Adjust Desktop Colour Settings
Use this page to use various sliders to set the contrast, sharpness, and colour depth (Digital Vibrance) of the images on your desktop. Others controls are available depending on the type of display connection.
Sliders Tab
Moving the Brightness/Contrast/Gamma sliders changes the appearance of the coloured line/curves in the graph in real time.
Brightness: Use this slider to adjust the brightness of your desktop. The Brightness value can affect the Gamma range.
Digital Vibrance: To compensate for poor lighting conditions when viewing your desktop, use the Digital Vibrance slider to increase the crispness/richness/intensity of the desktop colours.
Contrast: Contrast refers to the difference between the lightest and darkest parts of the desktop. Use the slider to adjust this difference. The Contrast value can affect the Gamma range.
Image Sharpening: Image sharpening increases image clarity or contrast, usually at the edges of images. You can increase the contrast of images that appear slightly out of focus.
NOTE: The image sharpening control is not available for GeForce 8 series and later GPUs.
Gamma: Gamma refers to the brightness of mid-tones on your desktop without affecting shadows and highlights. Use the Gamma slider to adjust the Gamma on your desktop. The available gamma range depends on the Brightness and Contrast values.
Hue: Hue refers to the base colour and is given as a value from 0 to 359 degrees – where, for example, 0 is red, 60 is yellow, 120 is green, 180 is cyan, and 300 is magenta.
NOTE: The hue control is available only with GeForce 8 series and later GPUs.
Flicker filter: The flicker filter applies to TVs. Use the Flicker filter slider to adjust the level of the flicker filter you want applied to your television picture. Increasing the flicker filter reduces screen flicker.
Show grey border: This check box appears when a TV is connected. When checked, black borders on the unused portion of your TV display are replaced with grey borders to reduce the chance of screen burn-in.
Digital colour format: This setting appears only when HDTVs are connected though HDMI or DisplayPort connections, and lets you choose the colour space that looks best on your TV.
Content type reported to the display: This setting applies to HDMI monitors (not treated as DVI) and GPUs that support AVI infoframes on Windows Vista and later. This setting determines the type of video content the driver reports to the display. The display will then use the appropriate video processing to achieve the best display quality.
Graph Tab (Windows XP only)
For those experienced with colour correction using curves, the graph tab provides more precise control over the desktop colour balance.
Colour Channel
You can adjust the Red, Green, and Blue channels by selecting each colour separately or by selecting the composite choice All channels, which is the default setting.
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When you select a colour channel, the colour appears in the graph of the colour correction curve.
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Moving the Brightness/Contrast/Gamma sliders changes the appearance of the coloured line/curves in the graph in real time.
Preview Image: Click to preview the image.
Related Topics
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Adjust the colour settings using the graph