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About Button (Main Dialog)
About

Press the About button to display information about the program.


Cancel (Define New Dialog)
Cancel

Press this button to discard the edits that have been performed, and return to the Main Dialog.


Cancel (Filenames Dialog)
Cancel

If you do not select filenames, they will be automatically generated. Press cancel to use automatically generated name and return to the Information Dialog.


Cancel (Information Dialog)
Cancel

Press this button to return to the Main Dialog without installing profiles.


Contents
Kodak Monitor Installer

Table of Contents

Main Dialog

Define New Monitor Dialog

Set Information Dialog

Filenames Dialog


Define New Monitor Dialog
Define New Monitor

This dialog is used to add new monitor definitions or change existing definitions

This dialog is displayed as a result of pressing the Edit or New buttons on the Main Dialog.

Click on the on the Controls in the following picture for help on that control.  The pointer will change from an arrow to a hand when help is available for the Control.


Delete Button (Main Dialog)
Delete

To delete an existing monitor definition, select the monitor from the Monitor list and press the Delete Button.


Description (Information Dialog)
Description

Enter information in this field to help identify this particular profile  Information such as the location of the monitor (Home or Office) could be useful.


Directories (Filenames Dialog)
Directories

The dialog will initially come up in the directory where profiles should be placed.

For ICC Profiles, the user may change the selected directory. The program will remember the last directory selected.

However, the directory may not be changed for Kodak PRECISION Transforms.


Edit Button (Main Dialog)
Edit

To edit an existing monitor definition, select the monitor from the Monitor list and press the Edit Button. The Define New Monitor dialog will be displayed.  The current settings for manufacturer name, model name, White Point, and phosphor will be used to prefill the Define New Monitor dialog.  The current definition will be replaced with the new one.


Exit (Main Dialog)
Exit

Use the Exit button to quit the program.


Filename (Filenames Dialog)
Filename

For ICC Profiles - Enter or select the filename to be used for the specified ICC Profile, and press OK.  After selecting the filename, you will return to the Information Dialog.

For Kodak PRECISION Transforms - Enter or select the filename to be used for the specified (INPUT or OUTPUT) transform, and press OK. Two transforms will be installed. You must select a filename for each. After selecting both filenames, you will return to the Information Dialog.


Filename list (Filenames Dialog)
Filename list

For ICC Profiles - Enter or select the filename to be used for the specified ICC Profile, and press OK.  After selecting the filename, you will return to the Information Dialog.

For Kodak PRECISION Transforms - Enter or select the filename to be used for the specified (INPUT or OUTPUT) transform, and press OK. Two transforms will be installed. You must select a filename for each. After selecting both filenames, you will return to the Information Dialog.


Filenames (Information Dialog)
Filenames

If you do not specify filenames for your monitor profiles they will automatically be generated. If you wish to keep track of the profile filenames for different monitors, meaningful names may be selected in the Filenames Dialog by pressing the Filenames Button.

For Kodak PRECISION Transforms - since two files are created, an input transform and an output transform, you will be prompted twice, first for the INPUT Transform Name, and then for the OUTPUT Transform Name. The names for these two files must be different.


Filenames Dialog

For ICC Profiles - This dialog is used to specify the filename for the installed Monitor ICC Profile If you do not specify a filename, it will automatically be generated. If you wish to keep track of filenames for different ICC Profiles, meaningful names may be selected in this dialog.

For Kodak PRECISION Transforms - This dialog is used to specify the filenames for the installed INPUT and OUTPUT Monitor Transforms.If you do not specify filenames, they will automatically be generated. If you wish to keep track of filenames for different transforms, meaningful names may be selected in this dialog. Since two files are created, an input transform and an output transform, you will be asked for the two filenames (The dialog will appear twice, once for INPUT, once for OUTPUT). The names for these two files must be different.

Click on the on the Controls in the following picture for help on that control.  The pointer will change from an arrow to a hand when help is available for the Control.


Gamma

Choose the Gamma setting corresponding to the monitor's current setting. If you don't know your monitor's gamma use 1.8.


Help

Press the help button to get help for the program.


Install Button (Main Dialog)
Install

To install the monitor profile select the monitor from the Monitor list and press the Install button.  Before the transforms are installed you will be prompted to supply some information about the profile.


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Main Dialog

This program installs Monitor profiles for use in color managed applications. Select the manufacturer, model name and white point for your monitor. The program will then install an appropriate profile using nominal properties supplied by monitor manufacturers.

Click on the on the Controls in the following picture for help on that control.  The pointer will change from an arrow to a hand when help is available for the Control.


Manufacture Model List (Main Dialog)
Monitor List

Scroll through the monitor list to select your monitor. If there is more than one white point setting for your monitor, choose the one corresponding to the monitor's current setting. If you don't know your monitor's white point use D9300.

The selected monitor can be installed by pressing the Install button, edited by pressing the Edit button or deleted by pressing the Delete button..


Manufacturer (Define New Dialog)
Manufacturer

Enter or Change the name of the manufacturer of the monitor.


Manufacturer (Information Dialog)
Manufacturer

This field defines the manufacturer of the monitor.  While you may change this field, generally it should be left unchanged.


Model (Define New Dialog)
Model

Enter or change the model of the monitor.


Model (Information Dialog)
Model

This field defines the model of the monitor.  While you may change this field, generally it should be left unchanged.


New Button (Main Dialog)
New

If your manufacturer model is not displayed in the list, you may create a new monitor definition by pressing the New button.  The Define New Monitor dialog will be displayed with the manufacturer name and model fields blank. The white point and phosphor values will be set to default values.


OK (Filenames Dialog)
OK

For ICC Profiles - Enter or select the filename to be used for the profile, and press OK.  After selecting the filename, you will return to the Information Dialog.

For Kodak PRECISION Transforms - Enter or select the filename to be used for the specified (INPUT or OUTPUT) transform, and press OK. Two transforms will be installed. You must select a filename for each. After selecting both filenames, you will return to the Information Dialog.


OK Button (Define New Dialog
OK

Press this button to accept the edits that have been performed, and return to the Main Dialog.


OK Button (Information Dialog
OK

Press this button when the information in the dialog is correct. The profile will be installed and the program will exit.

Note that this button is not active, and can not be pressed if any of the fields are blank.


Phosphor (Define New Dialog)
Phosphor Primaries

Use the items in the Primaries group to specify the colors of the red, green and blue phosphors in your monitor. These values should be available from your monitor manufacturer and sometimes are found in the owners manual.


Phosphor Primaries Blue X Value (Define New Dialog)
Phosphor Primaries Blue x Value

This is the x coordinate for the blue phosphor of your monitor. This value with the corresponding y coordinate defines the color of the blue gun in the monitor. These values can be obtained from the monitor manufacturer.


Phosphor Primaries Blue Y Value (Define New Dialog)
Phosphor Primaries Blue y Value

This is the y coordinate for the blue phosphor of your monitor. This value with the corresponding x coordinate defines the color of the blue gun in the monitor. These values can be obtained from the monitor manufacturer.


Phosphor Primaries Green X Value (Define New Dialog)
Phosphor Primaries Green x Value

This is the x coordinate for the green phosphor of your monitor. This value with the corresponding y coordinate defines the color of the green gun in the monitor. These values can be obtained from the monitor manufacturer.


Phosphor Primaries Green Y Value (Define New Dialog)
Phosphor Primaries Green y Value

This is the y coordinate for the green phosphor of your monitor. This value with the corresponding x coordinate defines the color of the green gun in the monitor. These values can be obtained from the monitor manufacturer.


Phosphor Primaries Red X Value (Define New Dialog)
Phosphor Primaries Red x Value

This is the x coordinate for the red phosphor of your monitor. This value with the corresponding y coordinate defines the color of the red gun in the monitor. These values can be obtained from the monitor manufacturer.


Phosphor Primaries Red Y Value (Define New Dialog)
Phosphor Primaries Red y Value

This is the y coordinate for the red phosphor of your monitor. This value with the corresponding x coordinate defines the color of the red gun in the monitor. These values can be obtained from the monitor manufacturer.


Profile_Transform_Radio (Information Dialog)
Install ICC Profile or Kodak PRECISION Transform Radio Button

Use this radio button to select whether to install Kodak PRECISION Transforms or an ICC Profile.


Set Information Dialog

This dialog is used to specify identifying information to be saved in the installed profiles.

The Description is prefilled with the value that was entered the last time a profile was installed.  The Manufacturer and Model are prefilled with the values for the selected monitor.

Click on the on the Controls in the following picture for help on that control.  The pointer will change from an arrow to a hand when help is available for the Control.


White Point (Define New Dialog)
White Point

If you can select the white point of your monitor you should select a corresponding value from the list. If you don't know your monitor's white point use D9300.


White Point (Main Dialog)
White Point

If there is more than one white point setting for your monitor, choose the one corresponding to the monitor's current setting. If you don't know your monitor's white point use D9300.


profile

This program can be used to install either Kodak PRECISION Transforms or International Color Consortium (ICC) Profiles. When referring generally to either, we use the lowercase word, profile. When dealing with a specific type we use either Kodak PRECISION Transform or ICC Profile.