Bug 78825 - Colored calibration square is too small for some devices or for calibrating projectors
Summary: Colored calibration square is too small for some devices or for calibrating p...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: colord
Classification: Unclassified
Component: client (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Richard Hughes
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Reported: 2014-05-17 12:25 UTC by Simon.Harhues
Modified: 2015-03-25 19:09 UTC (History)
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Photo of calibration (417.02 KB, text/plain)
2014-05-17 12:25 UTC, Simon.Harhues
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Photo 2 of calibration (399.47 KB, text/plain)
2014-05-17 12:26 UTC, Simon.Harhues
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Photo of calibration (417.02 KB, image/jpeg)
2014-05-17 12:28 UTC, Simon.Harhues
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Photo 2 of calibration (399.47 KB, image/jpeg)
2014-05-17 12:29 UTC, Simon.Harhues
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Description Simon.Harhues 2014-05-17 12:25:50 UTC
Created attachment 99210 [details]
Photo of calibration

Calibrating my screen (thinkpad X220, 12.5", 1366x768 (16:9)) with a spyder 3 express (I believe it was), the colored square was smaller than the device. Enlarging the square a little would make it easier to hit it. See attached photos.
Comment 1 Simon.Harhues 2014-05-17 12:26:38 UTC
Created attachment 99211 [details]
Photo 2 of calibration
Comment 2 Simon.Harhues 2014-05-17 12:28:31 UTC
Created attachment 99212 [details]
Photo of calibration

corrected mime type
Comment 3 Simon.Harhues 2014-05-17 12:29:08 UTC
Created attachment 99213 [details]
Photo 2 of calibration

corrected mime type
Comment 4 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2015-01-27 18:18:31 UTC
That Spyder sure looks like a facehugger from Alien!

I'm affected by this issue too, as I'm trying to calibrate projectors with spectrometers; a small square won't do the trick in that case.

Methinks the color should not just be bigger, it should be fullscreen.
Comment 5 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2015-03-25 19:09:17 UTC
If someone wants to work on this, the relevant code is at https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-control-center/tree/panels/color/cc-color-calibrate.c#n1091 :

That is, the hardcoded
  gtk_widget_set_size_request (priv->sample_widget, 400, 400);

...in the cc_color_calibrate_init method.

hughsie mentioned: "I think we want it to be a little less than the entire screen to leave room for the progressbar and the buttons; cc_color_calibrate_set_kind is called IIRC, which should tell you what we're trying to measure [projector or other type of devices], in https://github.com/hughsie/colord/blob/master/lib/colord/cd-enum.h#L212 "


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