I have, for a while now, been trying to calibrate the display on my Macbook Air 11". I have been doing it with the OS X built in utility (ColorSync?) I can't seem to get a calibration without one of the out come tints: blue or red
I have gotten close, but I have found that through the utility, on the step that sets the native gamma ("white" apple) it is impossible to blend it in. It is like the white/gray level exists outside the constants of the box. Thus greys are either tinted blue or red.
I am wondering if it would be worth trying a hardware calibration? Something like Huey Pro. It is the cheapest hardware solution I have found.
If you were to ask, what is wrong with the current calibration (or screen for all I could know)? I would say it is a bit too washed out. A little bleached like. I don't believe I am talking color gamut, but rather gamma. Going to this website, I cannot see the 250 block:
www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/white.php
I am supposedly running at gamma 2.2, but it seems lesser. A little increase in gamma would probably fix my problem, but currently it is impossible as I can only change that through the expert mode in the utility. In the expert mode, however, it is impossible to get the colors correct like the default profile (as mentioned it is always tented either blue or red, depending on how I calibrate in the utility.) If there was a way to increase it given the current profile, that would be great.
I looked up the display model I have and its a B116XW05 V6. Looking at a stats thread somewhere around here, I found that only 2 (including mine) out of 601 (minus a possible few uncertainties) contain this screen. Do I have a test dummy? lol
P.S.
I noticed in Expert mode of the calibration utility, that if I check, "Use native gamma," the gamma shoots to 3.19, which is even out of range of the slider! The screen also turns incredibly blue when at this "level". Anyone ever get this?
Thanks if you took time to read this long post!
I have gotten close, but I have found that through the utility, on the step that sets the native gamma ("white" apple) it is impossible to blend it in. It is like the white/gray level exists outside the constants of the box. Thus greys are either tinted blue or red.
I am wondering if it would be worth trying a hardware calibration? Something like Huey Pro. It is the cheapest hardware solution I have found.
If you were to ask, what is wrong with the current calibration (or screen for all I could know)? I would say it is a bit too washed out. A little bleached like. I don't believe I am talking color gamut, but rather gamma. Going to this website, I cannot see the 250 block:
www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/white.php
I am supposedly running at gamma 2.2, but it seems lesser. A little increase in gamma would probably fix my problem, but currently it is impossible as I can only change that through the expert mode in the utility. In the expert mode, however, it is impossible to get the colors correct like the default profile (as mentioned it is always tented either blue or red, depending on how I calibrate in the utility.) If there was a way to increase it given the current profile, that would be great.
I looked up the display model I have and its a B116XW05 V6. Looking at a stats thread somewhere around here, I found that only 2 (including mine) out of 601 (minus a possible few uncertainties) contain this screen. Do I have a test dummy? lol
P.S.
I noticed in Expert mode of the calibration utility, that if I check, "Use native gamma," the gamma shoots to 3.19, which is even out of range of the slider! The screen also turns incredibly blue when at this "level". Anyone ever get this?
Thanks if you took time to read this long post!