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LG Panel owners - calibrate your screens

Zmmin3 said:
okay I just realized the user library was hidden. I have since unhid it and do see my calibrations profile there. I have put your profile in there as well but it still does not show up. So I have it in every colorsync profle I can find but it still will not show up in the color tab
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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.
 
Kafka said:
Can't remember since I downloaded 3 or 5 at the same time, but it should not be too far down in this here MBA forum. Maybe even excavated by someone from one of the similar threads that appeared with the 2010 MBA, where the consensus was that the LG panel was better btw...

Anyway sorry if my putting it in many posts looks suspicious, just wanting to share...
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No need to apologize, I didn't mean to sound accusatory, sorry if I did. I was just curious because you said it came from the forum but a search didn't bring it up in any other posts. I only looked because I was curious how I missed it since I've been watching all the display threads, heh.
 
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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No it's not.
Code: 
~/Library/ColorSync/Profiles
is the right folder.
 
Could someone please post the default calibration? There doesn't seem to be a setting to revert to factory default and I'd don't think I saved it before I started tinkering with this!
 
Wow...SuperCal made a huge difference. Everything seemed washed out just out of the box. I used the ColorSync built into OS X right away but it didn't make an improvement. SuperCal brought out the proper colors and now I couldn't be happier with the screen. I'll probably buy register SuperCal to have the other values put in the profile.
 
Taylormade2 said:
Wow...SuperCal made a huge difference. Everything seemed washed out just out of the box. I used the ColorSync built into OS X right away but it didn't make an improvement. SuperCal brought out the proper colors and now I couldn't be happier with the screen. I'll probably buy register SuperCal to have the other values put in the profile.
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I bought Supercal and used it... I was truly amazed by the results. The contrast, black levels, etc are so much better after calibration!:)
 
Taylormade2 said:
Wow...SuperCal made a huge difference. Everything seemed washed out just out of the box. I used the ColorSync built into OS X right away but it didn't make an improvement. SuperCal brought out the proper colors and now I couldn't be happier with the screen. I'll probably buy register SuperCal to have the other values put in the profile.
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I tried SuperCal but the trial profile gave a very blue cast. What was your experience of the trial profile?
 
My eyes must be terrible...I tried the Apple calibrate thing, but I can't tell the difference in any of the subtle grays in the very first screen (plus I'm confused on what "background" it even wants me to use). I tried a few of the profiles here but every one of them made everything extremely blue. I think I'll stick with the default since obviously I don't know any better. :)
 
rds said:
I tried SuperCal but the trial profile gave a very blue cast. What was your experience of the trial profile?
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Agree. Every calibration I've tried gives me a blue case. A very blue one, and it looks unnatural to me. Do my eyes need to be retrained? It's fine, I have never noticed a true difference with calibration; it just seems similar to adjusting the hue,saturation,like you would in a TV. Not better, not worse, just personal preference. It never made a Samsung white as true as an LG white. Nor the contrast ratio of the LG be the same as a Samsung. I thought that there would be some healing properties involved using calibration. It seems to just put a bandaid over the situation rather than a true cure.
 
technopimp said:
My eyes must be terrible...I tried the Apple calibrate thing, but I can't tell the difference in any of the subtle grays in the very first screen (plus I'm confused on what "background" it even wants me to use). I tried a few of the profiles here but every one of them made everything extremely blue. I think I'll stick with the default since obviously I don't know any better. :)
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It should be easier if you have poor eyesight ;) The best way to calibrate using Display Calibrator Assistant is to squint (or move backwards) and move the sliders until it looks like one solid block. It's a bit more tricky with these displays as any slight movement will alter the effect so it's important to look at it using your typical viewing angle.
 
Kafka said:
This is weird you must be doing something wrong. Have you closed and re-opened the settings window? (back then forward works too)
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Well I found what was happening. The file is showing up in my color tab
BUT under the name of COLOR LCD. It doesnt show the actual name of the file for some reason. My own calibrations show under the name I give them but everyone elses I have added just show up as COLOR LCD. I have to hover over it to show its path to know which file it is. Anyone know why it does this?
 
When I do it on my own it comes out looking very much like the supercal profile people are passing around. I like the coolness of it over the more warm default.
 
Zmmin3 said:
Well I found what was happening. The file is showing up in my color tab
BUT under the name of COLOR LCD. It doesnt show the actual name of the file for some reason. My own calibrations show under the name I give them but everyone elses I have added just show up as COLOR LCD. I have to hover over it to show its path to know which file it is. Anyone know why it does this?
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Remember you had to give 2 names to your calibrations? I think this has something to do with it and I would like to know how to edit that as well :)
 
Zmmin3 said:
Well I found what was happening. The file is showing up in my color tab
BUT under the name of COLOR LCD. It doesnt show the actual name of the file for some reason. My own calibrations show under the name I give them but everyone elses I have added just show up as COLOR LCD. I have to hover over it to show its path to know which file it is. Anyone know why it does this?
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The description of the colour profile is stored in the file itself and doesn't correspond to it's file name.

To rename a colour profile, launch /Library/Scripts/ColorSync/Rename.app and select the relevant .icc file to rename. You can name it anything you want or tell it to use the current file name.
 
I used your method. You must live in a weird room because it's way too blue.

I'm in natural light right now and I had to revert back.
 
The profiles that many feel look better are crushing the blacks ?

Should be able to see level 16 and even 8 faintly...
http://www.pbase.com/jackcnd/image/75285378/original


The default profile is actually not bad as it shows the entire range in Chrome,
with the gamma close to 2.2, but doing so it reveals the Air's screen low contrast.
 
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