Argyll CMS documentation index (V0.70 Beta8)

Introduction

This is Version 0.70 (Beta8). The last full release was in December 2005. The first public release of icclib was in November 1998, and of Argyll was in July 2000. Code development commenced in 1995. See Changes Summary for an overview of changes since the last release. Changes between revisions is detailed in the log.txt file that accompanies the source code.

The latest source code is available from here.

Argyll is known to compile and run in at least four environments:

but may well compile and run correctly in many more than this.

It directly supports the following color measurement instruments:

If you've decided to buy a color instrument because Argyll supports it, please let the dealer and manufacturer know that "You bought it because Argyll CMS supports it" - thanks.

Please direct any queries or problems regarding operation of color instruments in combination with Argyll, to the Author(s) of Argyll, and not to any other party.

Copyright and Licensing:

Most of the source code and provided executable files are copyrighted works, licensed under the GNU Version 3 license, and therefore they (or works derived from them) can't be copied or sold without providing the source code. Nothing other than your agreement and compliance with the GNU License, grants you permission to use, modify or distribute Argyll source code, executables or its derivative works. You could be sued for copyright infringement if you distribute Argyll without a valid license. The GNU license prohibits combining these utilities into any sort of package (i.e. by combining other programs or scripts that make use of, depend on, or work with the Argyll code) and distributing them, unless the other elements of the package are also licensed under the GPL, since such packages are derived works. It is permissible to provide Argyll utilities with other non GPL components, if the elements of the package are not related, such that the packaging is mere aggregation. For all the gory details, please read the accompanying license.

The Argyll CMS is Copyright 1995 - 2007 Graeme W. Gill, and is made available under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 3, as detailed in the License.txt file.

The utility spectro/spec2cie.c is Copyright 2005 Gerhard Fuernkranz, and is made available under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later, and is licensed here under the Version 3 license, as detailed in the License.txt file.

The UNIX USB library libusb included in this distribution for convenience, is copyright Johannes Erdfelt, Thomas Sailer and Brad Hards, and is licensed under the GNU LGPL Version 2 or later. See  libusb/LICENSE and libusb/COPYING for details.

The Win32 USB library libusb-win32, included in this distribution for convenience, is copyright Stephan Meyer, Johannes Erdfelt and Thomas Sailer, and is licensed under the GNU LGPL Version 2 (the DLL)  and GPL (the drivers, services, installer). See  libusbw/License.txt, libusbw/COPYING_LGPL.txt and libusbw/COPYING_GPL.txt for details.

What sort of project is this ? (re: contributions)

Compiling

Installing

Main Utilities and the command line

In order to make use of the tools, it is necessary to keep track of where various files are, and what they are called. There are many possible ways of doing this. One way is to put each source profile and all its associated files (test charts, spectrometer values etc.) in one set of directories for each source profile type. Similarly the device profiles could be stored in a hierarchy of directories ordered by device type, media, resolution, device mode etc.

Those unfamiliar with command line environments should consult an appropriate tutorial for their environment if they are interested in using this software:

MS Windows :
   <http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial76.html>
   <http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1723&page=1>
   <http://tnd.com/camosun/elex130/dostutor1.html>

    To find more: <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=windows+command+prompt+tutorial>

OS X:
    <http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/>
    <http://www.atomiclearning.com/macosxterminalx.shtml>
    <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/12/14/terminal_one.html>

    To find more: <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=OS+X+shell+tutorial>

Linux:
    <http://www.linuxcommand.org/index.php>
    <http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/shell.html>
    <http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/>

    To find more: <http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+command+line+shell+tutorial>

Tutorial: Typical usage scenarios and examples

Topical Discussions

Main Utilities by category:

Calibrating devices

Creating test targets for profiling

Obtaining test results for profiling

Creating Device Profiles

Linking Profiles

Converting colors

Color Tweaking tools

Creating gamut views

Diagnostic and test utilities

Other Utilities

Main Utilities Alphabetic Listing:

Overview

Limitations

Organization

Source

Minor Utilities

Performance Tuning

File formats that Argyll uses

Errors, Corrections and Omissions: