The world's only visual color calibrator for laptop and desktop displays!
Overview
What is Liquid Color?
Display performance can vary due to the graphics card, host computer, lighting conditions and other environmental factors. In order to get the best color image on a monitor or laptop requires you to adjust it for your unique environmental setting. Liquid Color correctly sets the display to sRGB. A simple wizard process takes the user through a series of adjustments that set the display properly. Three modes are supported, Day, Night, and Text modes.
The display settings for Day, Night, and Text modes are saved, providing an easy way to select display characteristics based on ambient lighting.
Liquid Color support for desktop displays:
- XP Home
- XP Professional
- XP Professional x64 Edition
- Vista Home Basic
- Vista Home Premium
- Vista Business
- Vista Enterprise
- Vista Ultimate
- Windows 7 Home Basic
- Windows 7 Home Premium
- Windows 7 Professional
- Windows 7 Enterprise
- Windows 7 Ultimate
Liquid Color runs in the background and can be accessed through the task tray, start menu, or right click on the desktop. Liquid Color allows for quick accurate color tuning of the display with the ability to easily save and use monitor configurations that are best suited for your work environment.
Wizard Mode
Wizard mode takes you through a step-by-step process to accurately calibrate the monitor. This method relies on a sequence of steps that will obtain the best display results when completed.
Adjust
Select Mode - Day/Night/Text/Off selection to set the display into Day/Night mode for images or Text mode for text applications. Select Off to turn off Liquid Color calibration. These selections are inactive until the Wizard sequence has been completed and Day, Night or Text mode is saved. Once a mode is saved, the selection will be available for use. Off will restore the display brightness and contrast to the factory settings and turn off all gamma correction.
Adjust - Adjustment for Brightness and Contrast. To increase Brightness or Contrast click on the "+" button. To decrease Brightness or Contrast click on the "-" button.
Note: Laptop configurations may not support control for Brightness or Contrast. These controls will not be visible on unsupported laptop panels.
Reset Resolution - Sets the display to preferred (optimal resolution). When the button is disabled, the display is currently set to Preferred Resolution.
Reset Display - Resets the display to the factory default mode.
Select Display - For multi-monitor configurations, selects the display to apply the color settings and adjustments. Selecting the Identify button will show a splash screen with the associated number for the display on each display attached to the host for easy recognition.
Asset ID
Display & Host Information - Displays the monitor information, operating system, and graphics configuration of the host.
Preferences
Enable menu when right-clicking on desktop - Puts Liquid Color options in the right click context menu. To run Liquid Color, simply right click anywhere on the desktop.
Enable task tray menu - Shows complete list of menu items for Liquid Color.
Run at startup - When checked, Liquid Color will launch each time the system is restarted.
Enable shortcut on the desktop - Puts Liquid Color shortcut icon on the desktop. To run Liquid Color, simply double click the icon.
Display Window Always on Top - Always places Liquid Color to the front of the desktop.
Tech Support - Provides online support for Liquid Color.
Check Update - Clicking the Check Update button automatically checks for the latest available version.
Uninstall
Follow the steps below to Uninstall Liquid Color
- Go to the Start menu then select Control Panel from the menu. (For Windows XP and Vista, select Control Panel from the Start menu)
- In the Control Panel, open the Add or Remove Programs icon (Programs and Features under Windows Vista)
- From the Add/Remove window, scroll down then click Liquid Color to highlight it
- Click Change/Remove to Uninstall
- Click "Yes" to begin uninstalling Liquid Color
- Wait until Windows shows the dialog box to confirm successful uninstall
- Once the uninstall is complete, you will be prompted to restart your system
- Choose "Yes" to complete the uninstall
Liquid Color Controls
Quick Launch Buttons
- Close Button - Closes Liquid Color
- Help/User Manual Button - Access to Help/User Manual
- Wizard Button - Launches the Wizard mode
Right-Click Desktop Menu To access the Liquid Color desktop menu, right-click on any vacant area of the desktop. If "Enable menu when right-clicking on desktop" has been disabled in the Options pane, the menu will not be visible.
- Liquid Color logo - Shows the version number of Liquid Color
- Select Mode - Selects Day, Night, or Text mode. Note: Day, Night, or Text mode must first be created in Liquid Color Wizard to access them. Select Off to restore the display brightness and contrast to the factory settings and turn off all gamma correction.
Task Tray To access the Liquid Color menu, right click on the icon in the task tray.
- Select Mode - Selects Day, Night, or Text mode. Note: Day, Night, or Text mode must first be created in Liquid Color Wizard to access them. Select Off to restore the display brightness and contrast to the factory settings and turn off all gamma correction.
- Help/User Manual - Access to Help/User Manual
- Technical Support - Opens link to automated online Technical Support form (requires an Internet connection to work)
- Check for Update - Opens link to www.portrait.com and automatically checks for the latest available version (requires an Internet connection to work)
- About - Displays detailed reference information: product version, release information
- Exit - Closes Liquid Color and and the current settings remain in effect. To run Liquid Color either select Liquid Color from the Program menu, left click the task tray icon, or restart the system.