HP LP2480zx - DreamColor - 24" LCD Monitor Using Manual page 6

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Drag the menu bar in the display illustration to the representation of the HP DreamColor
4.
LP2480zx.
If you are unsure which monitor is which, click on the representation of one of the monitors and
both the representation and the display image will show a red outline.
Close the Display system preferences window.
5.
Best Practice Recommendations
As mentioned previously, the Mac OS has some of the best color management capabilities available
for any operating system. But that doesn't mean that it can handle every scenario automatically. We'd
like, therefore, to conclude this white paper with some general recommendations for the use of the HP
DreamColor LP2480zx on a Mac. These recommendations cover three typical usage scenarios on the
Macintosh and are not intended to cover every possible usage scenario. Certain scenarios, such as
using the LP2480zx in a professional video workflow, are or will be covered in other white papers.
 General computing: use the sRGB color space. As mentioned previously, most applications do not
use color management and using a wide gamut color space for tasks such as web browsing, word
processing, and so on will result in some images having incorrect colors and levels of saturation.
 Web authoring: use the sRGB color space. Since the most web browsing applications do not
perform color management, it is extremely important that web authors catch incorrectly-tagged
images (for example, those tagged as AdobeRGB) prior to publication. Otherwise those images will
appear incorrectly to those viewing the site with browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, and
Chrome.
 Photo editing: use the Full or AdobeRGB color space. All major photo editing applications support
color management and using a wide gamut color space allows you to work with RAW images and
support the extended gamut available with images acquired with high-end digital SLRs. Though
AdobeRGB is a logical choice, the Full color space may be preferable as it allows display of colors
outside that are outside of the AdobeRGB color space but included in the ProPhoto RGB color
space.
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