Guide to Pantone huey and hueyPro

Step-by-Step Instructions

Note: Your monitor should be turned on for at least 30 minutes before you begin profiling. For best results, be sure there is no direct sunlight or room light shining on your monitor.

Step 1

Start the huey / hueyPro software. When you first launch the software you will see a small window on the right hand side which is the help section to guide you with each step. If this window is closed, click on the “? to open it.
Click on “START”

Step 2

Select what type of monitor you have by clicking on the small circle under the appropriate image, when the circle is selected it will light up. Your options are: LCD / Laptop or a CRT and then click “NEXT“.

Step 3

Place the sensor into the cradle for ambient light measurement and click “NEXT“. Place the sensor in the cradle to that the LEDs are facing you. huey will measure the ambient light to prepare the system for calibration.

Note: The ambient light sensor is for adjusting your monitor’s contrast according to the room lighting conditions. This helps the display look the same as the light changes throughout the day. The sensor measures the ambient light before profiling.

Step 4

This step is different for huey software and hueyPro software.
hueyPro software – You will be asked to do a small contrast and brightness measurement. If you see 3 rings in the upper left quarter of the circle and 2 rings in the upper right quarter of the circle, select “Yes” and “NEXT“. If you do not see the rings select “No” and “NEXT” and follow the instructions to set your contrast and brightness.

Note: huey software: If you have a CRT monitor you will be asked to perform this step. If you have a LCD monitor or a laptop please go to Step 5. This feature is only available for CRT monitors.

Step 5

Place huey on the display as shown below and click “NEXT“. For LCD monitors and laptops, gently press huey onto the screen so the suction cups stick to your screen as shown in the display below.

Note: The suction cups will not harm your LCD or laptop display. They do, however, easily attract dust and lint that will keep them from adhering to your display. If this happens and huey falls off your monitor, simply wipe the suction cups with a wet cloth or cleaner.

Step 6

hueyPro software will measure 29 different colour patches (huey software measures 26). You can see the measurement progress on the left. The measurements will take less than two minutes.

Step 7

When the measurement process is complete, return huey to its desktop cradle. Click “Next“.

Note: When huey is not in use, always place in the desktop cradle. This will help keep the suction cups lint free and the ambient light sensor facing the same direction as the monitor to adjust for room light changes. When inserting huey into the cradle, be sure to insert the cable end first. Extra cable can be wrapped around the base. Inserting huey into the cradle with the sensor side down might damage the padding surrounding the sensors. Wrapping the sensor up and then reclining the sensor may result in pulling the cable out of the sensor.

Step 8

After successfully calibrating our monitor you can see the before and after by simply switching between “Show corrected” and “Show uncorrected“. Click “NEXT” once you have studied the differences.

Step 9

For hueyPro software, input a profile name to easily locate the profile on your system. The software will automatically store the profile in its appropriate location on your system as follows:

• Windows operating system: C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\drivers\color
• Mac operating system: Your Home Folder/Library/ColorSync/Profiles

Note: For huey software, the profile will be stored automatically with a default name, for example “hueyViewSonicG810.icc”.

Step 10

This step is different for huey software and hueyPro software.

For hueyPro software:

Before you are finished, the hueyPro software will prompt you to select your colour settings.
“Colour Temperature” and “Gamma” settings are independently changeable with separate pull down menus:

Colour Setting Choices
The settings you choose depend on how you use your computer and monitor.

• Temperature Setting: Warm (5000k), Neutral (6500k) and Cool (7500k) – colour setting / balance refers to the “shade” of white displayed on the screen. Colour temperature is measured on the Kelvin scale. This describes the colour of light emitted by a glowing element heated to the specific temperature. The higher the colour temperature, the cooler (bluer) the light. The lower the colour temperature, the warmer (redder) the light.
• Contrast setting: Low (gamma 1.8), Medium (gamma 2.2) and High (gamma 2.4) – Contrast refers to the difference between light and dark objects on screen. Technically, contrast is measured by gamma, the relationship between input and output signals. Higher gamma settings will result in a darker screen with more contrast. The lower settings will provide a brighter screen with less contrast.

Suggested setting for use	Illuminate (colour temp.)	Gamma
Gaming	6500k	1.8
Web Browsing & Photo Editing	6500k	2.2
Graphic Design & Video Editing	6500k	2.4

For huey software:

Before you are finished, the huey software will prompt you to select your solour settings according to your primary viewing activity such as looking as photos, playing games, browsing the Web etc. Your monitor will be adjusted based on your choice.

Colour Setting Choices

You can choose one of nine pre-defined settings that control your monitor’s contrast and colour balance. The settings you choose depend on how you use your computer and monitor.

• Temperature Setting: Warm (5000k), Neutral (6500k) and Cool (7500k) – colour setting / balance refers to the “shade” of white displayed on the screen. Colour temperature is measured on the Kelvin scale. This describes the colour of light emitted by a glowing element heated to the specific temperature. The higher the colour temperature, the cooler (bluer) the light. The lower the colour temperature, the warmer (redder) the light.
• Contrast setting: Low (gamma 1.8), Medium (gamma 2.2) and High (gamma 2.4) – Contrast refers to the difference between light and dark objects on screen. Technically, contrast is measured by gamma, the relationship between input and output signals. Higher gamma settings will result in a darker screen with more contrast. The lower settings will provide a brighter screen with less contrast.

Colour setting choice	Illuminate (colour temp.)	Gamma
Gaming	6500k	1.8
Web Browsing & Photo Editing	6500k	2.2
Graphic Design & Video Editing	6500k	2.4
Special: Warm, Low Contrast	5000k	1.8
Special: Warm, Medium Contrast	5000k	2.2
Special: Warm, High Contrast	5000k	2.4
Special: Cool, Low Contrast	7500k	1.8
Cool, Medium Contrast	7500k	2.2
Cool, High Contrast	7500k	2.4

Step 11

You will be prompted to select if you would like huey to adjust your monitor for room light changes. Select “Yes” or “No” and click “FINISH“.

Note: If you are a hueyPro software user with multiple monitors, continue to the next step.

Step 12 – Multiple Monitors

This feature is only available in hueyPro. If you have multiple monitors you will be asked if you would like additional monitors calibrated and if so, drag the hueyPro application window to the other monitor and follow the same steps to calibrate your additional monitors.

Note: All monitors will be set to the same “Colour Temperature” and “Gamma” settings for increased consistency.

huey / hueyPro Preferences

Your settings can easily be changed after you have completed the colour calibration process through the Preferences menus (available from the huey / hueyPro icon in the system tray on Windows or on the menu bar on a Mac) without remeasuring your monitor.

Click on the huey / hueyPro icon.

• Red icon for huey software
• Green icon for hueyPro software

Select “huey / hueyPro Preferences”.

huey / hueyPro Preferences window will be displayed on your monitor.

Note: huey software does not have some of the features that are discussed in this section.

Room Light Monitoring:

You can switch on / off the ambient light measurement feature.
You can set the room lighting monitor to a desired interval from 10 seconds to 4 hours. For optimum ambient light adjustment, position huey in its cradle with the ambient light sensor facing in the same direction as the monitor screen. The ambient light sensor is on the same side as the indicator LEDs and logo.

Settings:

You can switch from “Corrected” to “Uncorrected”.
You can change your “Colour Temperature” and “Gamma”.

Reminders:

Turn on / off the reminder to re-calibrate your monitor as well as setting the reminder to recalibrate your display.

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