SueR Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Finally going to calibrate my "new" (bought last spring) iMac monitor Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017. I was reading thru previous posts and Damiens files. So I got on xrite's site and found this article https://www.xrite.com/service-support/poor_results_with_i1display_pro_on_mac I followed their recommendations for my monitor and got this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 No, 120 will be MUCH too bright, surely? Unless your room is lit by football stadium floodlighting. Have you compared prints? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueR Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 yes and it seemed too bring. What number should I aim for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Between 80 and 100 is most common. You'll likely need to calibrate a couple more times, while you're searching for the perfect target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueR Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 (edited) oh I am going to pull my hair out. I changed it to 100 as my target, lowered my screen lighting so it was 98 and got this as my final: Is it still too bright since it is saying 119 as actual? If I'm still off any suggestions on what to put. my old Monitor was 2012 and I had this as my settings: Edited November 10, 2018 by SueR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueR Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 okay I think I finally got it! Had to change it to white led : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueR Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 but I could be totally wrong. I will say they are spot on to the prints I have but close. Closer if I put my brightness down one more and a tad less red on my monitor then in my photos - suggestions? I hate calibrating. I found 2 other prices I used to use with my old computer - wonder if I should try those profiles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 50 minutes ago, SueR said: Closer if I put my brightness down one more and a tad less red on my monitor then in my photos - suggestions? It's always better to be slightly darker than slightly brighter. So maybe calibrate to 90? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueR Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 should I leave my setting the same tho - the monitor type and the luminance ? or change them back in 2013 I have this : and 2015: (same) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I'm confused. Are you following my instructions or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueR Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 okay I did a custom. I don't feel there's a huge difference but I'm just at the point I will deal with it. I got my luminance down to 89 when I tried for custom 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 And how's the print match now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueR Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Damien Symonds said: I'm confused. Are you following my instructions or not? no because X-Rite put out something about using the new iMac retina screens and their profile so I was tweeting off theirs. I'll try yours instead. They wanted the monitor to be GB-LED - do you have an option on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueR Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 Okay I did it your way. One thing I was doing wrong was on page 2 the 2nd dropdown I was using the default and not what you recommend -version 2 so I corrected that. I'm stick with this for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 7 hours ago, Damien Symonds said: And how's the print match now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueR Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 well if I am honest I don't see much of a difference with the new profile. I feel the screen is still brighter and the photos have more red then the screen.... Here's what I have right now. Should I change my screen to the GB-LED like this article mentions? https://www.xrite.com/service-support/poor_results_with_i1display_pro_on_mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Yes, of course, if your screen is GB-LED then that's what you should use. Otherwise, PLEASE use my instructions. Why are you calibrating to D65K? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueR Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 because I read your instruction wrong - will adjust once it gets dark this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueR Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 I did some research and read about this monitor - grrrr. Anyways one of the posts mentioned doing 80 Luminance so I did that with all the other corrections. I think we're closer. but I forgot to screen shot the target/achieved when it was done...oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Great! Close enough to live with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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