Copyright: Copyright © 1996 Matrox Graphics Inc., Sonnetech, Ltd. and HGC Associates.


Contents

Aboutbox

Cpl Graph

Cpl Nogamma

Cpl Contrastbox

Cpl Linkslider

Cpl Redslider

Cpl Redvalue

Cpl Greenslider

Cpl Greenvalue

Cpl Blueslider

Cpl Bluevalue

Cpl Tempbox

Cpl Tempslider

Cpl Tempvalue

Cpl Calibrate

Cpl Moreinfo

Cpl Reset

Cpl About

Cpl Setting

Cpl Savesetting

Cpl Deletesetting

Cpl Logo

Cpl Warning Dontshow

Cpl Calibnotuptodate

Cpl Calibnotrun


Aboutbox
MGA Monitor Color Control gives full control to set the Contrast (Gamma) and Color Temperature (Whitepoint) of the display.

To achieve its goal, MGA Monitor Color Control is using the GammaRamp support of the MGA graphic adapter.

Because of hardware and software limitation, all color modes do not allow for such a feature.

When MGA Monitor Color Control detects that the current color mode does not support GammaRamp, it displays an appropriate warning message and grays all the controls.

The MGA Color property page will not be available if you change to another display driver (for example VGA or SVGA). When you switch back to the MGA driver the MGA Color property page will reappear.


Cpl Graph
Shows the tonal reproduction curve of the red, green, and blue colors of your display, and their relationship to each other.


Cpl Linkslider
When enabled, locks the Red, Green and Blue slider controls together. This helps to avoid color shift.


Cpl Redslider
Adjusts the color contrast, or “gamma”, of the red displayed by your system to a requested value. Gamma is a measure of the relationship between the brightness of the color you see on your screen and the signal the computer is sending to the monitor.


Cpl Redvalue

To be written


Cpl Greenslider
Adjusts the color contrast, or “gamma”, of the green displayed by your system to a requested value. Gamma is a measure of the relationship between the brightness of the color you see on your screen and the signal the computer is sending to the monitor.


Cpl Greenvalue

To be written


Cpl Blueslider
Adjusts the color contrast, or “gamma”, of the blue displayed by your system to a requested value. Gamma is a measure of the relationship between the brightness of the color you see on your screen and the signal the computer is sending to the monitor.


Cpl Bluevalue

To be written


Cpl Tempslider
Increases or decreases the color temperature of your monitor. 5000°K is considered the standard for desktop publishing, 6500°K for video. These correlate to a warm yellow-pink tone.  Many people prefer a cooler setting that is more blue such as 7500-9000°K.


Cpl Tempvalue

To be written


Cpl Calibrate
Starts Colorific’s calibration sequence to characterize the colors as displayed on your individual system. This information is required in order to accurately adjust the colors using this control panel. Tune up your system periodically by recalibrating using Colorific.


Cpl Moreinfo
Displays data about your system required by Adobe® Photoshop® and other Desktop Publishing software to provide optimal color matching. This data is calculated for your UNIQUE monitor, graphics card, computer system, and working environment. It is much more accurate than generic default settings provided by your monitor maker or system vendor. Recalibrate before printing color-critical work to get the best color matching results.


Cpl About
Click this to display program information.


Cpl Setting
Click this if you want gamma and white point to automatically be optimized for a specific task.  You may also return to your system’s default settings by selecting “Unadjusted”. You can also save your own custom settings.


Cpl Savesetting
Click this to save your current display settings. The name you specify will appear in the Preset list, so you can easily restore these settings later.


Cpl Deletesetting
Deletes the user-defined setting that is selected in the Preset box.


Cpl Logo
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Cpl Contrastbox
Adjusts the color contrast, or “gamma”, of the red, green and blue displayed by your system to a requested value. Gamma is a measure of the relationship between the brightness of the color you see on your screen and the signal the computer is sending to the monitor.


Cpl Reset
Click this to reset the contrast and temperature settings to their default values.


Cpl Nogamma
A graphic adapter can work in several different modes. Some modes support features that other do not. High color modes like 16 / 24 / 32 bit color mode generally support GammaRamp.


Cpl Warning Dontshow
When checked disables further display of this warning dialog box.


Cpl Calibnotuptodate
A calibration is specific of a configuration. Your monitor has been changed, invalidating the last calibration.


Cpl Calibnotrun
Your display cannot be modified without having been characterized by the Colorific Calibration tool.