Profiles from monitor manufacturer only contain this part of profile and since gamut does not change over time these can be used as is. Measurement of monitor primaries (gamut) can be used by applications supporting CMS (Color Management System) to correct gamut so in some instances can help give more accurate colors. gamma correction - to correct gamma ramps by modifying video card LUT's

measurements of monitor primaries - to correct gamut in CMS aware application

In Win10 they apparently implemented some kind of LUT loader (which should correct gamma ramps using this part of profile) but when I tried to use it did not work and apparently it is 8-bit only anyway which would guarantee banding so completely useless.įor owners of calibration hardware there is useful free calibration solution and it has nice loader with 16-bit precision and ability to re-apply profiles when they are changed by application. System does absolutely nothing other than set registry key to indicate used color profiles and application are supposed to take advantage of it. Unless you know that you need an ICC profile for some application OR you absolutely cannot get satisfyingly accurate color temperature and gamma with TV settings alone then do not bother with them.Ĭolor Management in Windows is a farse. Unfortunately many games even reset the profile (because of their in-game brightness/gamma sliders are implemented) unless you lock it down with 3rd party application. The rest like Windows desktop and some games (Borderless mode only, fullscreen overrides it) only use color temperature and gamma fix portion of the profile. Very little adjustment is needed unless you are a cinemaphile like me.Īnd only color managed applications make full use of ICC profile. That said high end TV's usually have quite accurate factory calibrations in their cinema profiles. Hell calibration values even drift over time and have to be recalibrated, so an ICC profile that you have made now may no longer be as accurate year later. Every TV is unique and someone elses profile and settings can make them more inaccurate. Even someone elses settings are a suspect. Honestly, do not use ICC profiles that were not made with your TV.

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