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Page 1: Table Of Contents
4.1. Installing the Software 4.2. Connecting The LaCie blue eye Colorimeter 4.3. Using Another Colorimeter 5. Calibrating 300/500 Series Monitors with the LaCie blue eye pro 5.1. Starting the Application 5.2. Calibrating your LaCie 300/500 Series Monitor 5.2.1 Setting Calibration Values for your LaCie 300/500 Series Monitor 5.2.2. - Page 2 6.2.6. Saving The Profile 6.3. Controlling the Calibration of Your Monitor 6.3.1. Calibration Report 6.3.2. Test And Report 7. Using Your LaCie blue eye pro with Windows 8. Troubleshooting 9. Contacting Customer Support 9.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts 10. Warranty Information...
- Page 3 User Manual page 3 or more of the following measures: Copyrights FCC Information Copyright © 2011 LaCie. All rights re- Information For Users Reorient or relocate the receiving an- served. No part of this publication may tenna be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys-...
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Page 5: Introduction To The Lacie Blue Eye Pro
User Manual page 5 1. Introduction to the LaCie blue eye pro Thank you for purchasing the LaCie blue eye pro color management solution. The LaCie blue eye color- imeter and LaCie blue eye pro software deliver precise color control for monitors, allowing for calibration of the three red, green and blue gains of the monitor indi- vidually, and creating an ICC profile of the monitor. -
Page 6: Your Lacie Blue Eye Pro
LaCie blue eye pro Your LaCie blue eye pro User Manual page 6 2. Your LaCie blue eye pro 2.1. Minimum System Requirements Windows Users Mac Users ■ ■ Windows 2000, XP, Vista Mac OS 10.3.9 or later on PowerPC or 10.4.5 or later ❖... -
Page 7: Package Content
LaCie blue eye pro Your LaCie blue eye pro User Manual page 7 2.2. Package Content Your LaCie blue eye pro should include the following: LaCie blue eye pro colorimeter with Ambient light diffuser/protective shell Cable counterweight LaCie Display Utilities CD-ROM (includes... -
Page 8: Color Management
8 3. Color Management The digital age has brought about many important (the LaCie blue eye pro) to adjust and control the color gains for color-conscious professionals, whether they among different monitors. work in fields such as graphic design, pre-press, video To implement color management, it is essential to or digital photography. - Page 9 LaCie blue eye pro Color Management User Manual page 9 The Three Primaries – Red, Green And Blue ■ The intensity of the light emitted by the red, green and blue dot in each pixel is set as a function of three values commonly called R,G and B.
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Page 10: Monitor Calibration And Device Profiles
3.2. Monitor Calibration And Device Profiles The LaCie blue eye pro implements a convenient so- that the colors displayed on the monitor correspond to a lution to these problems. It entails two steps: standard environment. -
Page 11: Monitor Calibration
A practical way of describing With the LaCie blue eye pro, you can fine-tune all this curve is through the use of a numerical value that of these factors and target the Brightness, Gamma and describes its slope. - Page 12 LaCie blue eye pro Color Management User Manual page 12 Device Profiles ■ Device profiles are the most important part of the TeChNICAl NOTe: color management puzzle, because without an ICC pro- CIELAB refers to the Commission Interna- ❖ file within your image chain, you can’t implement color tionale de l’Eclairage, and L= the “lightness”;...
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Page 13: Installing Your Lacie Blue Eye Pro
LaCie Color Utilities CD-ROM. A pop up win- dow will appear. Follow the on-screen instructions to drag LaCie blue eye pro into your applications folder or other location. PC Users ■... -
Page 14: Connecting The Lacie Blue Eye Colorimeter
❖ Installing the Software for more informa- tion). 1. Remove the LaCie blue eye colorimeter from the pro- tective shell by applying downward pressure on the protective shell, while holding the LaCie blue eye Fig. 4.2.B. colorimeter with your other hand. You should hear a “click”... -
Page 15: Using Another Colorimeter
❖ ColorVision Spyder 2 ❖ The default device expected by LaCie blue eye pro is the LaCie blue eye colorimeter. If you are using another colorimeter, please select the appropriate device from the Device dropdown menu to enable the application to detect it. -
Page 16: Calibrating 300/500 Series Monitors With The Lacie Blue Eye Pro
LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating 300/500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 16 5. Calibrating 300/500 Series Monitors with the LaCie blue eye CAUTION: BEFORE BEGINNING Make sure that your monitor has been powered If another profile program is installed and it has ❖... -
Page 17: Calibrating Your Lacie 300/500 Series Monitor
17 5.2. Calibrating your LaCie 300/500 Series Monitor If you are using LaCie Blue eye pro for the first time or if you want to enter new calibration settings, you will first need to specify the target values you want to adopt before calibrating your monitor. -
Page 18: Calibration
LaCie blue eye profile. able in this software refer to the table of content to find the related chapter. Mark this button to easily select a LaCie Blue eye 5.2.2. Calibration ■ The LaCie blue eye pro program creates a custom... -
Page 19: Saving The Profile
Calibration Report) or to go back to the main menu by clicking on the “Main menu” button. 5.3. Controlling the Calibration of Your LaCie 300/500 Series Monitor Test and Report Tool gives you the opportunity to verify the accuracy of your monitor’s current profile... - Page 20 LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating 300/500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 20 eter measures color patches of a series of different col- ors: Shades of gray, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Pastel values to evaluate the quality of the calibration by comparing measured values with expected ones.
- Page 21 LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating 300/500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 21 These first lines (1) indicate the date on which the calibration took place, the path of your saved profile on the system and its name (in this case 23.05.06-5000K- 22-100cd).
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Page 22: Advanced Options
Two of these methods are Bradford and von Kries. When one of these methods is selected, the profiling process of LaCie blue eye pro will minimize this im- pression by slightly adjusting the chromaticity of your monitor. -
Page 23: Profile Type
23 5.4.3. Profile type ■ With LaCie blue eye pro 4 you can choose the type plays, they are not recommended in workflows using of profile you want to create. By default, profiles created Adobe Software (especially Photoshop) as they are not are matrix profiles. -
Page 24: Osd Lock
LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating 300/500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 24 5.4.5. OSD lock ■ Use this option to prevent accidental changes in your go back to the main menu by clicking on the Main ❖... -
Page 25: Using A Reference Profile For Easy Setup Or Monitor Matching
In Windows 2000: C:/WINNT/System32/spool/ To use this feature, you must: DRIVERS/COLOR directory 1. Create a profile with LaCie Blue eye pro using your favourite settings on any Mac or PC. In Windows XP: C:/WINNT/System32/spool/ DRIVERS/ COLOR directory Follow the standard Calibration process including Advanced Settings if necessary;... -
Page 26: Analyzing Your Ambient Lighting Conditions
(less than 64 lux according to the ing and will display Illuminance and Color Temperature standard). LaCie blue eye pro offers you an easy way to values. The ISO 3664 standard recommends an Ambi- analyze your Ambient Lighting conditions. -
Page 27: Fine Tuning Your Lacie 300/500 Series Monitor
User Manual page 27 5.8. Fine Tuning your LaCie 300/500 Series Monitor LaCie blue eye pro offers you an easy way to fine- tune your LaCie 300/500 Series Monitors White point and brightness. To use this Tool on your Mac, please click on the Tools menu bar and select the corresponding menu op- tion. -
Page 28: Accessing Key Monitor And System Information
Calibrating 300/500 Series Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 28 5.9. Accessing Key Monitor and System Information LaCie blue eye pro offers you easy access to some key system and monitor information fields. To display this data, please click on About... -
Page 29: Calibrating Other Monitors With The Lacie Blue Eye Pro
Calibrating Other Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 29 6. Calibrating Other Monitors with the LaCie blue eye pro LaCie blue eye pro also offers the possibility of cali- Gamma to your desired settings. The next chapter will brating other monitors than the LaCie 300/500 Series, guide you through this process. -
Page 30: Starting The Application
LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating Other Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 30 6.1. Starting the Application Double click on the LaCie Blue eye pro icon from your applications folder. The LaCie blue eye pro Main Menu will appear. -
Page 31: Calibrating Your Monitor
31 6.2. Calibrating your Monitor If you are using LaCie Blue eye pro for the first time or if you want to enter new calibration settings, you will first need to specify the target values you want to adopt before calibrating your monitor. -
Page 32: Brightness Adjustment
LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating Other Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 32 For further information on menus and options avail- ImpOrTANT INfO: These settings are only able in this software refer to the table of contents to find indicated as guidelines. -
Page 33: Contrast Adjustment
LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating Other Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 33 6.2.3. Contrast Adjustment ■ Contrast Adjustment window will assist you in placing your monitor in its optimal dynamic for your colors. The right contrast setting produces brighter col- ors through continuous tones, detailed shadows and highlights. -
Page 34: Creating A Profile With "Calibration
LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating Other Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 34 you will adjust the relative quantities of Red, Green and gain by decreasing gain using your monitor’s OSD. Blue used by the monitor to create white. - Page 35 LaCie blue eye pro Calibrating Other Monitors with blue eye pro User Manual page 35 During this process, ensure that nothing disrupts the CAUTION: Do not modify your monitor’s measurement: the LaCie blue eye colorimeter should OSD settings, or you will have to restart the remain aligned on the measurement area at all times and entire calibration process.
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Page 36: Controlling The Calibration Of Your Monitor
The La- Controlling Calibration of Your LaCie 300/500 Series Cie blue eye pro software will measure the quality of the Monitor. color correction performed by the ICC profile you have 6.3.2. -
Page 37: Using Your Lacie Blue Eye Pro With Windows
Accessing Finetuning, Ambient Light Analysis and Advanced Calibration settings These three features of blue eye pro can be accessed by right-clicking on the application bar of the LaCie blue eye application. Please select the appropriate feature from the drop- down menu and the corresponding window will appear on your screen. -
Page 38: Troubleshooting
The drop-down menu displays the last 49 profiles created using the the Select Profile files appear in the dropdown menu LaCie blue eye pro. If you have created more than 49 profiles, you will Module. of the Select Profile module? need to erase or move the older and/or un-used profiles to a folder other than the Colorsync folder (Library >... - Page 39 Module. nected? Compatibility Is the LaCie blue eye pro software No, the LaCie blue eye pro software is only compatible with Mac OS issues. compatible with Mac OS 9? 10.1 and later. Various Issues Does the monitor need to be reca- No, simply select your previous profile from the Select Profile module.
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Page 40: Contacting Customer Support
Names of CD or DVD drives installed on your computer ❖ If your question is related to monitor calibration, launch the LaCie blue eye pro application and in the Amount of memory installed ❖ “About” section verify that your monitor is plugged in Names of any other devices installed on your computer ❖... -
Page 41: Lacie Technical Support Contacts
LaCie blue eye pro Contacting Customer Support User Manual page 41 9.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts LaCie Asia, Singapore, and Hong Kong LaCie Australia Contact us at: Contact us at: http://www.lacie.com/asia/contact/ http://www.lacie.com/au/contact/ LaCie Belgium LaCie Canada Contact us at: Contact us at: http://www.lacie.com/be/contact/ (Français) -
Page 42: Warranty Information
Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while us- ❖ maintenance conditions; ing a LaCie device is the sole responsibility of the user, and under no circumstances will LaCie be held liable for The device is repaired, modified or altered, unless ❖...
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