Re: Monitor temperature adapt to ambient light changes

[Pascal de Bruijn <pmjdebruijn pcode nl>]

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Jos van Riswick <josvanr gmail com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm looking for a program / script that will measure the ambient light
> brightness and temperature (with pantone huey pro colorimeter) and
> adjust the monitor's colors accordingly. (Ie match brightness and
> white balance to ambient light). In windowze, the software that comes
> with my colorimeter seems to be able to do this. Unfortunately there is
> no similar functionality in argyll or other that I can find. Also the win
> software doesn't work in wine.

You'll notice that this kind of functionality is usually only offered
in entry level solutions.

> Reason I need this is: I'm an artist and am using photographic reference
> material now and then, displayed on my computer monitor (print is no
> option). During the day the light color in my studio changes noticably
> so at the end of the day, a passage painted in the morning will look
> different on the monitor. I'm darkening my studio and using artificial
> light for now, but prefer natural light.

I don't think GCM does that, and I'm not sure if it's a target. I
guess I'll let Richard comment here :)

Color management is all about controlling your environment, not
adapting to it...

Pretty much all serious shops use "natural" light sources, like the
Philips graphica CFLs or comparable light sources. Google on "Color
Rendering Index".

> It would also be a nice feature for the regular user: keep the colors on the
> monitor and print as close to eachother as possible. Ie a bluish design
> made on the monitor won't look completely yellow when printed
> (due to sun light)....

This is inherent to color management.

To color manage your printer you know a spectrophotometer like the
ColorMunki, the Huey can't do it.

Regards,
Pascal de Bruijn