Retina MacBook Pro Screen Brightness

[Fortimir]

it may not be easy to calibrate in bright conditions much like the apple store.

There are particular room conditions that are considered optimal for image editing. Medium Low to Medium is that range. Yes, a room as bright as the Apple Store would not be an optimal environment for editing photos, but you could still calibrate based on that.

And by calibration, I do mean using a colorimeter or spectrophotometer that measures ambient in relation to display brightness.

 

[Arkious]

There are particular room conditions that are considered optimal for image editing. Medium Low to Medium is that range. Yes, a room as bright as the Apple Store would not be an optimal environment for editing photos, but you could still calibrate based on that.

And by calibration, I do mean using a colorimeter or spectrophotometer that measures ambient in relation to display brightness.

well i cant disagree with what your saying there as im clueless above the point that it seems too dim lol

 

[masterseth]

I found a decent fix for the dim screen on the rMBP

Hey guys, I also noticed that the screen is about 20% dimmer than my MBA 2011 model. This was a huge disappointment for me because I have always used max brighten on my display even for my MBA. I was messing around with the advanced display setting and I found a quick fix to make the screen 1 or 2 clicks brighter on the rMBP.

Go to: System Preferences> Display> Color> Click Calibrate> Check Expert Mode

Once you check 'Expert Mode' and begin to calibrate the display you will be presented with a lot more options than if you just chose to calibrate with the standard calibration settings.

You have the option to adjust 5 gamma color settings. I would suggest keeping the 5 gamma colors set to Apple default. The next setting is contrast, this is the setting that will make your whole screen appear brighter. just adjust contrast to what you feel works best for you. Than make sure you name the custom display. You can than click between the default display and the custom display to see the difference in brightness. Its not a perfect fix but it defiantly made me a lot happier with the display. I just hope when Apple releases the next-gen rMBP that they take into account that 50% of people want a brighter screen!

Hope this helps!

-Seth