Calibrating the canvas

I've recently begun using a 30 inch cinema display but the colors on my canvas in FCP 5 are off... the reds are way too red and the blacks are too dark. Is there a way to calibrate the canvas view so the colors are closer to the way they look on my NTSC monitor?

Try the System Preferences>Displays>Color Tab and hit the Calibrate button. There is a 2.2 Television Gamma pre-set in the Select a target gamma section. See what you think.
An interlaced monitor will always be the best approach.
Al

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Hey guys
I don't know whether I am not grasping some concepts well.I have been going mad trying to get the code working
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import javax.microedition.midlet.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
import java.io.*;
* @author Administrator
* @version
public class MyMIDlet extends javax.microedition.midlet.MIDlet implements CommandListener{
private Display display;
private MyCanvas canvas;
private Command exitcommand = new Command("Exit",Command.SCREEN,1);
private Image source;
public MyMIDlet() {
protected void startApp() throws MIDletStateChangeException{
if (display == null){
initMIDlet();
protected void pauseApp() {
protected void destroyApp(boolean unconditional)throws MIDletStateChangeException {
exitMIDlet();
public void commandAction(Command c, Displayable d) {
if (c == exitcommand){
exitMIDlet();
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display = Display.getDisplay(this);
canvas = new MyCanvas(this);
System.err.println("Canvas instiated succesfully");
canvas.addCommand(exitcommand);
canvas.setCommandListener(this);
display.setCurrent(canvas);
public void exitMIDlet() {
notifyDestroyed();
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
import javax.microedition.midlet.*;
import java.io.*;
public class MyCanvas extends Canvas implements Runnable {
private MIDlet midlet;
private Image offscreen;
private Image currentimage;
private Graphics g;
//MID profile application
/** Creates a new instance of MyCanvas */
public MyCanvas(MIDlet midlet) {
this.midlet = midlet;
try{
currentimage = Image.createImage("/bird0.png");
}catch(IOException e){
System.err.println(e.getMessage());
if (currentimage!= null){
System.err.println("Image create successfully");
}else{
System.err.println("Image not created");
try{
Thread t = new Thread(this);
t.start();
}catch(Execption e){}
protected void paint(Graphics g){
Graphics saved = g;
int x = getWidth();
int y = getHeight();
g.setColor(255,255,255);
g.drawImage(currentimage,x,y,g.TOP|g.VCENTER);
public void run() {
repaint();
I know for a fact that the Canvas class 's paint method is called by the system and not the application. This poses a problem for me because I am not sure how to pass the image to the piant method, so that it can be painted.
When I run the program(using J2ME wtk04), this is the outcome.
Image created succesfully
Canvas instiatiated successfully
null
Here are my questions
1) when is the paint method precisely called by the system?after a reference to the canvas class is created?
2) is it wise to create the image when instiating the canvas class?( initially created the image using a separate thread)-when sould the image be created?
3)how to let the application know when to use the image when painting the display area?
I am just trying the logistics here. It is very crucial to me to understand the bolts of this as the core f my project fouses on the man machine interface development.(For the project, the cilent application is quering for the map using HTTP)
I use a png file of size 161 bytes. Is that too big for testing purposes.
I would all the help that I can get. thanks in advance

1) when is the paint method precisely called by the system?after a reference to the canvas class is created?
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you have to tell it :))
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and command + & - for zooming
what I'd like to do is selectively view, say, the text outside of the canvas as you can see the bounding box
which contains the text or object when selecting one or all layers in the layers column
I haven't used this feature in a while though I do recall using it in the past.
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