Adjust Kelvin Slider
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Usual Setting
Adjust to the value that matches the desired Target White Point.
The Purpose of This Step
To set the display hardware as closely as possible to the desired White Point.
The Long Answer
Your monitor has a slider (continuously variable control) for selecting White Point. This
means that the monitor controls give you a way to select the White Point value from a
continuous range.
Set the slider value so that it matches the White Point target value that you are
calibrating to (for example, if your target is 6500K then set the slider to 6500K.)
For users with a single display, an exact White Point is not critical; any value that the
eye sees as white, and that relates to a white sheet of paper under your print viewing
lighting, will work reasonably well. Using a White Point of 6500K has the advantage of
matching the White Point of the most common RGB working spaces (e.g. AdobeRGB,
sRGB) so that non-color managed applications will offer the closest match for these
files.
Using a specific White Point chosen to match your usual media under your viewing
lights (such as gloss photo paper under a desktop proofing light) may offer a closer
match for that specific combination.
Further Information
For information such as a list of Frequently Asked Questions and details on all
Datacolor products be sure to visit our website:
http://www.datacolor.com/Spyder3
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