User's Manual

User Guide for Chrome 400/500 Series Graphics
SG195-B.1 1/5/2009
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SECTION 8 MORE DISPLAY SPECIFIC PAGES
In addition to the S3 ScreenToys Device Management settings page, the Basic
and Advanced menus provide access to general information about the graphics
subsystem and pages which provided settings to control Desktop Color and
Desktop orientation, Power management controls for power-sensitive systems,
Color and Chromotion filter controls for video, and Direct3D and OpenGL
controls for 3D. These controls are discussed in the next sections.
This section discusses two additional controls which are device-specific:
Desktop Color
Rotation
Later sections will cover those controls which are applied globally and are not
affected by the configuration of the attached displays.
8.1 S3 ScreenToys Desktop Color
With S3 ScreenToys Desktop Color settings you can adjust the gamma,
brightness, and contrast of the GPU output signal to compensate for differences
between different DVI, CRT, HDMI and other display output devices. Different
display output devices will display the same output at different intensities, or
different levels of brightness, contrast and color.
You can make adjustments to Desktop color settings and then create and save
“profiles” or named collections of settings. Independent Desktop Color settings
can be applied for each current active display device when you have selected
multiple monitor Extend the Desktop using both of the GPU’s internal graphics
engines. If you choose not to configure Desktop Color settings yourself, default
settings are built into the software and are optimized for typical display devices.
ACCESS: To adjust Desktop Color for the active displays, right click on the
menu to select S3 ScreenToys, and then in the left menu panel, click Basic,
Desktop Color. The S3 ScreenToys Desktop Color page is also accessible
from the CHROME® menu accessible by right click on the S3 taskbar icon.