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xfce:xfce4-settings:color [2019/07/22 03:53] – [Overview] Added brief functionaly list and limitations kevinbowenxfce:xfce4-settings:color [2022/12/12 21:27] (current) – [Activate a color profile] alexxcons
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-====== Color Profiles ======+~~NOTOC~~ 
 +{{ :xfce:xfce.settings.color.png?no link|}} 
 +====== xfce4-settings - Color Profiles ====== 
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 +  * **[[#Overview|Overview]]** 
 +  * **[[#Add a color profile|Add a color profile]]** 
 +  * **[[#Activate a color profile|Activate a color profile]]**
  
 The //Color Profiles// preference tool enables you to manage, install and generate color profiles to accurately color manage input (webcams, scanners) and output devices (displays, printers). The //Color Profiles// preference tool enables you to manage, install and generate color profiles to accurately color manage input (webcams, scanners) and output devices (displays, printers).
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 +<note>Display profiles don't work out of the box in Xfce (yet), you need a daemon like [[https://github.com/agalakhov/xiccd|xiccd]] for them to work.</note> 
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 +---- 
 ===== Overview ===== ===== Overview =====
  
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 profiles to accurately color manage input (webcams, scanners) and output devices. profiles to accurately color manage input (webcams, scanners) and output devices.
  
-<figure "Color Profile Dialogue Window">+<figure "Color Profile Dialog Window">
 {{:xfce:xfce4-settings:color-profiles-main.png?nolink&|}} {{:xfce:xfce4-settings:color-profiles-main.png?nolink&|}}
 </figure> </figure>
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 What it doesn’t do: What it doesn’t do:
  
 +  * Applying display profiles – For this you still need a daemon like [[https://github.com/agalakhov/xiccd|xiccd]].
   *     Calibration – You still have to use a tool, such as, [[https://displaycal.net/|displaycal]] to calibrate your display.   *     Calibration – You still have to use a tool, such as, [[https://displaycal.net/|displaycal]] to calibrate your display.
-  *     Show detailed profile information (like a horseshoe color diagram). You still have to use a tool like [[https://www.mankier.com/1/gcm-viewer|gcm-viewer]] for that functionality.+  *     Show detailed profile information (like a horseshoe color diagram). A tool like [[https://www.mankier.com/1/gcm-viewer|gcm-viewer]] is needed for that functionality. 
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 +Dependencies: 
 +  * cupsd: For printers 
 +  * saned: For scanners 
 +  * xiccd (etc): For displays 
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 +[[|Back To Top]] 
 +----
  
 ===== Add a color profile ===== ===== Add a color profile =====
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 {{:xfce:xfce4-settings:color-profiles-add-profile.png?nolink&|}} {{:xfce:xfce4-settings:color-profiles-add-profile.png?nolink&|}}
 </figure> </figure>
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 +To load a color profile, click on the + (plus) icon on the main Color Profile window. This will bring up a new window called "Add a color profile to Monitor". There you will see a list of profiles compatible with your system. Optionally, clicking on the folder icon in this window, will allow the import of an [[https://freedesktop.org/wiki/OpenIcc/|ICC]] compatible color profile.
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 +[[|Back To Top]]
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 ===== Activate a color profile ===== ===== Activate a color profile =====
  
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 {{:xfce:xfce4-settings:color-profiles-enable-profile.png?nolink&|}} {{:xfce:xfce4-settings:color-profiles-enable-profile.png?nolink&|}}
 </figure> </figure>
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 +Once the color profile(s) has been loaded, they can be enabled and activated or de-activated on a per-device basis.
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 +[[|Back To Top]]
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 +[[:start|Back to main Xfce documentation page]]
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 +[[ :xfce:xfce4-settings:start:|Return to main xfce4-settings page]]