Use profiles to create customized environments for your desktop, video, and 3D applications. Define and save into a profile your own personal video settings that can be quickly activated manually, through a hot key, or by file association.
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Note: A profile applies to a specific graphics card. If there is more than one graphics card installed in your computer, you need to select the appropriate card before creating, loading, or activating a profile.
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Note: Profiles Manager is only available in Advanced View.
<div class="pSmartList1"><li>Make customized changes by adjusting the various sliders and buttons for the aspects to be included in your profile.</li></div>
<div class="pSmartList1"><li>Open the <span style="font-weight: bold">Profiles Manager</span>.</li></div>
<div class="pSmartList1"><li>Enter a name for your Profile in <span style="font-weight: bold">Create or Edit Profile</span>.</li></div>
<div class="pSmartList1"><li>Enter a description of the profile.</li></div>
<div class="pSmartList1"><li>Select the composition, activation, and applications options that you wish to apply to the profile.</li></div>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2">WebWorks_WriteAnchorOpen("exwp1005567", false);</script>Set the composition of the profile<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2">WebWorks_WriteAnchorClose("exwp1005567", false);</script>
<div class="pSmartList1"><li>Open the <span style="font-weight: bold">Profiles Manager</span>.</li></div>
<div class="pSmartList1"><li>Click the <span style="font-weight: bold">Composition</span> tab.</li></div>
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<div class="pSmartList2"><li><span style="font-weight: bold">all </span><b class="cBold">Catalyst«</b> Control Center<span style="font-weight: bold"> settings</span> applies the available settings for all graphics adapters.</li></div>
<div class="pSmartList2"><li><span style="font-weight: bold">the following settings</span> applies only the settings selected in the treeview.</li></div>
<div class="pSmartList1"><li>Open the <span style="font-weight: bold">Profiles Manager</span>.</li></div>
<div class="pSmartList1"><li>Select a profile from <span style="font-weight: bold">Create or Edit a Profile</span> drop-down menu.</li></div>
<div class="pSmartList1"><li>Click the <span style="font-weight: bold">Activation</span> tab.</li></div>
<div class="pSmartList1"><li>Set a profile to activate manually:</li></div>
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<div class="pSmartList2"><li>Click <span style="font-weight: bold">Manually by</span> then select your preferred method for activating a profile. For example, a shortcut on your desktop.</li></div>
<div class="pSmartList2"><li>If you choose <span style="font-weight: bold">Hotkeys assignment</span>, select a Hot key modifier and a keyboard key.</li></div>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2">WebWorks_WriteAnchorOpen("exwp1005558", false);</script>Activate an application, file, or shortcut when a profile is started<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2">WebWorks_WriteAnchorClose("exwp1005558", false);</script>
<div class="pSmartList1"><li>Click the <span style="font-weight: bold">Activate & Close </span>button to apply the saved profile and close the Profiles Manager.</li></div>
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<div class="pSmartList2"><li>Optionally, click the <span style="font-weight: bold">Activate</span> button to apply the saved profile but leave the Profiles Manager open.</li></div>
<div class="pSmartList2"><li>Optionally, click the <span style="font-weight: bold">Close</span> button to close the Profiles Manager without applying the saved Profile.</li></div>