New Screen, New Projector Profile!

The club recently purchased a new screen for projected images. This new screen has a very different reflectivity to the previous one, so it's essential that if you are going to be using the projector you have the new colour profile installed!

Note that you don't need the profile installed to enter competitions - only if you need to use the projector from your own laptop or if you wish to soft-proof images in your editing package.

The new profile is available to download here.

To install (on Windows):

1. Download the file and save it.
2. Open Control Panel, Colour. 
3. Click the "All profiles" tab
4. Click "Add", and select the file downloaded above.

You can now use the profile for soft proofing in your photo editing package. Note that it's not a good idea to put your image into the colour profile of the projector - always use sRGB colour space as noted in the competition rules!

When you wish to use the projector, plug in the projector and set up your laptop to display on it. Then:

1. Open Control Panel, Colour.
2. Select the correct display for the projector from the drop-down (the name varies).
3. Click Add
4. Select the new profile (current one is called "projector with new screen 2010-04-09") from the list.
5. Click OK.
6. You may wish to also click "Set as Default profile" (this is optional).
7. Click Close.

The club's laptop is already set up correctly for the projector. 

Please don't be afraid to ask for advice on the night!