new iMac

[Kellie W]

HI Brian

I just bought a new iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5 inch, 3.2 Ghz Intel Core i7, 32 GB DDR4, Radeon Pro 560X 4 Gb, HD 1TB Fusion Drive).

What I am wondering, I have a Color Munki Display calibrator and the pictures from my printer are a bit darker and warmer than what my screen shows. I have followed all Damien's steps for calibration, light in the room etc. but was hoping to be a little more accurate. 

Is there a different calibrator that maybe works better with Apple than the one that I have purchased?

 

[Damien Symonds]

1 minute ago, Kellie W said:

What I am wondering, I have a Color Munki Display calibrator and the pictures from my printer are a bit darker

Are you saying that your screen's brightness is at 0?

[Kellie W]

No its at 4 stars, which is the closest number. I can't make the brightness bar match that part of the calibration process. So I pick the lower option as per your instruction. 5 stars is too bright and 3 starts way too dark.

[Damien Symonds]

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by "stars".  Is there no brightness slider in Display Preferences on your OS?

[Damien Symonds]

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(Of course make sure the "Automatically adjust brightness" box is turned off.)

[Kellie W]

Ok found it. Its the darkness is good now. I was using the F1 button.

[Damien Symonds]

So the screen now matches the prints in terms of brightness?

[Kellie W]

Yes Sir, thank you.

[Damien Symonds]

Is the screen still too cold compared to the prints?

[Kellie W]

yes a little,

[Damien Symonds]

And can you put your hand on your heart and SWEAR that your room light isn't too yellow?

[Kellie W]

Well I spent a lot of money and bought new ceiling lights that were 5000K, so they aren't very yellow when I look up. I really hate going somewhere and all the light is yellow. But someone might say I am being really picky.

[Damien Symonds]

Ok, great!

In that case, have you tried calibrating to different temperature targets, per the troubleshooting part of my instructions?

[Kellie W]

I am using Native 80. Native 100 didn't work. But I think I figured it out. When I lay the picture down on the table, its much closer to the monitor than holding it sideways. Would that make sense and be ok?

[Damien Symonds]

No, that's not what I meant.

I'm talking about the "White Point Targets" section of the troubleshooting.

[Kellie W]

No I missed that. I will try.

[Brian]

For the record. I’m always at a target of “80” with the ColorMunki and my iMac. 100 is just too bright. The other number I can get to around 82 or 80. After calibration, I make sure my brightness is 2 or 3 ticks from the left, depending on which printer I use; regardless what what the calibration software says. “82” is even too bright, I just use the ColorMunki for color accuracy and experience has shown me that 2 ticks from the left is a safe number. Sometimes I push things to 3 ticks, and which works well for web photos. 

[Kellie W]

Thank you. I think that I have it right finally. I would have never guessed that 2 ticks was the monitor working right.