Wacom Color Manager

Although Cintiq Pros can be profiled by most professional color management software, only Wacom Color Manager writes to the internal LUTs of the display. By writing to the hardware LUTs, the profiles are made...

Yes, the Advanced mode offers direct control of the color control hardware built into the Cintiq 27, and can produce a better result.

Many design creative users will want to use the full color gamut possible on the Cintiq, and do not require that the display correspond to any industry specification. Alternately, the Cintiq 27 offers the abi...

When you open the Advanced mode, the Help screen will now change to an Asset View. You can choose the Help screen vs. the Asset view, by clicking on the Help icon in the lower left area of the program.

The Basic mode will set correct settings for color temperature, luminance and contrast, then display the colors needed to create the ICC profile. This quick procedure will give a good result on the Cintiq 27 ...

By using a larger number of color values for measurement, the software has the ability to make a more accurate profile. However not all images may show a visual difference or improvement by choosing a larger ...

GB LED is the specific illumination hardware technology used by the Cintiq 27. This is automatically selected when the software recognizes the Cintiq is in use. Many other displays will use other lighting tec...

We have an OEM agreement in place with X-Rite, the global leader in color trends, science and technology. The Wacom Color Manager is a customized version of X-Rite’s i1DisplayPro monitor calibrator. X-Rite cu...

One benefit of the Advanced mode is the ability to save information at any point in the workflow. Many people would choose to save their measurement file prior to moving to the final stage of creating the dis...

When you use the Wacom Color Manager software, the on-screen display (OSD) will be locked. Conversely, when you have the OSD open, the Wacom Color Manager software will not see the USB communication from the ...

Wacom Color Manager: An Accurate Color Workflow

The Wacom Color Manager software is based on i1Profiler technology. But please use the Wacom Color Manager software in order to access the hardware color controls to achieve best results on a Cintiq 27QHD. Us...

When you select the Cintiq 27 to be the display to be calibrated, the software automatically recognizes the required settings, so you do not need to select them.

Connecting the Wacom Color Calibrator will permit display or projector profiling. You will need to have the Wacom Color Calibrator connected for these functions to be available. The software does have the abi...

There is no PDF or physical manual for the Wacom Color Manager software. You will find links to technical resources on the home page of the program, as well as a context sensitive help menu option in the prog...

There is no “best” choice in color settings, as it is very dependent on the end user and graphic workflow in use. However, setting to Native would be a reasonable choice for a graphic artist who is using the ...

Use of these custom options would normally be done when trying to ensure that a number of identical Cintiq 27 displays needed to be set to the same color settings

XRD refers to X-Rite Device Services. This is software that automatically loads when you launch Wacom Color Manager, and then handles device communication with the software. This allows us to update device co...

If you are using two displays, setting them to the same luminance level is critical if you wish to see similar color results. Display color temperature will change with the luminance level set, so establishin...

Ambient light levels can be expressed in different units of measurement. Lx refers to Lux, and would be a unit of measurement used in video or scientific environments. Cd/m2 refers to Candela per square meter...

Yes. Owners of X-Rite i1PRO2 and i1Pro spectrophotometers can also use this program for display calibration.  Other devices that can be used with the Wacom Color Manager version 1.7.x are i1 Pro 3 Calibrite ...

We would recommend at least one hour before creating a new color profile.

You can use the Wacom Color Manager software with a non-Wacom display.

Yes. When using with displays other than the Ciniq27QHD, please uncheck the ADC (Automatic Display Control) box when setting up your profile. This will force the WCM software to use alternate methods to searc...

Yes. Most computers will have video cards that can support two displays with separate ICC profiles. Four profiled displays per computer is the maximum possible with this software.

If, after you create and save a monitor profile in Wacom Color Manager, you then go and make physical changes to the OSD settings for brightness, contrast or color cast, you will be invalidating the profile y...

Once you’ve saved an ICC profile, you do not want to change the file name. ICC (also called ICM) profiles have external names and internal names. When you change the external name, you change what you see in ...