The ATI Color tab allows you to configure Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast color settings for both your desktop and full screen 3D environments. You can also save settings to a color profile for easy recall. In addition, you can assign unique hotkey combinations that allow you to adjust Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast color settings within your full screen 3D applications.
The ATI Color Tab
ATI Color Tab
Desktop radio button
Select Desktop to configure your desktop color settings.
Full Screen 3D radio button
Select Full Screen 3D to configure the color settings for your 3D application. Note that the configured settings will only be apparent within a full screen 3D application environment.
Profiles for
Indicates whether the profiles in the drop-down list are for your Desktop or a Full Screen 3D environment.
Profiles drop-down list
Lists all of the Desktop or Full Screen 3D profiles that you have saved. Selecting a profile from the list loads those custom color settings for the relevant environment. To create a new profile, simply type in a name and click Save.
Save button
Saves your current color settings to a Desktop or Full Screen 3D profile, using the name you specified in the list box. To restore these settings later, simply select the Profile name from the list and click Apply or OK.
Delete button
Deletes the profile that is selected in the Profiles list box.
Gamma slider
Increases or decreases the gamma correction of your Desktop or full screen 3D application. Changing the gamma alters the curvature of the color curve.
Brightness slider
Increases or decreases the color brightness of your Desktop or full screen 3D application. Changing the brightness adjusts the vertical position of the color curve.
Contrast slide
Increases or decreases the color contrast of your Desktop or full screen 3D application. Changing the contrast adjusts the slope of the color curve.
Reset buttons
Restores an individual slider setting to its default value. Click Apply or OK to save.
Color preview box
The color image indicates visually how the Gamma, Brightness and Contrast sliders affect the final color settings of your display device. In Desktop mode, clicking on this with your mouse pointer will change the image.
Hotkeys button
Opens the Color Hotkeys Settings dialog. There you can assign hotkeys for adjusting your color settings within a full screen 3D application environment. To activate this button, you must select the Full Screen 3D radio button.
Defaults button
Restores all of the color settings to the default values. Click Apply or OK to save.
Color Curve box
The color curve indicates mathematically how the Gamma, Brightness and Contrast sliders affect the final color settings of your display device.
To create a Desktop or Full Screen 3D profile
Choose either the Desktop or Full Screen 3D radio button, as desired.
Adjust the Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast sliders to the desired settings, either individually or using the All Colors checkbox.
Type a profile name in the Profile list box.
Click Save.
To apply the settings for a specific Desktop profile
Choose the Desktop radio button.
Select the profile name from the drop-down list box.
Click Apply or OK.
To apply the settings for a Full Screen 3D profile
Choose the Full Screen 3D radio button.
Select the profile name from the drop-down list box.
Click Apply or OK.
Start your 3D application in full-screen mode.
Hotkeys
Some 3D applications automatically load their own color settings rather than those set through the ATI Color tab. To use custom settings, you can preconfigure hotkey combinations to either adjust the individual color properties or apply profiles you have created, once the 3D application is running.
The Color Hotkey Settings dialog
To access the Color Hotkeys Settings dialog
Select the Full Screen 3D radio button.
Click the Hotkeys button to access the Color Hotkeys Settings dialog.
Note: For the steps used to assign hot keys, refer to the Color Hotkeys Settings section.
The easiest way to apply your own color settings from within a full screen 3D application is to create a Full Screen 3D profile and save it, assign hotkeys for the "Load Current Profile" action through the Hotkeys dialog, make sure that the profile you prefer is selected from the drop-down list box, and click OK. Once inside the 3D application, use the hotkeys to trigger the profile.
Some 3D applications allow you to switch easily between full-screen mode and windowed mode, and do not load their own color settings. In windowed mode, you can make slider adjustments or select a different profile on the Color tab, then switch back to full-screen mode to see the effects immediately.
