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DisplayCAL



  • excuses:
    • Migration status for displaycal (- to 3.8.9.3-1): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
    • Issues preventing migration:
    • displaycal/amd64 has unsatisfiable dependency
    • displaycal/arm64 has unsatisfiable dependency
    • displaycal/armel has unsatisfiable dependency
    • displaycal/armhf has unsatisfiable dependency
    • displaycal/i386 has unsatisfiable dependency
    • displaycal/mips64el has unsatisfiable dependency
    • displaycal/mipsel has unsatisfiable dependency
    • displaycal/ppc64el has unsatisfiable dependency
    • displaycal/s390x has unsatisfiable dependency
    • Updating displaycal introduces new bugs: #942988
    • blocked by freeze: is not in testing
    • Additional info:
    • Cannot be tested by piuparts (not a blocker) - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/d/displaycal.html
    • uninstallable on arch amd64, not running autopkgtest there
    • uninstallable on arch arm64, not running autopkgtest there
    • uninstallable on arch armhf, not running autopkgtest there
    • uninstallable on arch i386, not running autopkgtest there
    • uninstallable on arch ppc64el, not running autopkgtest there
    • 493 days old (needed 20 days)
    • Not considered

Categories: 2DGraphics Graphics Display calibration and profiling with a focus on accuracy and versatility. This utility calibrates and characterizes display devices using one of many supported measurement instruments, with support for multi-display setups and a variety of available options for advanced users, such as verification and reporting functionality to evaluate ICC. DisplayCAL 3 and DispcalGUI 2.6 can do profiling without calibration, but IMHO this is faster and easier to do with DispcalGUI v2.6 because it has a button for that. With v3 you need to change calibration target to “native” in several user interface fields (white point and gamma) and disable interactive adjustment. What is DisplayCAL-apply-profiles.exe? The.exe extension on a filename indicates an exe cutable file. Executable files may, in some cases, harm your computer. Therefore, please read below to decide for yourself whether the DisplayCAL-apply-profiles.exe on your computer is a Trojan that you should remove, or whether it is a file belonging to the Windows operating system or to a trusted. Jun 08, 2018 DisplayCAL 3 and DispcalGUI 2.6 can do profiling without calibration, but IMHO this is faster and easier to do with DispcalGUI v2.6 because it has a button for that. With v3 you need to change calibration target to “native” in several user interface fields (white point and gamma) and disable interactive adjustment.

Calibrate your monitor using DisplayCal

Calibrating your monitor is one of the easiest and most effectiveways to improve your image quality. While you can’t control the way an imagelooks once it gets to your clients or viewers, you can control how it lookswhen you are editing it. There are several choices available for monitorcalibration, I personally use the Datacolor Spyder X. Recently, a friend (whouses an older Spyder 4 Elite unit) asked me how important it is to upgrade yourcalibration device since Datacolor recently discontinued support for theirolder calibration units. Like anything else, accuracy and speed increase withsubsequent product releases. There is a large jump in the accuracy of thecalibration you get from an older unit when using Datacolor’s latest offering. Whatif you want to keep using your old calibration unit? Are there third-partyoptions for calibration software and how do they stack up to the softwarepackage form Datacolor?

DisplayCal

If your calibration unit is no longer supported, DisplayCal canuse almost any calibration unit and get a decent quality calibration – but at aprice. I started with a fresh windows 10 install, and the latest version ofDisplyCal (3.8.9.3) to explore the install and calibration process.

Installation

Starting with a fresh install of Windows 10, I downloaded andinstalled DisplayCal. I used a Spyder 4 express, which I felt was a good real-worldtest of this software with an older calibration unit. During the installation,the program asked if it could download and install a couple of other programs,which was a concern, but I installed them since I was playing the part of acrash test dummy for you all. Installation went smooth without a hitch, and wewere off to calibration.

Calibrating with DisplayCal

I started up the program, and it immediately found my Spyder 4 andset off calibrating my monitor. Now, calibration takes time no matter whatprogram you use, but DisplayCal took nearly an hour to fully calibrate mymonitor. My computer has an i7 Extreme with 64GB of ram and runs on an SSD, soPC speed wasn’t the bottleneck. Once completed, I would not say that thecalibration was great, I would say it was adequate compared to the softwarethat came with the Spyder 4 (which is 32 bit). Fearing something went wrong Istarted the calibration process again with equally adequate results. My nexttest scenario was someone (like my friend) who tried DisplayCal instead ofbuying a new calibration unit. My task was to completely uninstall theDisplayCal software and install the Spyder X software.

DisplayCAL

Uninstallation

This is where things went terribly wrong. I uninstalled DisplayCalbut the other programs that it installed during the initial installationremained and didn’t have entries in add/remove programs. To make matters worse,the new programs switched the driver each time the calibration unit was pluggedin (no matter which one I plugged in) to the DisplayCal drivers – even though Ihad removed the program. This made the calibration unit invisible to the Spydersoftware – not cool. I did some digging on their forums and found that goinginto the registry was the only way to completely remove the drivers. So, justfor this issue alone, I would not recommend DisplayCal unless you arecomfortable mucking around in your OS folder and even scarier, removingregistry entries. For someone who isn’t computer savvy, I would recommend awindows reset to get rid of the software and avoid problems.

Conclusion

DisplayCal did a reasonable job calibrating my monitor, but Iwould not suggest installing this program until it is a bit more mature. Withoutexception, a program should give you the option to remove all the components itinitially installed and should always have an entry in the add/remove programsfor the less technical PC users. I would bypass this program and take a look atthe latest version of the Spyder from Datacolor for a great calibrationexperience.

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