor Calibration And Device Profiles The LaCie blue eye pro implements a convenient solution 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 Tempera ture This allows the color conscious professional to knowingly choose the range of colors that will be displayed on the monitor and in particular to be certain 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
38. implement color management Profiles serve three very important functions They describe what color the RGB pixel values actually rep resent They relate device dependent RGB values to device inde pendent CIELAB Yxy values They contain data to convert between the RGB value that each device produces and the CIELAB Yxy number value TECHNICAL NOTE CIELAB refers to the Commission Inter nationale de l Eclairage and L the lightness A the posi tion of a color on a red green axis and B the position of a color yellow blue axis Yxy refers to a specification where a color is specitied by its x and y coordinates on a chromaticity diagram graph 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 Mac Users Insert the LaCie Color Utilities CD ROM into your computer s CD or DVD drive Once the disc appears on your desktop double click the disc icon to open the LaCie Color Utilities CD ROM A pop up window will appear Follow the on screen instructions to drag LaCie blue eye pro into your applications folder or other location Windows Users Insert the LaCie Color Utilities CD ROM into your computer s CD or DVD drive Follow the on screen instructions 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
39. libration 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 favorite settings on any Mac or PC Follow the standard Calibration process including Advanced Settings if necessary see Chap ters 5 2 to 5 4 5 for details 2 If you wish to export the profile on several monitors and com puters 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 5 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 WINNT System32 spool DRIV ERS COLOR directory In Windows XP C WINNT System32 spool DRIVERS COLOR directory 6 Double click on the LaCie Blue eye pro icon trom your ap plications folder The LaCie blue eye pro Main Menu will appear 7 Click the Settings button from the Main Window to access the Settings window 8 Mark the Reference profile button and sele
40. lts on Series 300 500 700 monitors We therefore recommend the use of LUT or Matrix depending on your workflow and the soft ware used 5 4 5 Profile Version By default profiles created with Blue eye pro are ICC 2 pro files 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 ICCA profiles to increase predictability and performance and to reduce eventual differences of interpretation ICC4 profiles provide Amore precise definition of rendering intents to reduce am biguities Embedded chromatic adaptation information Improved look up table LUT specifications Improved translation from PCS XYZ to PCS L a b Both profiles versions will provide excellent results in your work flow Though ICC4 profiles are newer and integrate several im provements they might not be supported by every CMM We therefore recommend the use of ICC4 or ICC2 profiles depend ing on your workflow and the software used Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors page 26 5 4 6 OSD lock Use this option to prevent accidental changes to your monitor s settings that may invalidate your calibration Mark the Locked button to lock the on screen display OSD Mark the Unlocked button to allow changes Once your advanced options are mod ified you can Go back to the main menu by clicking on the Main menu bu
41. n 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 Col orSync profile folder In Windows 2000 and XP the file is stored in C WINNT Sys tem32 spool DRIVERS COLOR In Vista the file is stored in the following path C WINDOWS System32 spool DRIVERS COLOR Your new profile automatically becomes the current profile for your monitor settings After saving the profile you just created you can exit the application by clicking on the Quit button You also have the option of obtaining a detailed report regarding your monitor s calibration by clicking on the Test and Report button see 5 3 4 Calibration Report or to go back to the main menu by clicking on the Main menu button Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors page 19 e Blue Eye Pro Proof Edition Save Profile Please enter a name for the profile and click Save The profile will be saved in the ColorSync Folder and set as monitor profile Profile Name 16 07 08 5000K 18 120cd icc Settings Main Menu Save LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors User Manual page 20 5 3 Controlling the Calibration of Your LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitor The Test and Report tool gives you the opportunity to verity the accuracy of your monitor s current profile settings for Gamma Test and Report White Point a
42. nd Luminance by measuring and comparing them to the actual monitor settings Depending on the options that you select Test and Report will display a Monitor Report window This dest Panel sonic sample colors h to compare them with your active profile that contains Please place the device inside the measurement circle and press lt Start gt to begin Classic A chromaticity diagram of your monitor s current Gamut as well as a diagram and numerical values repre senting the color discrepancies measured by the tool cassic UDACT Test UDACT Test amp Uniformity A certificate of conformity to Uniformity UGRA recommendations regarding soft proofing UGRA certified or UGRA not certified In both cases a detailed report can be saved for future reference Clicking on the Test and Report button opens a window Place the calibra tor on the target and click on the Start button to launch the test process the colorimeter measures color patches of a series of different colors Shades of gray Red Green Blue Cyan Magenta Yellow and Pastel values to evaluate the quality of the calibration by comparing measured values with expected ones In case you selected the UDACT test the UGRA FOGRA Medi aWedge colors are included in the test 1 UDACT stands for UGRA Display Analysis Certi cation Too LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 5 3 1 Classic Test and Report The Calibration
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44. o User Manual RGB Values Are Device Dependent As we noted earlier every monitor has its own individual settings for reproducing the RGB because monitor 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 Be sides the different components there are also several 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 The nature of the backlights The light transmittance characteristics of the liquid crystal technology used in the display The brightness contrast and other settings used on the monitor 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 displayed accurately One particular monitor could display the blue as akin to sky blue an other 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 given RGB setting is not necessarily the same from one monitor to another color scientists say that RGB values are device dependent The Consequences Of Device Dependency The direct consequence of this is that a given
45. o a folder other than the ColorSync folder Library Colorsync gt Profiles Yes a saved profile can be loaded without having the colorimeter connected No the LaCie blue eye pro software is only compatible with Mac OS 10 1 and later No simply select your previous profile from the Select Profile mod ule Please see section 5 5 Switching Colorimetric Environments for more information Yes but you will need to use an ADC to DVI converter cable LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 9 Contacting Customer Support Before You Contact Technical Support Read the User Manual and review the Troubleshooting section Try to isolate the problem It possible make the drive the only external device on the CPU and make sure that all of the cables are correctly and firmly attached If your question is related to monitor calibration launch the LaC ie blue eye pro application and in the About section verity that your monitor is plugged in via the DVI connection Then perform a monitor Calibration Report and send it via email to Tech Sup port along with your question It you still can t 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 fol lowing information on hand Your LaCie device s serial number Monitor brand and model Video card brand and model Operati
46. oaded in the monitor If you use several different displays on your computer make sure to select the Show only profiles for this monitor type check button so only profiles built for the active monitor appear Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors page 27 Select profile Please select a profile from the list and press Activate to make it the new monitor profile f l Show only profiles for this monitor type LaCie724 15 07 08 6500K 22 120cd LaCie blue eye pro User Manual Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors page 28 5 6 Using a Reference Profile for Easy Setup or Monitor Matching The Reference Profile Setting allows you to calibrate your monitor to closely match another monitor This allows you to ensure colors are closely matched between two monitors con nected to the same computer or on two different computers All related calibration settings including advanced settings such as specitic Black Point or Chromatic adaptation are memorized included in the calibration without the need for turther setup and locked thus preventing any accidental change This feature can also be used as an easy and safe way to setup your calibration even if you only have a single monitor Instead of specifying all settings which may be complicated and un safe a single file is used as a reference profile to define the standard Once the reference profile is selected its settings will be used for any future ca
47. 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 Gamma Settings 2 2 Ex White Point Predefined 6500 K Please define your target settings on the left To match a specific monitor please check the Custom 6500 O Cus Reference Profile checkbox and select the O Custom x 0 3457 0 3585 appropriate profile in the drop down menu To calibrate the monitor click on the Luminance Calibration button Maximum Brightness 100 9 Absolute in cd m2 12d f Reference Profile 03 03 08 6500K 20 119cd icc Select Main Menu Advanced Options Calibration Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors page 17 General recommendations regarding settings If you are not yet familiar with color management meth o
48. om the horizontal length of the bottom of the monitor This helps to prevent unwanted light from affecting the results 5 1 Starting the Application Double click on the LaCie Blue eye pro icon from your applica Blue Eye Pro Proof Edition tions folder The LaCie blue eye pro Main Menu will appear Button Description Settings Click this option to set up your calibration settings See Chapter 5 2 1 for details blue eye pro Proof Edition Calibration Click this option to calibrate your moni tor See Chapter 5 2 2 for details Settings Calibration Test Report Click this option to evaluate the Calibra Select profile Test amp Report tion state of your monitor See Chapter 5 3 for details About Quit Select Profile Click this option to switch from one colorimetric environment to another to choose your colorimetric environment See Chapter 5 5 for details In this window you will find four buttons each dedicated to a specific use LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 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
49. omatic adaptation vonKries how to use them process according to your preference for Accuracy or Speed By EE indo default Accuracy is selected This ensures the most precise color matching Checking the Speed option will reduce the number of 9 Matrix Profile O LUT Profile color patches measured and the number of optimization rounds Profile Version the software performs and will shorten the calibration process Mice 4 Colorkeeper by approximately 30 X Main Menu Settings Calibration 5 4 2 Blackpoint Adjustment Setting You may elect to increase the luminance of the color black This can be useful to obtain a realistic rendering of your document in situations where you know that the paper and inks used when ultimately printing it may not allow a full black To increase the luminance of black adjust the blackpoint slider to your desired value This setting will be automatically taken into consideration when calibrating your monitor 5 4 3 Chromatic Adaptation Setting Some constraints in your color chain may force you to use a monitor White Point other than 050 5000 Kelvin while still targeting D50 paper prints In this situation you may perceive a difference between displayed colors and printed colors due to the Chromatic Adaptation behavior of the human brain Color scientists have devised methods to correct this impression Two of these methods are Bradford and von Kries When one of these m
50. osoft Windows systems and on Macintosh sys Tools Device Help tems Apart from the following two user interface differences please refer to the corresponding Macintosh chapters of this manua White Point Predefined Settings Custom 6500 Please define your target settings on the left match specific monitor please check the Reference Profile checkbox O custom 7 3457 J 358 and select the appropriate profile the drop down menu To calibrate the monitor click on the Calibration button Luminance Maximum Brightness Absolute in cd m2 120 Reference Profile Choosing your calibration device race Blue Eye Pro Proof Edition Tools EES Help P v blue eye The main application window to the right allows you to choose the calibration device to be used The default choice is the LaCie ms mode blue eye When using an alternate device please select the ap Spyder 3 Spyder 2 LCD propriate device in the drop down menu When using a Gretag Spyder 2 CRT MacBeth eyeOne device please select the LaCie blue eye op tion as the LaCie blue eye colorimeter uses the same driver blue eye pro Proof Edition Settings Calibration Select profile Test amp Report Accessing Finetuning Ambient Light Analysis and p Blue Eye Pro Proof Edition Advanced Calibration settings Device Hep New
51. ou need further assistance please contact your LaCie reseller or LaCie Technical Support see section 9 Contacting Customer Service for details 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 Question Solution Issues with the LaCie Is the LaCie blue eye colorimeter be Verify that the LaCie blue eye colorimeter is connected to your blue eye colorimeter ing recognized computer through a USB port also verity that the proper device has been selected in the Device menu of the blue eye pro soft ware Can the LaCie blue eye colorimeter Yes the Apple keyboard provides a sufficient amount of power for be connected to the USB port on the colorimeter Apple keyboards Can the LaCie blue eye vision cali The LaCie blue eye vision calibrator can be used with the LaCie brator be used with the LaCie blue blue eye pro software in Windows only Under Mac OS X this cali eye pro software brator is unfortunately not supported Please refer to section 4 3 Using Another Colorimeter for more information Issues regarding ls the process tor calibrating a monitor
52. page 5 1 Introduction to LaCie blue eye pro Thank you tor purchasing LaCie blue eye pro LaCie s profes sional color management solution The LaCie blue eye pro colo rimeter and LaCie blue eye pro software are a fast precise and easy to use color management tool that will automatically cali brate your monitor and build the corresponding ICC profile This profile provides a description of the monitor s individual color characteristics which helps imaging and page design soft ware such as Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Indesign Illustrator Apple Aperture and QuarkXPress to display accurate colors Thanks to LaCie blue eye pro Graphics Pros working in color managed environments are able to adjust every monitor in their workflow allowing them to perform image softproofing and edit ing in total confidence Throughout this User Manual several Ug a erences are made to UGRA the Swiss Cen ter of Competence for Media and Printing Technology Well known for its Mediawedge a standardised control strip that is used for contract proofing control UGRA has extended this test to Monitor evaluation For the first time the Proof Edition of LaCie blue eye pro embeds UGRA s test ap proach and criteria and makes it possible to certify a worksta tion for softproofing To take advantage of this certification se lect UDACT when using LaCie blue eye pro s Test and Report feature please refer to section 5 3 for detailed ins
53. pyder 3 Monaco Xrite DTP94 Spyder 2 LCD GretagMacBeth now XRite eyeOneDisplay vl amp v2 eye Spyder 2 CRT One Pro DTP94 LCD mode ColorVision Spyder 2 amp 94 mode The default device expected by LaCie blue eye pro is the LaC ie blue eye colorimeter If you are using another colorimeter please select the appropriate device trom the Device drop down menu to enable the application to detect it If you are using a GretagMacBeth eyeOne Display colorimeter please select the blue eye device LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors User Manual page 16 5 Calibrating LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitors CAUTION BEFORE BEGINNING Make sure that your monitor has been powered on for 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 programs 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 f another profile program is installed and it has a startup utility that is used at your computer s boot time this pro gram will need to be deleted Setup your work area as you will use it after calibrating and profiling Room lighting has an affect on the appearance of screen images Tilt the monitor upwards 10 with the axis measuring tr
54. st amp Re port button and the following window will prompt you to place the LaCie blue eye colorimeter onto your monitor The applica tion 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 easily decide if it is necessary to recalibrate your monitor or if the current monitor state is sat isfactory simply continue working with the monitor as is To go into the calibration process press the Calibration button If you are satisfied with the current monitor state you can exit the ap plication by clicking the Quit button Calibrating Other Monitors page 39 Test and Report This test Panel measures some sample colors to compare them with your active profile Please place the device inside the measurement circle and press Start to begin 9 Classic C UDACT Test Uniformity Calibration Report Monitor SRGB Target Current Delta E Average 1 8 1 8 Delta E Maximum 5000 5089 120 118 Main Menu LaCie blue eye pro Using Your LaCie blue eye pro with Windows User Manual page 40 7 Using Your LaCie blue eye pro with Windows The calibration and protiling process of LaCie blue eye pro is Pec Blue Eye Pro Proof Edition identical on Micr
55. state of your monitor See Chapter 5 3 for details Select Profile Click this option to switch from one colorimetric environment to another to choose your colorimetric environment See Chapter 5 5 for details 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 specily 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 LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 6 2 1 Setting Calibration Values for your Monitor The Settings window of the LaCie blue eye pro application al lows 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 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 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
56. tings you can immediately proceed to calibration by clicking the Cali bration button for further instructions go directly to section 5 2 Calibrating your LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitor If you wish to navigate to other options click on the corresponding button Reference Profile this is an alternative to the above Calibra tion Settings that can be used in situations where you want to calibrate two monitors so they closely match In this situation calibrate the first monitor and save its profile normally Then calibrate the second monitor by using the first profile as a reference First select the Reference Profile check box and click on the Select button A popup window will appear allowing you to navigate to the appropriate folder where you can select the profile to use as reference Then click the Calibration button For further information on this feature please refer to section 5 6 of this manual If necessary you can access the Advanced options menu by clicking on the advanced options button refer to section 5 4 Advanced Options for further information For further information on menus and options available in this software refer to the table of content to find the related chapter 5 2 2 Calibration and Profiling The LaCie blue eye pro software creates a custom ICC Profile of your monitor based on measures performed by the Lacie blue eye colorimeter during the calibration process Position the LaCie blue eye appl
57. tructions Quick Links Click a topic Install your LaCie blue eye pro Calibrate your LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitor Calibrate other monitors Features Automatic hardware calibration on all LaCie 300 500 700 series monitors with user specified white point temperature gamma and brightness settings Advanced calibration options reference profile match ing blackpoint adjustment and white point fine tun ing Monitor calibration and profile accuracy testing through Test and Report function Dynamic calibration switching through Select Profile function Ambient light measurement lt gt Compatible with leading measurement devices Integrate into Apple ColorSync and ICC compatible environments such as Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Indesign and Illustrator Apple Aperture and QuarkX Press LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 2 Your LaCie blue eye pro 2 1 Minimum System Requirements au Windows Users Windows 2000 XP Vista 128MB RAM Graphics board supporting DDC CI USB port LaCie 300 500 700 Series monitor for automatic calibration Mac Users gt IMPORTANT INFO The LaCie blue eye pro is compatible 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 300 500 700 Series Monitor tor automatic calibration with the Intel Core processors Your LaCie blue eye pro p
58. tton Go to the Settings window by clicking on Settings Click the Calibration button in order to calibrate your monitor 5 4 7 ColorKeeper ColorKeeper is LaCie s hardware backlight stabilizer technology present in some but not all LaCie displays Selecting or de selecting the checkbox respectively activates or deactivates the backlight stabilizer When used on a display that doesn t embed ColorKeeper this option is grayed On the LaCie 700 Series to ensure maximum color precision and stability ColorKeeper is on by default and cannot be turned off LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 5 5 Switching Colorimetric Environments From the Main Menu window the Select Profile button of fers the possibility of easily switching from one colorimetric en vironment to another for instance from D65 to D50 without re calibrating the monitor or even manipulating the colorimeter To take advantage of this possibility two profiles corresponding to both of these environments must have already been created through the standard calibration process described in section 5 2 Calibrating Your LaCie 300 500 700 Series Monitor When you click on the Select Profile button the window to the right appears 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 Activate button The new monitor profile is activated and its associated settings are l
59. w lacie com no contact LaCie Sweden Contact us at http www lacie com se contact LaCie United Kingdom at http www lacie com uk contact LaCie USA Contaci Us at http www lacie com contact LaCie blue eye pro User Manual 10 Warranty Information LaCie warrants your drive against any detect in material and workmanship under normal use for the period designated on your warranty certificate In the event this product is found to be detective within the warranty period LaCie will at its option repair or replace the detective drive This warranty is void if The drive was operated stored in abnormal use mainte nance conditions The drive is repaired modified or altered unless such re pair moditication or alteration is expressly authorized in writing by LaCie The drive was subjected to abuse neglect lightning strike electrical fault excessive tampering improper packaging or accident The drive was installed improperly lt gt The serial number of the drive is detaced or missing The broken part is a replacement part such as a pickup tray etc The tamper seal on the drive casing is broken LaCie and its suppliers accept no liability tor any loss of data during the use of this device or for any of the problems caused as a result Warranty Information page 45 LaCie will not under any circumstances be liable tor direct spe cial or consequential
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