Display Calibration

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  1. brushedred, Aug 9, 2009

    brushedred macrumors newbie

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    I recently calibrated my mbp with spyder and was wondering if I hooked up the mbp to an external monitor, do I have to recalibrate with the external display?
     
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  2. MWPULSE, Aug 9, 2009

    MWPULSE macrumors 6502a

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    Yes lol.. Your external display, might have a different DPI ratio, and different colour settings. (alpha etc)

    there is a display calibration tool in OSX under displays if your interested :)

    PTP
     
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  3. brushedred, Aug 9, 2009

    brushedred thread starter macrumors newbie

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    So I have to recalibrate my display each and every time I disconnect and reconnect the external display? What a pain in the ass... haha
     
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  4. rhcpfan0, Aug 9, 2009

    rhcpfan0 macrumors newbie

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    No, I don't think you do. You just do it once for each, because when i have my macbook connected to an external, it has a different wallpaper. I don't really know if that's relevant or not. I just said that because I always figured that meant the macbook saw it as a display with different settings. And yes, it is when the clamshell is closed. But, this reply could make no sense and I just sound like a dumbass, haha.
     
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  5. Greedo, Aug 9, 2009

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    you should have a calibrated profile for each display you use. usually once you set up a profile to a monitor, the MBP will automatically use that profile for that monitor every time you hook up to it. you do NOT need to re-calibrate every time you connect them.

    having said that you should re-calibrate every monitor and laptop every month or so
     
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