Black Point Compensation (version 6.0+)

Users may periodically find that the dark areas of a photographic print appear murky and lacking shadow detail when compared to the digital source image. The Black Point Compensation feature is useful when printing images from large gamut sources such … Continue reading

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How to Calibrate a Printer (version 6.0+)

The following is a step-by-step guide to the methods used to achieve ISO calibrated output using Serendipity Blackmagic / Megarip version 6.0+. The setup described below is for an Epson 7900 being calibrated to a Fogra 39 standard. Linearisation Curves will be generated using … Continue reading

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File Format Outputs for Blackmagic/Megarip

Serendipity Blackmagic and Megarip have a number of file format outputs as standard. Below are details of the available file formats and the configurable Media options available to each output type. The output resolution and colourspace for the files are … Continue reading

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Eizo ColorEdge CG277/CG247 Calibration Settings

When calibrating Eizo CG277 and CG247 monitors for Softproofing in Veripress and Blackmagic, Serendipity recommend the following Displays application settings:- Brightness: 180 cd/m2 Whitepoint: D65 (6500K) Gamma: 2.2 Options: Use Hardware Calibration Instrument: Eizo CG277 (or CG247) These settings are … Continue reading

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Running the Serendipity Agent as an Admin Service

Serendipity Blackmagic / Veripress users in certain Windows operating system environments may find the Serendipity Polling Agent service will not start at login or after installation. A common reason for this is the Windows user account login not having access … Continue reading

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