Re: native white point
Re: native white point
- Subject: Re: native white point
- From: Terry Wyse <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:55:38 -0500
On Nov 22, 2004, at 11:03 AM, email@hidden wrote:
I have i1 with PM5.
But one more question.
If I already made profile for monitor and changed monitors RGB
settings,
should I reset these setting to factory defaults to get native white
point?
The "native" white point is really whatever you want it to be. In
general, when monitor calibration/profiling software refers to "native
white point", it simply means that it's going to use the hardware white
point that you've set using the RGB gun controls and not muck with the
white point when creating the monitor profile. But if you choose "D65"
or "D50" or whatever in software, the monitor profiling software will
try to force this white point REGARDLESS of the monitor's
hardware/native white point, usually resulting in reduced luminance.
In your case, you can simply use Measure Tool and use the Monitor
calibration function to adjust the native white point to whatever color
temp you prefer (6500K, 6000K, 5000K, whatever) using your monitor's
hardware/RGB gun controls. Once you have it set to your desired color
temp/white point, just choose "Native White Point" when building your
profile to the software won't touch it.
The whole point of YOU adjusting the white point using the monitor's
controls is that you can maximize the luminance level of the monitor.
If you let the software do it for you, then it will nearly always
result in reduced luminance since it typically does not have access to
the hardware controls of the monitor unless you have one of the few
applications/instruments that support a DDC(?) cable.
Does changing RGB settings change monitor white point?
Absolutely!
Regards,
Terry
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