LG Panel owners - calibrate your screens - Page 12

rsaravanan · Oct 11, 2012, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by rsaravanan

A week back, decided to get a Spyder and calibrate the screen using the device.. Adjusted the white point slightly after the calibration finished, and ended up with the profile attached here. Waited a week before posting - still on this profile, so I think it should help.. Compared to this, you'll find the SC24 profile slightly bluish..

Hope this helps,

Realized one more thing - that setting the brightness level in the color profile to max when calibrating causes the white to appear more yellowish.. Fixed in the attached version. Perfect now as far as my 'eyes' certify.. [I think I might be annoying the team here by posting so much, so will stop with this version..

] Have fun.

[Ironically I reach a stage where I am beginning to like the display, and if the rumors are true, next week Apple is going to release a 13" Pro with a Retina display.. ** Sigh **]

JBat · Oct 11, 2012, 07:12 PM

I've read most of this thread and I finally have to ask. How are these profiles everyone is posting actually applied to the computer? For the life of me, I can't figure it out. Also, how can I tell which brand of display my Air has?

rsaravanan · Oct 12, 2012, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by JBat

I've read most of this thread and I finally have to ask. How are these profiles everyone is posting actually applied to the computer? For the life of me, I can't figure it out. Also, how can I tell which brand of display my Air has?

Use the following commands in a Terminal window to find the make/model of the display:

For non Retina Mac`a
ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6

For Retina Mac`s
ioreg -lw0 | grep \"EDID\" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6

If the resulting string printed out from the above command starts with LT, its a Samsung display, if it starts with LP, the display is an LG..

Use the following steps to apply the profile to your computer:

•*Open a new Finder Window
•*Hold down Alt and click on the 'Go' menu -> you'll see an item named 'Library'
•*Select Library -> you'll find a folder named ColorSync and within this folder, a directory named Profiles..
•*Extract the icc profile (from the zip) into this folder

•*Open System Preferences -> click Displays and select the 'Color' tab
•*You'll see a list of profiles - the file you downloaded should appear here
•*Select the entry to apply the profile to your computer..

JBat · Oct 12, 2012, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rsaravanan

Use the following commands in a Terminal window to find the make/model of the display:

For non Retina Mac`a
ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6

For Retina Mac`s
ioreg -lw0 | grep \"EDID\" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6

If the resulting string printed out from the above command starts with LT, its a Samsung display, if it starts with LP, the display is an LG..

Use the following steps to apply the profile to your computer:

•*Open a new Finder Window
•*Hold down Alt and click on the 'Go' menu -> you'll see an item named 'Library'
•*Select Library -> you'll find a folder named ColorSync and within this folder, a directory named Profiles..
•*Extract the icc profile (from the zip) into this folder

•*Open System Preferences -> click Displays and select the 'Color' tab
•*You'll see a list of profiles - the file you downloaded should appear here
•*Select the entry to apply the profile to your computer..

Thanks a lot for the reply, it was very helpful. There's a lot of computer-savvy folks on these forums, and I appreciate you taking the time to put all of this together.

rsaravanan · Oct 20, 2012, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rsaravanan

Realized one more thing - that setting the brightness level in the color profile to max when calibrating causes the white to appear more yellowish.. Fixed in the attached version. Perfect now as far as my 'eyes' certify.. [I think I might be annoying the team here by posting so much, so will stop with this version..

] Have fun.

[Ironically I reach a stage where I am beginning to like the display, and if the rumors are true, next week Apple is going to release a 13" Pro with a Retina display.. ** Sigh **]

Hi all,

I think I have posted some 5-6 profiles here, and while these have evolved as I was learning, I realized a little while back that I had never actually got to comparing them against each other..

Did this a couple of days back, and was surprised to find that I liked the 'LG Color LCD - 4' version the most.. Have switched to this for now - thought I'll post the update..

[If I were in your position (with a 2012 Macbook Air 11" and an LG LCD and wondering which profile to try out), I would probably go with the 'LG Color LCD - 4'.. ..your preference may vary though..]

Hope that helps,

R. Saravanan

rsaravanan · Oct 21, 2012, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rsaravanan

Hi all,

I think I have posted some 5-6 profiles here, and while these have evolved as I was learning, I realized a little while back that I had never actually got to comparing them against each other..

Did this a couple of days back, and was surprised to find that I liked the 'LG Color LCD - 4' version the most.. Have switched to this for now - thought I'll post the update..

[If I were in your position (with a 2012 Macbook Air 11" and an LG LCD and wondering which profile to try out), I would probably go with the 'LG Color LCD - 4'.. ..your preference may vary though..]

Hope that helps,

R. Saravanan

To add to the above - try both 'LG Color LCD - 4' and 'LG Color LCD - 12' and decide.

barebackbadger8 · Nov 14, 2012, 01:31 PM

Think i have tried nearly every single color profile on here and they all seem too bright, i only have my screen on brightness 4 and after a few minutes it strains my eyes reading text

I cant seem to use the built in calibration tool to set my own.
What a noob

slumpey326 · Dec 14, 2012, 09:04 AM

will try to calibrate my macbook air tonight

DollaTwentyFive · Dec 15, 2012, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rsaravanan

Hi all,

I think I have posted some 5-6 profiles here, and while these have evolved as I was learning, I realized a little while back that I had never actually got to comparing them against each other..

Did this a couple of days back, and was surprised to find that I liked the 'LG Color LCD - 4' version the most.. Have switched to this for now - thought I'll post the update..

[If I were in your position (with a 2012 Macbook Air 11" and an LG LCD and wondering which profile to try out), I would probably go with the 'LG Color LCD - 4'.. ..your preference may vary though..]

Hope that helps,

R. Saravanan

I have a 2011 11" MBA with an LG screen (Just found this out). I applied the LG Color LCD - 4 and I am enjoying it very much.

Thanks for your efforts and posts.

krravi · 11:14 AM

Just installed Wnidows 7 on Bootcamp and calibrated the screen using the built in calibration tool and the screen looks fantastic! The colors are rich and the contrast is just right.

I believe its the OS X that's the issue rather than the LG Panel.

People who have bootcamp can probably confirm this.

Now wondering if I can copy the color profile from Windows into Mac.

peleh · Feb 20, 2013, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by baxtr

Give this one a try, I spent some time trying to get it just right.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12013/LG%20Calibrated.icc

Hi,

I managed to get to this post by searching after I saw this page: http://www.digitalcupcake.net/2011/1...lgcalibration/

I tried baxtr profile posted there and here on the quote above, on my Macbook Air mid 2012, LP116WH4-TJA3. And your profile is hands down the best one so far.

Caris · Feb 23, 2013, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by clyde2801

Anand's 2012 LG calibration profile is superb, just in case any other 2011 13" LG owners were wondering...

Do you have a link to this?

clyde2801 · Feb 24, 2013, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Caris

Do you have a link to this?

No, go to anandtech's site and search for his 2012 macbook air review. Both screens are posted there.

peleh · Mar 13, 2013, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Caris

Do you have a link to this?

Here it is the Anandtech Profiles:
LG: http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/...rofile.icc.zip
Samsung: http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/...rofile.icc.zip

In case anyone wants to improve even more the contrast, its ok to just press:
To decrease Contrast: Command + Alt(option) + Control + ,
To increase Contrast: Command + Alt(option) + Control + .

Just increase the contrast 1 time(1 click) is enough to remove the washed out veil that these screens have.

ZZ Bottom · Mar 14, 2013, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peleh

Here it is the Anandtech Profiles:
LG: http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/...rofile.icc.zip
Samsung: http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/...rofile.icc.zip

In case anyone wants to improve even more the contrast, its ok to just press:
To decrease Contrast: Command + Alt(option) + Control + ,
To increase Contrast: Command + Alt(option) + Control + .

Just increase the contrast 1 time(1 click) is enough to remove the washed out veil that these screens have.

Wow I tried the LG profile on my new 13" MBA. That looks terrible. I already have the previously shared LG profile created by one of the MacRumors members, which looks brilliant compared to the AnandTech one.

AnorexicPig · Mar 14, 2013, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ZZ Bottom

Wow I tried the LG profile on my new 13" MBA. That looks terrible. I already have the previously shared LG profile created by one of the MacRumors members, which looks brilliant compared to the AnandTech one.

I still find the ML stock profile the best, the one MacRumors member posted is just darker, try watching a movie-the really dark parts are almost invisible under that profile.

ovation802 · Apr 2, 2013, 08:03 PM

I tried opening a color profile from page 1 of this thread and it opens but does not apply to my display. I have a 2012 cMBP with Mountain Lion. Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

Seamaster · Apr 3, 2013, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ovation802

I have a 2012 cMBP with Mountain Lion. Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

You're in the wrong subforum for a start, son.

ovation802 · 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Seamaster

You're in the wrong subforum for a start, son.

oops sorry.

so... importing would be different on macbook pro vs air?

xj8954 · Apr 13, 2013, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barebackbadger8

Think i have tried nearly every single color profile on here and they all seem too bright, i only have my screen on brightness 4 and after a few minutes it strains my eyes reading text

I cant seem to use the built in calibration tool to set my own.
What a noob

Can't blame you. To be honest, I find that calibration on Windows 7 is much intuitive compared to Mac's.
That's why I'd also prefer trying others profile instead of calibrating my own. =(

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JBat macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Washington	I've read most of this thread and I finally have to ask. How are these profiles everyone is posting actually applied to the computer? For the life of me, I can't figure it out. Also, how can I tell which brand of display my Air has? __________________ John White 24" iMac 2.33GHz C2D, 2GB RAM 500GB HDD 2012 13" Macbook Air 2.0GHz Core i7 Dual-Core, 8GB RAM, 256GB Flash Drive
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barebackbadger8 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Wolverhampton, UK	Think i have tried nearly every single color profile on here and they all seem too bright, i only have my screen on brightness 4 and after a few minutes it strains my eyes reading text I cant seem to use the built in calibration tool to set my own. What a noob __________________ iPad 2 16gb wifi iPhone 4S White 16gb
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Dec 16, 2012, 11:07 AM	#285
krravi macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2010	Just installed Wnidows 7 on Bootcamp and calibrated the screen using the built in calibration tool and the screen looks fantastic! The colors are rich and the contrast is just right. I believe its the OS X that's the issue rather than the LG Panel. People who have bootcamp can probably confirm this. Now wondering if I can copy the color profile from Windows into Mac. __________________ 27" iMac - 3.4 Ghz Core i7,32 GB RAM, 1TB. Many iPad's,iPhone 4s,Apple TV,rMBP 2012 15" 2.6 Ghz 512 GB 16GB(refurb),MBA 2012,2.0 Ghz,8,256 Last edited by krravi; Dec 16, 2012 at 11:14 AM.
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