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n amateur photographer
will consider capture
Aas the most important
stage in photography, while a
professional will emphasise on
colour reproduction. Colour critical
applications require monitors that
can reproduce accurate colours as
per accepted international standards.
Asus has been at the fulcrum of
professional display technology and
the ProArt series has earned itself a
great reputation as a frontrunner in
photo editing applications.

The Asus PA329Q is a 32-inch, 4K
UHD (3840 x 2160) IPS display. It Asus PA329Q
boasts 100 percent Rec.709 and Sujith Gopinath
99.5 percent Adobe RGB gamut
reproduction with the help of 3M Graphic Artist
Quantum Dot Enhancement Film
(QDEF). The panel provides a pixel
density of 138 pixels per inch. The
monitor comes pre-calibrated for
outstanding colour accuracy (∆E <2). continuously change existing settings. Pre-set 2 modes to see the differences
Asus ProArt calibration technology This also helps to reduce signal between them. Asus QuickFit Virtual
uses a 14-bit look-up-table (LUT) distortion between the IC and the Scale provides you with an on-screen
for accurate colour rendition. LCD optical spectrum. Colour profiles grid overlay so you can align and
An onboard DRAM chip allows can be easily activated by using the preview documents in their actual
the system to save all calibration hotkey on the monitor without a sizes prior to printing. An intuitive
parameters along with the profile on PC or calibrators. The technology is 5-way navigation joystick lets you
the monitor so that it is not affected also compatible with top hardware easily access and switch OSD settings
by other hardware and software calibrators such as X-rite i1 Display on the on-screen menu. The monitor
changes. The monitor features 10-bit Pro and Datacolor Spyder 5 series. features Asus Eye Care technology,
colour reproduction, allowing it to Smooth 4K UHD content can be which allows you to set blue light
display over 1.07 billion colours. The played back at up to 60Hz without filter levels from 0 to 4, protecting
monitor features 95% uniformity any distortion. Connectivity options your eyes from harmful blue light.
compensation to eliminate brightness include DisplayPort 1.2, mini The monitor has been certified by
and colour fluctuations across the DisplayPort 1.2 and four HDMI (v2.0) TÜV Rheinland Laboratories, a global
screen. ports in addition to five USB 3.0 ports provider of technical, safety, and
and a 9-in-1 card reader. certification services, to be flicker-
To suit a wide variety of applications, free and to emit low blue light levels.
ProArt calibration lets you set up The monitor features advanced
up to five different colour spaces Picture-in-Picture (PiP) and Picture- The PA329Q features Auto Rotation
and provides several additional by-Picture (PbP) functionality which function, which adjusts the
options besides the ‘Standard’ option let you view content from multiple 4K orientation of content when you
UHD sources simultaneously, along
Smart Photography February 2018 technology saves all colour with the ability to switch between making it perfect for designing mobile
(sRGB). The ASUS ProArt calibration
pivot the display to portrait mode,
them, along with audio. It also allows
applications. The monitor measures
parameter profiles on the PA329Q’s
you to configure each individual
internal scaler IC chip instead of the
735 x 615 x 240 mm with stand and
weighs 12.5kg. It is available at an
PC. This lets you connect PA329Q to
window’s colour settings with Adobe
116 different devices without needing to RGB, sRGB, User Pre-set 1, and User MRP of INR154,000. |SP
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