BenQ Palette Master Element

How to use guide

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Proprietary Calibration Software

Pa l et t e M a st e r E le me n t s o f t wa re simpl i fi es cal i br ati on and r eliably pr oduces accu r ate
c ol or r esu l t s. Pa le t t e M a s t e r E le ment can be used to fi ne tune the color engine i n SW
s er i es m on i t or s a n d f u lly s u ppo r t s X - R i te /Datacol or col or i meter.

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Launching Palette Master Element

For Windows

For Mac

Double-click on the icon

Double-click on the icon in the Dock

Check to see that the USB cable is connected to both monitor and computer.
Check to see that color imeter is connected to the monitors USB por t .

CONNECTING COLORIMETER
USB

PC IN

USB

Launching Palette Master

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In Basic Mode

Plug the calibr ator to USB hole and select the model name , the click Check Sensor
to make connection

Click Star t to enter Basic mode

In Basic Mode

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In Basic Mode ii

Select the desired Default profile , White point and Luminance . User can choose the profile
Photogr apher, Web or Gr aphic according to their demand. After setting, click Next.

Select tar get Calibr ation 1 or Calibr ation 2 to save the calibr ation result into the monitor,
then click Star t Measurement to calibr ate monitor. This will take around 7 minutes.

In Basic Mode

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CALIBRATION

step 1.

step 2.

Before cal ibr ating, tilt the monitor up to ensure that the color imeter snaps onto the monitor.

Follow the instr uction to open the sensor for calibr ation ( i1 Display Pro only),
then click Continue.

In Basic Mode

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In Basic Mode ii

Put the calibr ator on the screen and match the calibr ator image to get best calibr ation result ,
then click Continue to star t calibr ation

Once calibr ation finish, user can see the shor t calibr ation repor t for Luminance , Color
temper ature and Delta E achieved result.

In Basic Mode

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three In Advanced Mode

Click Profiling

User can choose the profile Photogr apher, Web or Gr aphic according to their demand. After
setting, click Next.

In Advanced Mode

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three In Advanced Mode ii

In Advanced Mode

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Exper ienced user can adjust White point, Luminance , Gamma and Black Point according to their
demand. After customized user can save the profile setting by customized naming. If user wants
to delete or change the profile names, they can do so by finding the profile files on
Win: C:\Windows\System32\spool\dr iver s\color
Mac : \User s\[User Name]\Libr ar y\ColorSync\Profiles

In Advanced Mode

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three In Advanced Mode ii

Select target Calibration 1 or Calibration 2 to save the calibration result into the monitor, also, if user want to get
more precise result, they can change the patch size to Medium or Large , but will take more time to calibrate. After
all settings finish please click Start Measurement to calibrate monitor Before calibrating, tilt the monitor up to ensure
that the colorimeter snaps onto the monitor.

CALIBRATION

step 1.

step 2.

In Advanced Mode

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Follow the instr uction to open the sensor for calibr ation ( i1 Display Pro only), then click
Continue.

Put the calibr ator on the screen and match the calibr ator image to get best calibr ation result ,
then click Continue to star t calibr ation

In Advanced Mode

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three In Advanced Mode iii

Once calibr ation finish, user can see the shor t calibr ation repor t for Luminance and Color
temper ature achieved result.

User can setup the desired Delta E value r ange then click Validation Calibr ation for
fur ther va lidation
In Advanced Mode

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After validation, user can know if the calibration result meet the desired Delta E range. Also, if needed,
user can expor t the repor t as HTML format.

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System Required
OS system
Monitor
Hardware

PC

Mac

Win 8.1 /8/ 7 (32 or 64 bits)

10.6.8-10.10

All SW series
At least 2 USB por t
Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 or better CPU
2GB of available disk space
Graphic card suppor t at least 16.7 million display colors
Minimum resolution 1024 x 768

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Support Colorimeter
Manufacturer
X-Rite
DataColor

Model
i1 Pro, i1 Pro2, i1 Display Pro, i1 Display 2
Spyder 4
In Advanced Mode

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