SXP-11

[Damien Symonds]

< Go back to the previous step    << Go back to the beginning

All the important settings

Choose “FullCal” on this screen, and hit “Change Settings”:

This screen is the hub of the whole operation:

The Gamma must remain on 2.2 (no matter what out-of-date information you might have heard about Macs requiring a 1.8 gamma):

For Macs and laptops, 6500K shouldn’t be your White Point (not at first, anyway). Choose Do Not Adjust instead:

This is where it gets confusing Even though you’ve already adjusted the brightness, choose Adjust here:

No confusion with this one. Leave it off:

(Here, again, the Help will try to encourage you to turn this stupid function on.  Don’t do it.)

Press Next:

Lights out >>

[babyruth828]

Is there a way to adjust the white point after it has calibrated? I’ve calibrated twice now and my prints are still showing up a tad warmer than what I’m seeing. But I’m not seeing anywhere else in the calibration to adjust the white point except for the option that you say to select “do not adjust” 

[Damien Symonds]

@babyruth828 have you followed the troubleshooting part of the instructions?

[babyruth828]

The initial instructions, yes, calibrated in the dark, the lights in my room are white, or at least not warm. I guess I’m asking if there’s any other option besides the white point options it gives, and also, with the initial calibration, how do I know what white point it ends up being after calibrating, since I enter “do not adjust”?  I think going from do not adjust to 5800K would be too much? I will try it and see if it works but both times I’ve done a full calibration in the last 2 weeks, my screen ends up very cool toned, which I personally prefer, but I need my prints to match. 

[Damien Symonds]

Are you SURE you read the troubleshooting part?  You keep saying "Do not adjust", but the troubleshooting part of the instructions tell you NOT to use "Do not adjust".

Unfortunately when you buy a stupid Mac, you don't have much flexibility with calibration.

[babyruth828]

Yes, I meant I will try recalibrating again this time with the 5800K option. But I was wondering if from the first time I calibrated and selected do not adjust, how do I know what white point it ended up at? If it is at 6500K now, going from that to 5800 seems like quite a jump. 

[babyruth828]

And yes, in just about every class & workshop I took, the photographers all said “you have to get a Mac!” And now I just bought another one because it is what I’m used to at this point. 

[Damien Symonds]

6 minutes ago, babyruth828 said:

Yes, I meant I will try recalibrating again this time with the 5800K option. But I was wondering if from the first time I calibrated and selected do not adjust, how do I know what white point it ended up at? If it is at 6500K now, going from that to 5800 seems like quite a jump. 

It's likely that it's even higher than 6500, actually, but you have to try.