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- | ======Xcalib====== | ||
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- | [[http://xcalib.sourceforge.net/|Xcalib]] is a command to load a colour profile to your monitor. | ||
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- | ===== Strengths [Weaknesses] ===== | ||
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- | **Simple** | ||
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- | Xcalib is simple and effective colour management software. It does one thing: adjust the colour profile of your display. | ||
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- | ===== Weaknesses [Strengths] ===== | ||
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- | **Simple** | ||
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- | Xcalib is a simple command. It adjusts the colour profile of your display, and that's all. If you are looking for a graphical control panel that claims to assist you to find the best gamma level based on your own perception, this is probably not the tool for you. | ||
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- | =====Install===== | ||
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- | Install ''xcalib'' from [[http://slackbuilds.org]]. | ||
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- | =====Usage===== | ||
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- | Xcalib has two use-cases: | ||
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- | * Load a pre-defined colour profile into your display. | ||
- | * Adjust the current colour profile of your display. | ||
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- | **Load a Colour Profile** | ||
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- | To load a colour profile, just invoke xcalib along with the path to your colour profile: | ||
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- | <code> | ||
- | $ xcalib /usr/share/color/icc/eciRGB_v2_profile-2011/eciRGB_v2_ICCv4.icc | ||
- | </code> | ||
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- | Ideally, you will have created a colour profile for your monitor with a colour calibrator like [[http://www.hughski.com/|Color Hug]], or else managing colour profiles of your screen is probably not doing much good. | ||
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- | To have this happen automatically upon boot, add that command to your ''~/.bash_profile'' file. | ||
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- | **Alter a Colour Profile** | ||
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- | Make fine adjustments to the current colour profile of your display with a trailing ''-a'' or ''-alter'' flag. For instance, to boost the blue levels of your current profile: | ||
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- | <code> | ||
- | $ xcalib -blue 1.0 10.0 100.0 -a | ||
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- | Which takes the blue at gamma level 1.0 (1 through 5 are valid), and sets its brightness to 10% and its contrast to 100%. | ||
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- | To lower the blue in the current profile: | ||
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- | $ xcalib -blue 1.0 10.0 60.0 -a | ||
- | </code> | ||
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- | Which takes the blue levels at 1.0 gamme and sets its brightness to 10% but its contrast to 60%. | ||
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- | These settings can be done to ''-red'', ''-green'', or ''-blue''. | ||
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- | Calibration alterations can be re-set with ''-c'' or ''-clear'': | ||
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- | <code> | ||
- | $ xcalib -c | ||
- | </code> | ||
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- | To automate xcalib, add an xcalib command to your ''~/.bash_profile'' file. | ||
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- | **See Also** \\ | ||
- | [[opencolorio|OpenColorIO]] | ||
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