2012 27" iMac color profile - try it out!

[WilliamG]

Would you mind uploading your profile so I can see it? Thanks!

[Gogol]

I also get warmer results when I calibrate with native white point. Other settings are more red as whit TS color profile.

[Leiser]

Originally Posted by WilliamG

Would you mind uploading your profile so I can see it? Thanks!

Sure.
ICC profile

Let me know what you think.
Of course every screen is different, so this profile could make the picture of some iMacs worse than with standard settings.

[shiny-blanket]

Very similar to my calibration (i1 display pro(D65, 120cd) (7.1 brightness)), a touch more green.

ICC profile

[WilliamG]

Yep, both your calibrations are very similar. To my eyes they both look pretty "yellow," but that's just to my eyes. I'm sure I'd get used to it.

In any case, it's clear that these screens from the factory are pretty darn similar, otherwise you guys wouldn't have had such similar results, too..

May have to buy an i1 Display Pro...

[Category 5]

The purpose of profiling your display it to correct for variances in your specific specimen. Apple includes a generic display profile that should get each mac close to good enough. If you need better accuracy you need to profile YOUR display yourself with your own colorimeter or even better a spectrophotometer.

I used the Colormunki photo on mine and it was a huge improvement.

[Leiser]

Also here... so much improvement over the standard profile.

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Originally Posted by WilliamG

Yep, both your calibrations are very similar. To my eyes they both look pretty "yellow," but that's just to my eyes. I'm sure I'd get used to it.

May have to buy an i1 Display Pro...

I am sure you will get used to the slightly warmer white. The human eye has a good white balancing function

[WilliamG]

Originally Posted by Leiser

Also here... so much improvement over the standard profile.

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I am sure you will get used to the slightly warmer white. The human eye has a good white balancing function

100% agreed. It's funny how people complain about yellow screens. It's usually only noticed when it's next to another screen that is less apparently yellow.

[Leiser]

Originally Posted by WilliamG

100% agreed. It's funny how people complain about yellow screens. It's usually only noticed when it's next to another screen that is less apparently yellow.

As long as the yellow is uniform on the screen i also see no problem. My iMac (2012) has a yellow tint at the bottom as many have.
I profiled in the middle of the screen and compared the results with an ICC profile i created at the top. As the yellow tint decreases from bottom to top there is also a difference you can see in the picture. Probably that is also why the profile from shiny-blanket also differs from mine.

[WilliamG]

Originally Posted by Leiser

As long as the yellow is uniform on the screen i also see no problem. My iMac (2012) has a yellow tint at the bottom as many have.
I profiled in the middle of the screen and compared the results with an ICC profile i created at the top. As the yellow tint decreases from bottom to top there is also a difference you can see in the picture. Probably that is also why the profile from shiny-blanket also differs from mine.

I'm sure that's true. But since I believe all 2012 iMacs tinge differently in their lower third of the display, it's unlikely you'll be able to get this exactly "right."

[xgman]

I recommend that everyone who doesn't have a calibrator at least do the "advanced" calibration by hand. It's better than nothing and not bad if you are very very careful about the sliders. Squinting a little bit helps while adjusting the sliders.

[WilliamG]

I finally picked up an i1Display Pro, and my results mirror those of others with the device on their 2012, 27" iMac.

Feel free to try it and see how you feel.

D65, 120cdm/2 , - Note this is SEVEN brightness levels (7 bars) up from the lowest brightness to achieve 120cdm/2

ICC profile

[bryan85]

Just got a new iMac and the color seemed way off. I calibrated with a Spyder4Express and it seems a lot better now!

[wmy5]

Sorry for straying away. But I am curious about your color gamut result for the new iMac's display. I want to buy a wide-gamut display for photo editing, is the 2012 iMac good enough, or I should buy a full Adobe RGB one like Dell 2713H (not HM)? Any suggestion will be appreciated!

[ssdaytona]

thanks,

it looks good here.

Originally Posted by WilliamG

I finally picked up an i1Display Pro, and my results mirror those of others with the device on their 2012, 27" iMac.

Feel free to try it and see how you feel.

D65, 120cdm/2 , - Note this is SEVEN brightness levels (7 bars) up from the lowest brightness to achieve 120cdm/2

ICC profile

[WilliamG]

Originally Posted by ssdaytona

thanks,

it looks good here.

Great. If you look at the image I linked in the first post, you can really see the blacks aren't crushed, so you can make out much more detail. Yay for calibration!