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LG Panel owners - calibrate your screens

So far I have tried all the profile on this thread and the best is still my original factory icc file. I use the images from http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/ and download to the Air to avoid Safari`s color processing. I have attached the file for those that want to have a look, and some of the Lagom test pages. When you see the test images displayed on a single page the viewing angle is very apparent, with significant changes of Black levels & White saturation when the angle is altered.

My 13 inch display is an 9CDF LG, I may have just got lucky and the calibration was done reasonalby well at the factory. The Air`s display does not offer the same color depth as my 4.1 MacBook Pro, all the same the display is reasonable for such a portable machine...
 

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Queen6 said:
So far I have tried all the profile on this thread and the best is still my original factory icc file. I use the images from http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/ and download to the Air to avoid Safari`s color processing. I have attached the file for those that want to have a look, and some of the Lagom test pages.

My 13 inch display is an 9CDF LG, I may have just got lucky and the calibration was done well, what I do see is that the viewing angle of the new Air is somewhat critical to getting a good around balance...
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What do you mean by best?
 
Queen6 said:
looks the best on my Air, all the profiles are a comprise the default on just seems a little more balanced for me, your 6500K resulted in colour clipping on my display and a reduction in White saturation/contrast, although Black levels were improved over stock.
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ic. Color management is a complicated beast, and yes that profile does indeed cause clipping. My profiles are intended to produce "accurate" colors, and not "good looking" colors.

The issue is that the air is simply unable to display the entire srgb space, as it has a small gamut monitor. For example, if it can only display say red from 0 to 200, as opposed to 0-255, its internal LUT is simply doing a linear mapping of colors to have a better gradation. e.g. (0->0, 255->200)

the problem with such a mapping is that the colors end up being simply wrong! what the icc profile does is measure exactly what the "real" color being produced is, and force the monitor to display the real color.

This also means that the gradation gets killed. If the monitor can't display the color it ends up as a splotch :eek:

anyway just use whatever works for you. If you are not working on graphics creation, then it probably doesn't matter. For more information you could look here (not my webpage)

http://www.damiensymonds.com.au/art_smlgmt2.html
 
Thx, aCuria.
Great website.

I made that with my Dell monitor and it looks like that.
I will redo it, as soon my MBA arrives.

 
aCuria said:
ic. Color management is a complicated beast, and yes that profile does indeed cause clipping. My profiles are intended to produce "accurate" colors, and not "good looking" colors.

The issue is that the air is simply unable to display the entire srgb space, as it has a small gamut monitor. For example, if it can only display say red from 0 to 200, as opposed to 0-255, its internal LUT is simply doing a linear mapping of colors to have a better gradation. e.g. (0->0, 255->200)

the problem with such a mapping is that the colors end up being simply wrong! what the icc profile does is measure exactly what the "real" color being produced is, and force the monitor to display the real color.

This also means that the gradation gets killed. If the monitor can't display the color it ends up as a splotch :eek:

anyway just use whatever works for you. If you are not working on graphics creation, then it probably doesn't matter. For more information you could look here (not my webpage)

http://www.damiensymonds.com.au/art_smlgmt2.html
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I very much agree, this is the substance of the matter the Air's display is not capable of displaying the entire colour space, which forces compromise; accurate versus good looking colour, contrast ratios etc. For my use good colour separation is preferable to a high level of accuracy.

The new MacBook Air now rather creates a paradox, although the machine is now more than capable of running/generating high end graphical content, it is not capable of displaying the content accurately, and once again you have to carefully access you usage of the Air, ultraportable yes, graphic workstation no, short of an external display.

The next generation of MacBook Pro's will no doubt deliver more of what the graphic's guy's need in a reduced form factor, and hopefully the same concept of designed for SSD from the ground up. For me the Air's package of performance and portability are a good enough trade off, compared to my 4.1 MackBook Pro...
 
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you guys need to post an easy step by step on how to calibrate..i have an 11 inch and the screen is rubbish
 
animatedude said:
you guys need to post an easy step by step on how to calibrate..i have an 11 inch and the screen is rubbish
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The easiest and best way is to buy a calibration unit (the Spyder3 Elite is a good one and is about $100). It takes about 10 minutes and gives you a custom calibration for your screen as well as the lighting conditions in wherever you are using it.
 
i'm not gonna pay for anything just let me know in steps the easiest way to to calibrate from the built in calibration option...i don't know which options to choose.
 
animatedude said:
i'm not gonna pay for anything just let me know in steps the easiest way to to calibrate from the built in calibration option...i don't know which options to choose.
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Your tones a bit abrasive, but here you go:

1. Open Preferences.
2. Click on Displays.
3. Click on the "Color" tab.
4. Click on the "Calibrate" button.

Follow the instructions.
 
animatedude said:
i'm not gonna pay for anything just let me know in steps the easiest way to to calibrate from the built in calibration option...i don't know which options to choose.
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Yah really.. check the attitude when you're asking for help..

nobody 'needs to post steps' or has to 'let you know' anything, let alone dumbing it down for you to understand.

TRD you are a much much kinder person than me, I would have told him to get ....
 
TheRealDamager said:
Your tones a bit abrasive, but here you go:

1. Open Preferences.
2. Click on Displays.
3. Click on the "Color" tab.
4. Click on the "Calibrate" button.

Follow the instructions.
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dude i did this but in the end it created a profile which is exactly the same for the current settings...so nothing has changed.i guess i need to choose different options?

when you click on Calibrate can you please guide me what option i should click after that? because i only clicked on the recommended options and nothing has changed...also there's an Expert Mode which i didn't tick.

kindly, guide me please.thank you.
 
I've given about all the guidance I can here. The instructions are pretty simple in the Calibration tool. Just follow the instructions to set things in a way that works for your screen and your eyes. Try the Expert mode.

Not much else I can do for you here.
 
animatedude said:
dude i did this but in the end it created a profile which is exactly the same for the current settings...so nothing has changed.i guess i need to choose different options?

when you click on Calibrate can you please guide me what option i should click after that? because i only clicked on the recommended options and nothing has changed...also there's an Expert Mode which i didn't tick.

kindly, guide me please.thank you.
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Hit the advanced button:eek:
 
why i can't find any of the profiles i downloaded from this thread in the Display Profiles in system preference?! how to add them..:eek:
 
How can I load a profile? I downloaded it and clicked on it, but it's not showing up as one of the profiles I can use.
 
iTabone said:
How can I load a profile? I downloaded it and clicked on it, but it's not showing up as one of the profiles I can use.
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lol i'm having the same problem and apparently the guy who replied to me is mad.i checked all the previous posts many times, i can't import it by opening it from Colorsync Utility/ file/ open....it will just open the selected profile and NOT import it.

i'm also having difficulty accessing Library...i can't even find Library on Finder.
 
shawnmac said:
The last part of that should be DISPLAYS. Are you putting it there?

/LIBRARY/ColorSync/Profiles/Display

I'm guessing if your just dropping it into Profiles as you stated a few posts up, that might be why?

The same would probably be true in the user library folder.
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I copied it here, but it still doesn't show up in list of installed profiles?
 
I got it by going to ColorSync Utility. Go to Devices-Displays-Color LCD. Go to Current Profile, click the arrow, and open the .icm file. It works for me at least.
 
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