[Leica] OT Mac Display calibration

[Ken Carney]

The OKC LUG had this on its agenda for its monthly meeting at Earl's BBQ 
today.   The consensus was that a calibrated color workflow is critical 
if you are making prints, but for internet it is a crap shoot as to what 
others may be seeing on their monitors.  If I have misspoken the 
membership can correct me.

Ken



On 8/25/2015 6:44 PM, Robert Adler wrote:
> I have a Mac with an Eizo.
> I profile the Mac using the Eye1 and the software that came with it.
> I profile the Eizo using the Eye1 and the software that comes with the Eizo.
>
> On the Mac I do the Eye1 calibration: you MUST be careful to set your
> parameters (gamma, luminance, etc) correctly in the first screen. Many
> online articles on this, but I think that Tim Grey does a decent job of
> explaining everything.
>
> Once calibrated with the Eye1, I print a standardized test print (these are
> available for free online too). If you are not doing your own printing,
> then send the standardized test print file to your printer. Compare the
> print with your monitor. Most likely you will need to dim, through the main
> Apple screen controls, your monitor a bit to match the print.
>
> You're done...
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 1:26 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> I have occasionally considered getting a mac, but my various other apple
>> items that I have owned have give me reason to pause, but the one thing
>> that scares the crap out of me is monitor calibration. Don't think using
>> eyeballs for that is a good idea.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Aram Langhans
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 2:55 PM
>> To: Bill Pearce ; lrzeitlin at aol.com ; Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT Mac Display calibration
>>
>> Very poorly.  I have tried some of these software solutions in the past.
>> Nothing beats a puck.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce at cox.net>
>> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 2:08 PM
>> To: <lrzeitlin at aol.com>; "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT Mac Display calibration
>>
>>
>> But  how can you calibrate without a puck or something on the screen?
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Larry Zeitlin via LUG
>>> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 12:31 PM
>>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>>> Subject: [Leica] OT Mac Display calibration
>>>
>>> Color calibration for the Mac is built into the OS. You start by opening
>>> the System Preferences icon (the one with the gear) and then open the
>>> Display icon. When that opens, choose Color. At that point several LCD
>>> calibrations show up. Start by selecting the one labelled Calibrate and
>>> follow the instructions. You can change display temperature, brightness,
>>> etc. and save the results as a new LCD calibration. By using the System
>>> Preferences you can flip back and forth between the various calibrations.
>>> Larry Z
>>>
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