01 / Why it exists
Make a closer look easier
Shadow detail and gentle gradients are easy to overlook until a film, photograph, or design exposes a sudden step. Fiord puts those transitions at the center of the experience.
The patterns are useful for observation and comparison. They cannot establish color accuracy, contrast ratio, or compliance with a professional standard.
02 / What you can inspect
Nine focused visual references
Solid ColorCycle through black, white, RGB, cyan, magenta, and yellow to look for unusual bright, dark, or fixed pixels.
Black ScreenUse an uninterrupted black field to inspect possible edge glow, bleed, clouding, or uneven dark areas.
Uniformity FieldsCompare center, edges, and corners across neutral fields at several brightness levels.
Pixel GridSwitch among horizontal lines, vertical lines, a reference grid, and a checker pattern.
Sharpness TargetInspect fine text, radial lines, concentric targets, and corner detail for apparent softness or halos.
Contrast StepsCompare near-black and near-white steps to see whether adjacent tones remain distinguishable.
Grayscale RampView stepped and continuous gray ramps for abrupt jumps, tinting, clipping, or visible banding.
Color RampsInspect red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, and yellow transitions from dark to bright.
Motion TrailTrack a moving reference at three speeds to compare perceived blur, trailing, and animation smoothness.
03 / Principles
How Fiord is designed
Tone-led
Black levels, gray steps, and ramps shape the route through the tools.
Low distraction
The dark interface recedes around the selected pattern.
Calibration-aware
The distinction between seeing and measuring is explicit.