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: Desktop Settings
The ATI Color Tab: Full Screen 3D Settings
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 applications. 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.
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 Color Hotkeys Settings Tab
Color Hotkey Settings
Modifier key
In combination with the Hotkey, specifies the hotkey combination that triggers an action. The Modifier key can be any combination of Alt, Ctrl, or Shift. Note that the Shift key is never used alone.
Hotkey
In combination with the Modifier key, specifies the hotkey combination that triggers an action. Hotkey can be any key listed. To avoid conflicts, be aware of any hotkeys or keyboard controls that may already be assigned to your applications and 3D games.
Hotkey action
Specifies the action that the assigned hotkey combinations will control within a full screen 3D application environment. You can only assign one hotkey combination to each action.
Assigned hotkeys
Lists the assigned hotkey combinations and the actions that each one controls.
Add button
Adds a hotkey combination to the assigned list.
Remove button
Removes a hotkey combination from the assigned list.
Disable hotkeys checkbox
Disables all hotkeys. To disable a single hotkey combination, remove it from the assigned list.
To assign color settings hotkeys for full screen 3D applications
Select a modifier key from the Modifier Key list.
Select a hotkey from the Hotkey list.
Select the action you want from the Hotkey Action list.
Click Add to create the hotkey combination. This combination will appear in the Assigned Hotkeys text box. Only one hotkey combination can be assigned to each action; if you assign a new combination for an action, it will overwrite an existing one.
Note: When assigning hotkeys, be careful that the key combinations you choose do not conflict with those of other applications in which you might want to use them. The ATI Color properties page only checks for duplications within the Color page itself, insofar as it allows a hotkey combination to be assigned only once.
To remove assigned hotkeys
Select a hotkey combination from the Assigned Hotkey text box.
Click Remove.
Note: Assigning a new combination to an action with an existing combination will overwrite the existing one.
To disable hotkeys
To disable hotkeys (so that you do not accidentally activate them, for example), click the Disable Hotkeys checkbox. If you plan to use hotkeys, make sure this box is unchecked.
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.
