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LG Panel owners - calibrate your screens
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copy and paste it in the colorsync profile by accessing the Library Folder first.
so i take it the best profile for the 11-inch is the MBA139CDF.icc? i like it i'm just wondering if there's anything better than this one.
i don't know what happened, but when i bought the Air (LG display) few days ago there was a serious clipping on the red and other colors in the tests, but now ... its like it somehow settled, no matter what color profile i use i can see the whole spectrum from the darkest to the lightest!
i'm seriously blown away by this
// both pbase.com and lagom.nl work
i'm seriously blown away by this
// both pbase.com and lagom.nl work
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i don't know what happened, but when i bought the Air (LG display) few days ago there was a serious clipping on the red and other colors in the tests, but now ... its like it somehow settled, no matter what color profile i use i can see the whole spectrum from the darkest to the lightest!
i'm seriously blown away by this
// both pbase.com and lagom.nl work
If you are looking at lagom on Safari, it`s Safari`s that is creating the bulk of the clipping. Down load the images and tren again or use a differing browser, you will see a big difference. FWIW my LG 13inch has no clipping on the default profile.
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i tried both the image in safari and downloaded one, no difference .. maybe i have messed something up
This is one of the bad sides of the site; the difference in the LG & the Samsung display`s for the vast majority of users is negligible to the point of irrelevance, however many now feel they have bought a substandard product and are turning in circle`s trying to calibrate their display to show a colour spectrum it`s physically not capable of, and with even some returning the Air as a result of the "lottery"
With the narrow field of view of both screens, the Air is tricky to calibrate as you must replicate both lighting and viewing angle or you will constantly achieve inconsistent results, in short if you calibrate in one environment, don't be surprised that it looks different in another. The best compromise icc profile I have used so far is the default one, I know the colour not 100% accurate, yet it well works across a broad spectrum of usage.
Go back to the original icc, and just enjoy the Air for what it is, super slick highly portable Mac
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I attached my original icc if that is any help in a previous post #151, mine is an LG model 9CDF
With the narrow field of view of both screens, the Air is tricky to calibrate as you must replicate both lighting and viewing angle or you will constantly achieve inconsistent results, in short if you calibrate in one environment, don't be surprised that it looks different in another. The best compromise icc profile I have used so far is the default one, I know the colour not 100% accurate, yet it well works across a broad spectrum of usage.
Go back to the original icc, and just enjoy the Air for what it is, super slick highly portable Mac
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I attached my original icc if that is any help in a previous post #151, mine is an LG model 9CDF
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I've got the same screen on my MBA 13",
does your display have shadow at the bottom, like 1cm or so? Although I got replaced mine since the last one had terrible display with grained pixels and shadow at the bottom, new one still has shadow.
I really wonder if anybody has one without the annoying shadow/gradient.
I've got the same screen on my MBA 13",
does your display have shadow at the bottom, like 1cm or so? Although I got replaced mine since the last one had terrible display with grained pixels and shadow at the bottom, new one still has shadow.
I really wonder if anybody has one without the annoying shadow/gradient.
No, mine is fine, the display has uniform luminosity across the entire display 1-16. Apple has a tremendous reputation for quality, however they are literally producing hundreds of thousands of machines so, chasing 100% perfection will be a potentially frustrating ride...
On a side note when I bought my 2.4Ghz 4.1 MacBook Pro and the GeForce 8600M GT debacle was at full height, with many saying that all the GPU`s would fry, and some did. Mine is still unchanged after four years of constant use and I strongly suspect so are the majority, as with all forums those with issue are attracted first. I you feel the display is subpar then of course you should look to replace you Air, however if it`s an expectation of superior performance, then the 13 inch Pro with it`s superior display might more viable, the Air is the new
Mac to have, however this does bring some limitation.You can only try you Air in differing lighting conditions, viewing angles & adjust the brightness, if the shadowing at the bottom persists, I believe it will be more likely be associated with the backlight, than the calibration.
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No, mine is fine, the display has uniform luminosity across the entire display 1-16. Apple has a tremendous reputation for quality, however they are literally producing hundreds of thousands of machines so, chasing 100% perfection will be a potentially frustrating ride...
On a side note when I bought my 2.4Ghz 4.1 MacBook Pro and the GeForce 8600M GT debacle was at full height, with many saying that all the GPU`s would fry, and some did. Mine is still unchanged after four years of constant use and I strongly suspect so are the majority, as with all forums those with issue are attracted first. I you feel the display is subpar then of course you should look to replace you Air, however if it`s an expectation of superior performance, then the 13 inch Pro with it`s superior display might more viable, the Air is the new
You can only try you Air in differing lighting conditions and viewing angles, if the shadowing at the bottom persists, I believe it will be more likely be associated with the backlight, than the calibration.
Yeah I think it's to do with the backlight... actually the screen itself is amazing, like, like you said it's well calibrated already.
I restate it's actually like 0.3 to 0.4 mm the shadow, while the last one which I got replaced had 1 cm of it. It's obvious if I repeat putting the Safari's status bar to the area and off. Not that much annoying considering 'bout its super reflect resistance (comparing to my MBP13"2010) and brightness. It's true it has the shadow though, but maybe I'm being like OCD. Except the shadow it's satisfactory jump up from MBP 2010...
At 0.3 - 0.4 the OCD is ramping up, I would just sit back and enjoy the show
the new Air is great. One way to look at it is; if you put a microscope on anything you are going to find imperfection, maybe it`s best just to leave it to the eye
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One way to look at it is; if you put a microscope on anything you are going to find imperfection, maybe it`s best just to leave it to the eye
Haha true.
Thanks mate.Hi, I have a 2011 MBA 13" 4G/128G SSD. My screen is a LG one. Here is my color profile generated by my Spyder2express. Screen is 50% bright. This is done with win7 through bootcamp as the program supporting this version of Spyder is only PowerPC one. I copied the profile and use it with OSX Lion. Feel free to use the attached profile as it should be better than self calibration. The default should be a bit warmer tone and much better contrast, which I like. Cheers ~~~
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for guys with 11-inch LG panels, what's your favorite display profile shared in this thread? i only tried MBA139CDF.icc and i love it.
share your favorite/best ones.
share your favorite/best ones.
I REALLY like MBA139CDF.icc profile for easy reading on the LG 13" screen, reason why is much LESS eye strain, it does crush the blacks and limit dynamic range but, so what, anyone who tries to use a laptop for serious color correction should have their head examined. The benefit for me after using it for a while (office work, spreadsheets, emails etc.) far outweighs being able to see a little further into a deep shadow on a pic.
I'm going to stay with this profile. If your serious about photography you'll have a very nice color calibrated external monitor to plug into.
Thanks for this profile BTW!
I'm going to stay with this profile. If your serious about photography you'll have a very nice color calibrated external monitor to plug into.
Thanks for this profile BTW!
'ey yours works nicely. It looks colder on my screen, while MBA139CDF is warmer. Nice when I have to switch off my air con.
...I mean cool, thanks.
edit* been using it for some hours, I really like it I realized.
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I found this Screen Calibration (on the bottom of the page, post #86) by Corax that works really nice for me, so much so that I thought it worth sharing.
I'm no saying you guys are doing anything wrong but personally it does not bother me what make if screen or ssd is in my MBA. I'm just enjoying this awesome machine.
Just my 2 cents.
Just my 2 cents.
This one's next best one compared to my default manufacturer profile. It's just a little on the cool side and too much gamma so clips white. The MBA139CDF everyone likes clips the darks. =/ Every other one I've tried on this thread is just way too blue or yellow.
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I like this one except it's a little too red?? Other than that it's perfect.
I spent some time playing around with the Expert Console in SpyderElite 4 and finally settled on this: 2.2 Gamma, Native Whitepoint, metered brightness to 265 (max is 291.6 btw). It's one of the few settings that doesn't result in a warm, almost pink, color cast in the grays.
This is is the LG Screen from a 13" 2011 - LP133WP1-TJA3.
This is is the LG Screen from a 13" 2011 - LP133WP1-TJA3.
Thank you ZenGravy. I am trying it out on my LG 11" and like what I see so far. Not to dark as most I have tried but a little more color then the stock version.