[argyllcms] Re: Target Black problems with ColorMunki & NEC 3090

  • From: David Heinrich <dh003i@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:12:35 -0500

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Graeme Gill <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "-B 100"  That's an .... unusual setting. Usually people want a black
> that's black, and 100 is extremely bright

Ahh, thank you. I wasn't using the right switch. I meant to use -b for
the target white brightness.

> "-t 5000" OK, 5000 degrees K daylight white.
>
> "-T 5000" But now you've thrown that away, and set a target of 5000 degrees K
> black body.

This is something I'm not understanding; we should only specify one of
-t and -T?

>> Because of the large DE, I did not proceed to calibration.
>
> That can be pretty normal for LCD's, since the black isn't very black,
> and the black hue is not determined by the back light hue. That's why
> LCD defaults to -k 0.0. The quick check assumes that you'd like to
> get the same hue as the white point, even through this isn't likely
> to be possible with an LCD.

Thank you for explaining this. I will try your suggestions and post
how it works.

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