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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
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"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY kgamma '<application>KGamma</application>'>
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<!ENTITY kappname "&kgamma;">
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<!ENTITY package "tdegraphics">
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<!-- The language must NOT be changed here. -->
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<book lang="&language;">
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<title>The KGamma Handbook</title>
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<title>The Monitor Gamma Handbook</title>
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<bookinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Michael</firstname>
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<surname>v.Ostheim</surname>
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<affiliation>
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<address><email>ostheimm@users.berlios.de</email></address>
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</affiliation>
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</author>
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<author>&tde-authors;</author>
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</authorgroup>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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<year>2001, 2002, 2003</year>
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<holder>Michael v.Ostheim</holder>
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</copyright>
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<copyright>
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<year>&tde-copyright-date;</year>
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<holder>&tde-team;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<!-- Translators: put here the copyright notice of the translation -->
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<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
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</abstract>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>TDE</keyword>
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<keyword>KGamma</keyword>
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<keyword>Monitor</keyword>
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<keyword>Calibration</keyword>
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<chapter id="introduction">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>This document describes &kgamma; version 1.0.2 (KDE 3.2)</para>
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<para>&kgamma; is a tool for monitor gamma correction. With proper gamma
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settings, your display (websites, images, etc.) will look the same on your
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<para>This document describes how to correct display monitor gamma.</para>
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<para>With proper gamma settings, your display (websites, images, etc.) will look the same on your
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monitor as on other monitors.</para>
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<para>&kgamma; allows you to alter the monitor's gamma correction of
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XFree86. But that's not all to do. For good results you have to set the
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<para>This tool allows you to alter the monitor's gamma correction of.
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But that's not all to do. For good results you have to set the
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correct brightness, contrast and color balance of your monitor. This
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may be difficult and you have to repeat every step several times.
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For perfect results you need really good (and expensive) hardware.</para>
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<para>This are system settings, please do not use &kgamma; to manipulate your
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<para>These are system settings, please do not use this tool to manipulate your
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image files.</para>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="using-kgamma">
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<title>Using KGamma</title>
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<title>Using the Test Images</title>
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<sect1 id="Setting-Gamma">
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<title>Setting Gamma Correction</title>
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<para>Use the four sliders to define the gamma correction either as a single
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value, or separately for the red, green and blue components. The XFree86
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value, or separately for the red, green and blue components. The X-Server
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default setting for gamma is 1.00 (Mac 1.80, WinXX 2.20). The test images help
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you to find proper settings.</para>
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<para>To store the gamma settings system wide, enable the option 'Store
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settings to XF86Config'. The system settings will be restored at next XFree86
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settings to XF86Config'. The system settings will be restored at next X-Server
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startup. You need root access to use this option. Use this if you want to
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correct the gamma settings for all users and graphical environments on this
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machine.</para>
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<para>To store the gamma settings to your personal KDE configuration, do not
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enable that option. The user settings will be restored at next KDE startup and
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<para>To store the gamma settings to your personal &tde; configuration, do not
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enable that option. The user settings will be restored at next &tde; startup and
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replace temporary the system gamma settings. The system settings are not removed by
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that and will be restored at next XFree86 startup.</para>
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that and will be restored at next X-Server startup.</para>
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<para>On multi head systems, select the screen you want to alter with the combo
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box. This will also work with xinerama enabled. If you want to set all screens
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to the same gamma values, enable the 'Sync screens' option. On systems with only
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@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ one screen this option will take no effect.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>If you can't see all of the 20 sections, use your monitors contrast settings
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or the "Gamma" slider of &kgamma; to correct this. If black is not pure black,
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<para>If you don't see all of the 20 sections, use your monitor's contrast settings
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or the "Gamma" slider to correct this. If black is not pure black,
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try to darken the monitor, if white is not pure white, try to lighten
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it. If you see any colors in the gray tones alter the color balance settings of
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your monitor or the "Red", "Green" and "Blue" slider of &kgamma;.</para>
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your monitor or the "Red", "Green" and "Blue" slider.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="RGB-Scale">
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&underGPL; <!-- GPL License -->
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</chapter>
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<appendix id="installation">
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<title>Installation</title>
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<para>&kgamma;'s home site is
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<ulink url="http://kgamma.berlios.de/index2.php">http://kgamma.berlios.de/index2.php</ulink>
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</para>
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<sect1 id="compilation">
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<title>Compilation and Installation</title>
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<para>
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In order to compile and install &kgamma; on your system, type the following in the base
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folder of the &kgamma; distribution:
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<screen>
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<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>./configure</command></userinput>
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<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>make</command></userinput>
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<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>make install</command></userinput>
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</screen>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</appendix>
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&documentation.index;
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