Thank you! Can you remind me of how to use the profile file? I'm not able to find a way to add a pre-created profile to the display color settings.
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Display Profiles for new 2010 MBA?
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Thank you! Can you remind me of how to use the profile file? I'm not able to find a way to add a pre-created profile to the display color settings.
MBA 13" 9CF0 profile
Here's a profile I made for the 13" 9CF0 display using ColorEyesDisplay Pro and an X-Rite i1 color meter. The default seems very contrasty. This profile seems fairly accurate but some blues may look a little more purple. I've seen this on all laptop displays. It's a compromise with the limited color gamut available.
Unzip the file and the copy the icc file to /Library/Colorsync/Profiles/Displays or ~/Library/Colorsync/Profiles/Displays. The open System Preferences, then select the Displays panel. Then select the Color tab at the top and click on the profile name.
Here's a profile I made for the 13" 9CF0 display using ColorEyesDisplay Pro and an X-Rite i1 color meter. The default seems very contrasty. This profile seems fairly accurate but some blues may look a little more purple. I've seen this on all laptop displays. It's a compromise with the limited color gamut available.
Unzip the file and the copy the icc file to /Library/Colorsync/Profiles/Displays or ~/Library/Colorsync/Profiles/Displays. The open System Preferences, then select the Displays panel. Then select the Color tab at the top and click on the profile name.
wow that was quite low color gamut. i was hoping the new mba 13" would have the same color gamut as the latest mbp 13 / 15 which are almost 100% srgb gamut.
Copy/paste this into Terminal to find the LCD model number:
ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6
My 11" MBA is
9CF2
LP116WH4-TPA1 by LG-Philips
I think the viewing angles are as good as my 17" MBP with a Samsung display. Brightness and uniformity are excellent. Also, blacks are very good, and there is very little backlight bleed on a black screen. Colors, however, are just ok with reportedly according to Anandtech a ~50% color gamut compared to the ~75% of the MBP displays.
ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6
My 11" MBA is
9CF2
LP116WH4-TPA1 by LG-Philips
I think the viewing angles are as good as my 17" MBP with a Samsung display. Brightness and uniformity are excellent. Also, blacks are very good, and there is very little backlight bleed on a black screen. Colors, however, are just ok with reportedly according to Anandtech a ~50% color gamut compared to the ~75% of the MBP displays.
I'm not able to extract the .zip. Could you repost this please?
Thanks, I like it. Though I'm confused you say the original profile was too contrasty. Wouldn't that suggest your improved profile should have less deep blacks? This is not what I'm finding.
What do you mean, that the display itself has low gamut, or that the profile provided by bcaslis has low gamut?
Not necessarily. The original seems to have a very steep curve so thing near black become black and those near white become white. A less contrasty curve can have just as black blacks but the curve is less step so a grey remains grey. It reminds of color profiles used in consumer cameras, steep curves so the colors are more "punchy". Might look better at first until you examine it closely.
for TxMacAddict's one you don't extract it, just change the file extension from .zip to .icc
Updated MBA 13" 9CF0 profile
Here's an updated profile I made for the 13" 9CF0 display using ColorEyesDisplay Pro and an X-Rite i1 color meter. The previous I think was set to D65 white balance instead of native. This profile seems fairly accurate but some blues may look a little more purple. I've seen this on all laptop displays. It's a compromise with the limited color gamut available.
Unzip the file and the copy the icc file to /Library/Colorsync/Profiles/Displays or ~/Library/Colorsync/Profiles/Displays. The open System Preferences, then select the Displays panel. Then select the Color tab at the top and click on the profile name.
Here's an updated profile I made for the 13" 9CF0 display using ColorEyesDisplay Pro and an X-Rite i1 color meter. The previous I think was set to D65 white balance instead of native. This profile seems fairly accurate but some blues may look a little more purple. I've seen this on all laptop displays. It's a compromise with the limited color gamut available.
Unzip the file and the copy the icc file to /Library/Colorsync/Profiles/Displays or ~/Library/Colorsync/Profiles/Displays. The open System Preferences, then select the Displays panel. Then select the Color tab at the top and click on the profile name.
this one actually isn't too bad on the 11.6" either. it sharpens it up from the stock profile immensely.
it would still be good if a few of you with 11.6" units and calibrators could run one or two off for comparison. i pay with cookies, witty banter, and an undying adulation for you efforts.
That appears to not be the case. Calibrated with Spyder3Elite. I ran calibration twice using two slightly different methods and both results were virtually identical.
9CF0:
That appears to not be the case. Calibrated with Spyder3Elite. I ran calibration twice using two slightly different methods and both results were virtually identical.
9CF0:
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Your graft clearly shows the 13" mba color gamut is well below srgb. As with latest mbp 13"and 15" they are closely match the srgb green diagram.
Not really a deal breaker but something to take into consideration if you are into design editing / photography as the mba isnt capable to show as much color as the mbp.
I am getting a mba 13" myself tomorrow to replace a i5 mbp 15. Hopefulyy it wont be a dramatic decrease in color quality. Will calibrate with colormunki and post here of course.
That appears to not be the case. Calibrated with Spyder3Elite. I ran calibration twice using two slightly different methods and both results were virtually identical.
9CF0:
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Anyone done a similar graph for the 11" display?
Your graft clearly shows the 13" mba color gamut is well below srgb. As with latest mbp 13"and 15" they are closely match the srgb green diagram.
Not really a deal breaker but something to take into consideration if you are into design editing / photography as the mba isnt capable to show as much color as the mbp.
I am getting a mba 13" myself tomorrow to replace a i5 mbp 15. Hopefulyy it wont be a dramatic decrease in color quality. Will calibrate with colormunki and post here of course.
Agreed. But for general usage the MBA will suffice, so not a dealbreaker here either.
My understanding of LED-lit LCDs is that you need RGB LEDs for a wider gamut. White LCDs generally truncate the gamut.
I just received my 11.6" MacBook Air and I have just calibrated the display to the best of my ability. I am posting the color calibration profile here, for anybody to use. Here it is:
Seems like that's the conclusion...
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3991/apples-2010-macbook-air-11-13inch-reviewed/5
Its low on color gamut but has excellent contrast, especially the 13" MBA.
I WISH we knew what display models they had on both the 11 and the 13 inch models.
