TroubleshootingEqualEyesUsing equalEyesAnatomy

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Anatomy

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This page contains the primary functions of equalEyes.

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Activate/Deactivate Lut

This button turns the display matching on and off.
Activate
Loads the currently calculated lut into the graphics card's lut.
Deactivate
Loads a uniform, linear lut with gamma of 1.0 into the graphics card's lut.

Note: When you exit equalEyes the lut that was being used by the graphics card before equalEyes was run is reloaded into the graphics card.

Monitor Profile

To select the profile of the monitor you are using, press this button. EqualEyes will attempt to guess the right value for your computer but may need some help. The default value can be set in the rsr.conf file. Information about the age of the profile being used will also be displayed in this button.

We do not recommend using monitor profiles older than 14 days.

Target Profile

This controls the current target profile. If the current target is specified by a .xml profile, this button will allow you to change the file used. If the current target is a "synthetic profile" you will be taken to the synthetic profile page. The default settings for this button can be controlled by the rsr.conf file.

Synthetic Profile

Toggles the use of synthetic profiles or .xml profiles for the target.

Synthetic Profile Page

EqualEyes has a synthetic profile facility where you can specify the color and gamma for your target rather than needing to load an .xml one.

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To setup a 6500K+gamma 2.2 in equalEyes:

The monitor is now being matched to a CIE 6500K illuminant with gamma 2.2 You can return to the EqualEyes main page by using the right click menu or pressing F5.

Alternatively you can set the synthetic profile values in the rsr.conf file so the user need only click the Synth button on the EqualEyes main page to match to these settings. To do this set the following settings in the rsr.conf file.

RSR_SYNTH_GAMMA = 2.20
RSR_SYNTH_TEMP = 6500
RSR_SYNTH_WP_TYPE = temperature
RSR_SYNTH_TEMP_TYPE = CIE

Printer Lights

The printer light page allows for tonal adjustments of the target profile. The adjustments simulate the behaviour of standard film printer light settings. The default settings for these can be set in the rsr.conf file.

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Copy Printer Lights

It is possible to copy the printer lights with Ctrl + C and paste them into Shake to generate a node which will have the same effect as the printer lights.

Saved States

You can save the current state of equalEyes and restore it at a later time.
Save a preset
Press the +/= Key followed by the number [1-9] of the preset you want to store the current settings in.
Load a preset
Press the number Key of the preset you would like to load.
Rename a preset
While a preset is loaded press the N key then enter the name you would like to give to the preset and click the `Set Name' button.
Unload a preset
While a preset is loaded press the N key then enter the name you would like to give to the preset and click the `Set Name' button.
Delete a preset
Press the _/- Key followed by the number [1-9] of the preset you want to delete/clear.

Saved states will stay set even when EqualEyes is shutdown and restarted.

Right Click Menu

A right-click context menu is available on every page.
Confidence Test
This performs a test that the screen output is correct using a connected probe.
Minimize (not in OS X)
Minimize the application.
Opacity Toggle (not in Linux)
The application can be made transparent to be less intrusive to the user.
EqualEyes
Displays the main / front page.
Printer Lights
Displays the Printer light page
Synthetic Target
Displays the Synthetic Target page
Log/Linear Mode toggle
This toggle button requires some explanation. In normal use (for film images) toggling log to linear mode allows you to use equalEyes to view linearised film images as well as raw log. However calling it a log/linear mode is somewhat of a misnomer.

What is actually happening is that equalEyes transforms your display so that whatever you are looking at will appear the same as if it was sent straight to the output device with no modification. In the context of film images this means we are talking about log images (ie cineon or dpx file format usually) as this is the format that film recorders expect.

If you were working with normal video files (say for a computer animation) and looking at them with HD calibration on then you would still leave it in 'log' mode as what you are saying essentially is that the image you are looking at will not be corrected on the way out.

Now if you are looking at a linearised film image that is going to be converted to log before being sent to the film recorder you can toggle the log/linear mode and voila it shows you what your currently linearised image will look like after it has been converted and sent to the film recorder. Now if you are following all this you might very well ask the question `but how do you know how we are going to transform our image to log ?'. The short answer is we don't, you have to tell us. Take a look in the appendix at the rsr.conf file and you will see the settings that we use and that you can customize.

Scale Mode toggle
When equalEyes is in scale mode (the default) the brightness of what you see is controlled by how bright your monitor can be. When scaling is off the brightness is controlled by the brightness of the target profile. Usually you will want to use the full available brightness of your monitor and thus have scaling on. However when it is important that the brightness of nearby monitors match or to compare the brightness of target profiles you will have to use the non-scaling mode.

Note: Non-scaling mode can introduce gamut clipping artifacts.

Clear Luts
Clears the LUTs and resets the application.
Help
Opens the help browser.
About
Shows the about page
Exit
Quits the application.

Key Bindings

Opacity Toggle [ F3 ] -- --
Show main page [ F5 ] [ Alt + E ] [ Ctrl + E ]
Show printer light page [ F6 ] [ Alt + P ] [ Ctrl + P ]
Show synthetic target page [ F7 ] [ Alt + G ] [ Ctrl + G ]
Activate / Deactivate [ Space ] [ Alt + Space ] [ Ctrl + Space ]
Log / Lin -- [ Alt + L ] [ Ctrl + L ]
Minimise -- [ Alt + M ] [ Ctrl + M ]
Help [ F1 ] [ Alt + H ] [ Ctrl + H ]
About -- [ Alt + A ] [ Ctrl + A ]
Exit [ Esc ] -- --
Copy printer lights -- [ Alt + C ] [ Ctrl + C ]
Confidence test -- [ Alt + T ] [ Ctrl + T ]
Set linear lut [Backspace] [Delete]
Save lut [ + or = ] then [ 1-9 ]
Delete Saved lut [ _ or - ] then [1-9]
Apply Saved lut [ 1 - 9 ]
Return to last settings 0 -- --
Name the active saved lut [ n ] -- --

Other key bindings may be defined by the operating system and window manager.

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This documentation last changed on October 19, 2004.