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Inside Macintosh: What's New in ColorSync 2.5 /


What's New in ColorSync 2.5

This document describes new features available with ColorSync Manager Version 2.5.

For information on features available with ColorSync Manager 2.1 and earlier versions, see the electronic bookAdvanced Color Imaging on the Mac OS , which also describes the Color Picker Manager (Version 2.0), Color Manager, and Palette Manager.

Technote 1100, "Color Picker 2.1" describes version 2.1 of the Color Picker Manager.

These documents are available at the Apple Developer World site, which you can reach at:

http://developer.apple.com/

Technote Reference:

Technote 1100


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Contents
Working With ColorSync 2.5
Minimum Requirements
Warning
Summary of New Features in ColorSync 2.5
New Profile Folder Location
Subfolders and Aliases
Optimized Profile Searching
Monitor Calibration Framework and Per/Monitor Profiles
Scripting Support
Multiprocessor Support
Sixteen-bit Channel Support
Flexibility in Choosing CMMs and Default Profiles
Additional Features
New Profile Locations
Location of the ColorSync Profiles Folder
Profile Search Locations
Where ColorSync Does Not Look for Profiles
Temporarily Hiding a Profile Folder
Obtaining a Profile Location
Optimized Profile Searching
The Profile Cache
Optimized Profile Searching With CMIterateColorSyncFolder
CMIterateColorSyncFolder
CMProfileIterateProcPtr
CMProfileIterateData
Monitor Calibration and Profiles
Video Card Gamma
Scripting Support
Scriptable Properties
Scriptable Operations
Extending the Scripting Framework
Sample Scripts
Multiprocessor Support
When ColorSync Uses Multiple Processors
Efficiency of ColorSync's Multiprocessor Support
Setting Default Color Space Profiles and the Preferred CMM
The ColorSync Control Panel
Setting Default Color Space Profiles
Setting the Preferred CMM
Changes to System Profile and Monitor Profile Operations
More Robust User Interface
Default Color Space and System Profile Functions
Monitor Profile Functions

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