NEC SpectraView Profiler 5 User manual

User Manual
When Colour is Critical

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User Manual Inhalt
1. Preface .................................................................................................................... 7
2. Installation and Licensing ........................................................................................ 9
2.1. Minimal Systemrequirements ........................................................................ 9
2.2. Installation.................................................................................................... 11
2.3. Product registration and licensing................................................................ 12
3. Quick Start............................................................................................................. 18
3.1 The main window.......................................................................................... 18
3.2 Selection of the calibration preset................................................................. 19
3.3 Preparation of the monitor calibration........................................................... 20
3.3.1 Cleanliness of the screen.................................................................... 20
3.3.2 Reflections / Stray Light...................................................................... 20
3.3.3 Ambient Light ...................................................................................... 20
3.3.4 Monitor Warm Up................................................................................ 20
3.3.5 Driver for the graphic card .................................................................. 20
3.3.6 Screen Saver / Power Saving Mode................................................... 21
3.3.7 Position of the measurement device................................................... 21
3.4 Starting the profile creation........................................................................... 22
3.5 Selecting a measurement instrument ........................................................... 23

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User Manual 3.6 The profile creation process ......................................................................... 24
3.6.1 Measuring Color Characteristic........................................................... 24
3.6.2 Setting the White Point... .................................................................... 24
3.6.3 Iterating gray balance... ...................................................................... 25
3.6.4 Measuring for profiling... ..................................................................... 25
3.6.5 Results................................................................................................ 25
3.7 Validation ...................................................................................................... 26
3.7.1 Target values....................................................................................... 28
3.7.1 Achieved values.................................................................................. 28
3.7.3 Tolerances........................................................................................... 28
3.7.4 Display CIEAB .................................................................................... 29
3.7.5 Load validation result.......................................................................... 29
3.7.6 Save report as..................................................................................... 29
4. Advanced settings ................................................................................................. 31
4.1 Select instrument.......................................................................................... 31
4.1.1 Mode................................................................................................... 32
4.1.2 Monitor Type ....................................................................................... 32
4.2 Monitortyp..................................................................................................... 34
4.3 Calibration method........................................................................................ 35
4.3.1 Hardware calibration .............................................................................. 35
4.3.2 Combined hard- and software calibration ........................................... 37
4.3.4 No calibration...................................................................................... 40
4.4 Calibration preset.......................................................................................... 41
4.5 Creating custom calibration presets ............................................................. 45

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User Manual 4.6 Color Temperature ........................................................................................ 47
4.7 Tonal response curve.................................................................................... 50
4.8 Luminance / contrast ratio ............................................................................ 54
4.9 Profile............................................................................................................ 56
4.9.1 Profile type.......................................................................................... 56
4.9.2 Chromatic Adaption............................................................................. 58
4.9.3 V4 profile............................................................................................. 60
4.10 Review........................................................................................................ 61
4.10.1 Monitor.............................................................................................. 61
10.4.3 Ambient Light .................................................................................... 62
10.4.4 Check viewing booth......................................................................... 63
4.10.4 Edit calibration .................................................................................. 65
4.10.5 Color Space Emulation ..................................................................... 67
5. Preferences .................................................................................................... 69
5.1 General .................................................................................................. 69
5.1.1 Language............................................................................................ 69
5.1.2 Measurements .................................................................................... 69
5.1.3 Calibration options .............................................................................. 69
5.1.4 Path to the analysis software (catch).................................................. 70
5.2 Profile creation....................................................................................... 70
5.2.1 Save profiles to ................................................................................... 70
5.2.2 Profile name default............................................................................ 70
5.3 Security.................................................................................................. 71
5.4 Display settings............................................................................................. 72

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User Manual 5.5 Online-Services ............................................................................................ 73
5.6 Settings in the main menu ............................................................................ 74
5.6.1 Select system profile........................................................................... 74
5.6.2 Chromaticity and gamut / Spectral distribution ......................................... 75
5.6.3 Validation results................................................................................. 76
6. Product information and Contact Data .................................................................. 78
6.1 Product information SpectraView Profiler..................................................... 78
6.2 Contact Data................................................................................................. 79