[Digikam-users] Monitor calibration hw/sw for linux?

[Mark Greenwood]

On Monday 19 Oct 2009 06:39:27 Milan Knížek wrote:
> Brano píše v St 14. 10. 2009 v 12:48 -0400:
> > Slightly off topic, hopefully mods won't mid.
> > 
> > Can anyone recomed monitor calibration hw/sw that works under linux?
> > 
> A bit of extra information for those interested:
> 
> As far as I am aware, there is no consumer grade monitor with hardware
> calibration, which would be directly supported by linux tools.
> 
> What I do instead is that I create hardware calibration profiles in MS
> Windows using the tools from the vendor (these profiles are stored in
> the LCD and can be switched using hw buttons). I personally use the
> predefined sRGB, AdobeRGB and then full monitor's gamut with D50 white
> point.

I've got an LG monitor with a white balance settings called 'sRGB'. Does anybody know, or think, that by using this I could avoid the need for calibration and colour management, provided I always work in SRGB colour space?

Mark

> 
> As a second step, I profile the display using argyllcms tools as usual -
> that is, I skip the calibration process (use native values). This
> affects only the VCGT in the graphics card, but honestly, the changes
> are minor.
> 
> Due to missing linux support, I have to manually load the proper display
> profile depending on which hw profile is "active". (I use symlinks so
> that I do not need to manually change in each application.)
> 
> regards,
> 
> Milan Knizek
> knizek (dot) confy (at) volny (dot) cz
> http://www.milan-knizek.net - About linux and photography (Czech
> language only)
> 
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