How to color calibrate multiple displays setup, laptop, software & hardware calibrated displays!
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How to color calibrate multiple displays setup, laptop, software & hardware calibrated displays!
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This video will show you how to color calibrate multiple different types of displays in a multiple displays set up. This include laptop, displays that are software calibration only and displays that are capable of hardware calibration such as the BenQ SW lineup. This video will also talk about color matching these display, if it is possible or not, some of the challenges running multiple mixed display types, and settings that should be used to calibrate these displays. The key take away is to match the white point, luminance and gamma settings in the calibration software.
There are 6 different scenarios that this video will cover
1. Laptop or any device with a build in display and a Hardware calibrated display such as the BenQ SW Displays.
2. Laptop or any device with a build in display and a NON-Hardware calibrated display such as the BenQ PD Designer displays.
3. Laptop or any device with a build in display along with hardware and a NON-Hardware calibrate displays.
4. Desktop hardware calibrate displays only.
5. Desktop with mixed hardware and a NON-Hardware calibrate displays.
6. Desktop with mixed a NON-Hardware calibrate displays.
The displays used in this video are the BenQ SW271, 27" 4K hardware calibrated display along with BenQ PD3220U, 32" 4K designer display.
Calibration device used in this video is the X-Rite i1Display Pro Plus. Buy them here and get free shipping
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Dear ArtisRight. I just bought the Xrite i1 Studio. I did followed your intrustion to calibrate my monitor and printer. It's working better than before. My question, I have to calibrate my printer each time when I calibrate my monitor.
The short answer is that you don't. They are independent of each other. But here is the long form. So technically yes you should calibrate the printer once you put in a new set of ink or get a new batch of paper. The reason is because each manufacturing batch can vary slightly, granted these manufacturers have high tolerances for these things, there's always a possibility of something being slightly off. Now in my experience, this has never been enough of an issue for me to worry or concern myself with. Hope this helps.
Hey Art! Quick question though just to clarify some things cause the idea of calibrating my displays is pretty new to me, and I don't think you mentioned it throughout the video (if you did I missed it then). If you're doing the calibration, do you have to do some prep work to your monitor, for instance resetting it to defaults, setting brightness to max etc, or the software does it automatically during calibration? If the calibration is done, is it automatically applied to the video output right then or do you have to switch it on somehow? If I calibrated my Benq display using Panel Native, this means whenever I'll switch to different color spaces after the calibration is done those will work fine cause I've calibrated the display using the largest color gamut? Thank you in advance, I've recently calibrated two of my monitors connected to my PC (one is Benq sw270c, which I bought thanks to your reviews btw, and the other one is not hardware calibrated) but still feel a bit lost. And thank you for your videos, they are really informative and pretty much the most professional knowledgebase regarding color-critical work out there.
Start with these playlist choose one back on Mac or PC. They should contain all of the videos that answers your questions.
Getting Started with BenQ SW displays calibration for Mac
ruclips.net/p/PLjlr8rlxl_q4c6zLCnrxrKSnCwfANevrw
Getting Stated with BenQ SW displays calibration for PC
ruclips.net/p/PLjlr8rlxl_q7yD0dyrcWbxDdcAxT7-m_m
Here are specific videos that will answer your questions:
ruclips.net/video/TP4oMLnJNiE/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/Cgo2p7jF3n0/видео.html
If you have any questions after watching these videos please reach out!
@@ArtIsRight Thank you, I found the information I was looking for.
Awesome!
Hi Art, a great video, well organized and consistent with your other videos. I request some advice please...
Previously I calibrated my LG monitor with ccProfiler with gamma sRGB color setting in the software. You state in the above video that for displays with multiple color modes to calibrate it first in the widest gamut setting in the display. I have a LGUP850W which is HDR400 capable and has spec of 95%DCI-P3. It also has a sRGB mode set by it's menu. My purpose with the display is to color image editing (astrophotography) for posting on websites. Some images will be printed, but I want to concentrate on nonprinted for now. I am assuming those looking at my images will use sRGB color spaces.
1.) So I would first calibrate my display in the DCI-P3 mode like you state at 17:00 to 17:56? Then what?
2.) When using the display to adjust my images, should the display be set to DCI-P3 mode or sRGB? The PixInsight (PI) imaging software (or could be Photoshop) is normally using sRGB- IEC61966-2.1. Now that I previously calibrated the LG display I see my earlier ccProfiler created sRGB Profile available in the PI Color Management profiles. I also see available Wide Gamut RGB, and Adobe RGB.
3.) Should I also do a ccProfiler sRGB calibration profile and use that for this image editing?
Thanks for your advice.
Hi Art, I found your video on different color gamuts after I wrote above. I think best is for me to calibrate my external display twice. Once with DCI-P3 and once with sRGB.
Since I have Windows computer I understand that Windows will not convert/map the DCI-P3 to sRGB very well (or not at all). So the P3 colors will be usually be over saturated when on the sRGB monitor display.
I still don't know which color gamut I should choose for editing my astro images. Also I could not find the video for the external software that can map down to lower space gamuts. Can you post it here?
Is i1Profiler or ccProfiler preferred for multiple color gamuts calibrations?
Do you have a color management workflow video covering from Photoshop (for example) to the display to the output, such as printer or going to web.
Many thanks!
Yes Windows does not color manage.
If you have a software calibrated display, there's no gamut remapping i.e. gamut translation. For this you have to choose the color mode on your software calibrated display. Give this video a look ruclips.net/video/bRSwd4x99ao/видео.html and yes I would use ccprofiler or the i1 equivalent for display calibration. I don't have the full workflow because every is technically in module, so if you watch multiples of my video you can get that context. I would worry about output for print and just have web replicate print output.
Hello ! I got PD 3220 U going to calibrate with x-rite colorchecker Display Pro . Which I have to choose BASIC or Advance ? Do i have to calibrite Display Pro plug in Monitor PD 3220 U after Down loading CC Profiler in Macbook pro M1 ? i am confused . please i need your advice , Thank you .
follow this guide ruclips.net/video/h_TT9O2I1b4/видео.html
I am wondering what colour mode I should choose for calibrating my Wacom Cintiq Pro for illustration use?
What color mode do you have on that device?
11-04-2020 Thank you for this information.
You're welcome
why are you always turning ur head while you're talking when there's nothing to look in the monitor, please stop doing that in ur next video its annoying.
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I think you are way too fastidious. This tutorial is so packed with knowledge that I have not noticed anything else. Just sheer information and knowledge.
Please help me somebody with my question. This guy can't even imagine that I search this because my notebook display is torn, and I use external display... Because it still works as virtual display and showed on external one. SO I need to calibrate this virtual one while it showed only in clone mode. Theme of yours don't seem to contain my question. And I don't have time and language skills to identify the part of this video possible can help me.
This is how you calibrate external display ruclips.net/video/h_TT9O2I1b4/видео.html
Sir i have just bought SW270C and power cord supplied with it is had big plug 16amp and i have only 6amp sockets in my home .. please guide what to do? Can I use 6amp cord of previous monitor?
I would contact your local BenQ support for help on this. Or you can give it a try.
@@ArtIsRight thank you so much you are always so prompt in helping out thats why love your channel and bought Benq monitor coz of you only as i know you are there to help out regarding any Benq monitor
Hi Art I was wondering if I can use this to calibrate my tv if I’m not using it as a monitor? It’s a tcl 6 series from 2018. I plugged the laptop into the tv with hdmi and was able to calibrate but I’m not sure if the tv actually kept the calibration after I unplugged the laptop?
Calibration only persist with the laptop is hooked up to the TV.
Thanks so much your a legend!
I have a question that has nothing to do with this video but you sound like you may know how to.. I would like to change the color of the "Save image as" box border or whatever its called
example if I want to save an image to my desktop I right click mouse, scroll down to save image as, then the box opens and asks you where you want to save your photo to can I change the color of that box to black?
You can change the theme to black or if you want to change the highlight color then go to system preferences - general and you choose the accent color from there.
@@ArtIsRight Awesome appreciate it thank you sir
hi there, i have a small problem need to ask you about, for my set up I am using Razer blade 2019 15.6 RTX 2080 advanced edition, but I am using spyder x pro calibrator for both my laptop and my sw271 4k 27" from BenQ. do you have any solution for this kind of set up like mine? please kindly help me out by advising me how to do it.
Spyder software for Razer, PME for BenQ both using Spyder X calibrator. If BenQ pass validation use it as reference display, laptop as secondary. The color won't match but will come close.
ArtIsRight yes indeed but my Benq screen look darker and warmer or have deeper Color than I usually see my screen. I mean after i used the software to calibrate it... i felt that it does not look right at some way...
So you are using the Spyder X software to calibrate the BenQ? Also the calibration are going to be different, your laptop calibration is stuck at Display P3 color gamut where your BenQ screen is going to alight closer to Adobe RGB.
Hi, quick question, if I attached external display and set it as extension display on windows, in order to calibrate the extended display, I will just need to move the i1profiler app to the second display and run it while the app is on the second display?
When you select the display in i1Profiler it will automatically snap to the display that choose to celibate.
@@ArtIsRight noted, thank you
Thank you for the detailed walkthrough, Art!
Could you perhaps briefly explain the ramifications of NOT running your display at ~120 cd/m for color critical work?
All I understood from the video was "because 120 cd/m is good luminance range".
Does that mean if I run a calibrated profile at 300cd/m for example - my luminance range (I assume it's similar to dynamic range?) is necessarily worse? Is this measurable via iProfiler somehow?
Thank you!
i1Profiler, depending on the device can calibrate display up to 1000 nits with the i1Display Pro and 2000 nits with the i1Display Pro Plus. Luminance range is not technically dynamic range per say but in the simplest of terms it can be though of in a similar manner. So 80 - 120 cd/m^2 (candela) or nits is the best range for print and even thought you don't printing you should always calibrate and edit your display to a standard. You can calibrate your display at any luminance value just stick to that value when you are editing. Calibrating your display brightness for other displays are less stringent, since our eyes can auto adapt really fast, if you have a brighter display your iris will just close down to let less light in that and our eyes have so much dynamic range. But a printed image does does not contain much dynamic range nor can it easily be adjusted once printed, a brighter light will only do so much. And whether you print or not my recommendation is to always calibrate to print for the best result to view on any devices. Hope this helps
@@ArtIsRight Thank you for the swift and detailed answer!
I deal exclusively with video color grading (unfortunately not in a very controlled environment) , but if I understand correctly same rules apply: I can calibrate at the brightness level I'm comfortable with (I currently like ~300 cd/m^2, since the room is not darkened), and just consistently stick to that, correct?
You can do that and as long as your video looks good.
Very informative Art!
@Dennis Cham, thank you!
This was a video I was hoping to see. Anyway you recommend using Panel Native as your RGB Primary. We work with 2 colorspaces. SRGB for web and Rec 709 for broadcast with SW270C This will be calibration slot 1 & 2. Third would be factory calibrated MBook as most clients use Apple Devices. What would you recommend as your RGB Primary. I know you are coming from a photographer’s POV while we are primarily a video content creator. Thanks in advance.
@Dennis Cham, you're welcome. I have been giving this question that you have a lot of thought these past few weeks during my various tests. I can certainly understand why the various color modes are there on the display and why they are there as an option when you calibrate the display with PME. So what if you calibrate and just use panel native solely, no more switching between sRGB and REC 709. If the program that you are working are color aware and most of them are. If you tag an image in sRGB for instance you will generally see the changes to the color right away because that program that you are using to view or edit the image is using an engine that runs in the background and do all of these color conversion in real time. In this scenario you are calibrating to the largest color space possible in order to accommodate for the smaller color spaces when you open the files up in these programs. I'll need more time to test this throughly but it is something that you can consider, it will save you time calibrating, switching hardware color mode and profiles. Another thing to consider is about mbook color mode, it is great to be able to proof what your clients may see but if they are a causal Mac users and don't calibrate their display then they will probably have true torn and night light functions on which will skew the display color anyways. So in this case it may be worth the try to just do everything in Panel Native. Let me know what you think about this and the result if you do any test.
@@ArtIsRight Good point Art! Will try to calibrate with Panel Native and see the results. Thank you for your channel. Thanks for taking time out to make these videos for BenQ. Take care and stay safe.
@Dennis Cham, happy to help, let me know how it goes.
amazing video. Very helpful. Saves me hours of trouble shooting.
:)
Hi..I have a benq2420PT and a huion camvas13 tablet hooked on to a laptop ..i am trying to match the tablet(120% srgb) and the external screen(100% srgb and around 90+argb) but i am unable to create proiles which can bring it close(like even bringin down the more capable monitor)..
i had a spider elite but it creates just one icc profile..
what do you suggest that can create something for this pair and scan prints as well.... i'm unsure between which spyder or xrite will be successful
Different device won't help you much, ruclips.net/video/NxTNSkxgVP8/видео.html
@@ArtIsRight the need is so :( ..the drawing tablet has a screen on which i edit.. but its 13" ...the 24" benq display shows more detail as its qhd,
There is a start contrast in the reds which I need to reduce...
@@ArtIsRight what i need is more like create a profile for the lower capable one at 100%srgb and apply it to the other.. or as close as possible
I hear what you are saying but the profile does not really work that way. What you are trying to do may be achievable using a really pro expensive program but even with that you may not get the result that you desire. I afraid I have not played with the Wacom device much to know but I am aware that they have their own calibration software made in partnership with X-Rite, I might start there.
Can you just come over and calibrate my monitor for me please!
I do remote consultation, if you can email me, or dm me on fb page or insta for more info
Hi Art, I have a MacBook Pro from 2017 (Big Sur) software, which I would like to calibrate with a Philipps 276E display with 4k display. At present when I connect my Mac to the display, the font seems tiny. I already changed preferences in various places in the Mac (Mail, Finder, etc) but this is not a dependable solution. Is there a default / general setting to calibrate the display to the MacBook Pro ?
ruclips.net/video/4U3eh_fMo4o/видео.html
I have 2 monitors of the same make i.e. BENQ GW2780 - both purchased 6 months apart. One of the display has a minor yellow tint and the black is also less dark compared to the other. Please guide how to match the color profile. Thank you.
I would reset both set them to the same mode and then calibrate them. If they still look off where one is noticeably off, I would contact your local support and see what they can do.
I purchased a new acer laptop 15 months ago and I use an older (10+ years) ASUS monitor. The colors are off - the laptop shows pink & blue and the older monitor shows red & black. I'm pretty sure the problem with the color is from the older monitor and I'll need to calibrate it, but how often would I need to calibrate the new laptop to manufacturer specs?
Every month to 2 months should do
Thanks - in a situation where you have a macbook and a benq hardware calibration type external display, and also an apple thunderbolt display for example (so three displays, one laptop and two external), do i understand correctly that you just calibrate each on one at a time. Use the benq software for the hardware calibration type monitor, and use the calibrate software for the Apple Thunderbolt Display and the laptop display? Good to go?
Yes yes and yes!
This is a great tutorial; packed with advice and knowledge. Well planned and well executed; not a single superfluous word, just advice after advice. I have a fairly good knowledge of PEM and the calibration with i!, but have never calibrated external monitor and the laptop. You have really helped me. Keep up the good work!
Wow, thanks!
Hey Art! Thanks for all the tips on your channel. You've helped me a lot.
I have done all I could find on here to calibrate my sw270c the best way. Every setting works well now, but I only get a contrast ratio of 370:1. Is this something to be concerned about?
@Sean Claessens, you're welcome and thank you as well to following, watching, giving feedback and asking questions! I'll be doing a video about your question soon, great question by the way. The answer is don't worry about it. When display manufacturer measure the contrast ratio of the display they measured that from the full brightness to full black. In an uncalibrated situation where the panel is allowed to go as bright as it can be that is perfectly OK. However, in a practical real world workflow leaving the display a full brightness it's not ideal. Because it's generally going to be about 2 to 5 times brighter than the printed image. So in this case we calibrate our display to dim down the max brightness value. And in general if you think about it with the SW displays the max brightness is usually about 250 to 300 nits, my recommended brightness range is usually between 80 to 120 nits, in essence we are running to display anywhere between half to 1/3 of the max brightness value. And because of this reduce brightness value when you try to measure the contract value the brightness is now them down so much so the contract value range is going to compress down. So the value that you are seeing 370:1 is normal in this case. At the end of the day what I would say is that if the picture looks good on your screen and you're happy with the results then you are OK.
@@ArtIsRight Thanks for the response Art!
Very helpful!!
When I run my MacBook Pro and SW320 after calibration for the first time in clamshell mode, the SW320 is still set to the old standard profile that macOS sets.
Is just switching over to the new just achieved profile enough or would I have to calibrate separately for clamshell mode?
Just switch the profile. In macOS the profile is linked to the display configuration, 1 or 2 displays setup, etc. It does not change the color when you have the proper profile selected.
Art, I understand some of what you are teaching but some of it is over my head. Can you make a video for non-techie people like me?
I would give a browse through my channel and see if some of the other vines will answer some questions that you have. Or if you like share the questions with me, either I'll reply with the video that answer the question or answer them for you :)
i have a laptop with low adobe rgb..can i fix it by connecting to a monitor?
If your external monitor has a higher Adobe RGB percentage than yes and calibrate it.
Superb, as usual, thank you
Thank you too!
Your videos are always spot on Art. I have the SW271 as an external for an iMac 2019. I believe I have the connections correct and am using an idisplay that is connected to the Benq. When starting EPM software I do not receive an error message, but when I hit the start button nothing happens. Tried rebooting and still nothing happens. Any clues? Thanks for taking some of the mystery out of monitor calibration especially with an external monitor for a Mac.
@dan mckenna, thank you. I see on this note in PME software next to the device name, is there a green check mark that shows the program recognize the device?
Does palette master work on benq PD displays? I have the Benq PD 2700U
No for PD you have to use the software that comes with your calibrate device.
hey Art! Thanks for all the info. I have a benQ 271C as a reference monitor that's hooked up to my iMac 2020 via a black magic decklink card mini monitor 4k via a HDMI. The only software that will let me calibrate my display through the resolve decklink card is DisplayCAL that generates a 3D LUT look up table while using resolve. is there a way to install the generated 3D LUT/profile to my BenQ, ideally id give it one of the 3 slots on the puck like you do with the pallets master profiles. Hope that makes sense?
Thanks Danny
No you can't install custom LUT on BenQ displays. What you need to do is run a hardware calibration choosing the slot that you want to use along with the color gamut setting and gamma. I.e. REC709 and G2.4. Along with the luminance that you want to use. From there calibrate the display. And then introduce the Decklink to the equation. The hardware calibration will remain in place so you are good. If you like to use display cal then you can, but it is unnecessary as long as you set resolved to the same RGB primary that you use for calibration with PME.
@@ArtIsRight ok thanks Art, I have done a few calibrations for rec709 gamma 2.4 on palette master but I’m not sure if it’s right. It doesnt seem to have enough contrast, even when I crush my blacks in colour grading it doesn’t seem that black on the monitor. Is that just how the benQ monitors look possibly, or do you think I’ve done the calibration wrong? Thanks for your reply I really appreciate it. Regards Danny
Custom calibration will always reduced contrast. The Panel is an IPS back light with uniformity correct, black can only be so black on these display and then add custom calibration on top. This is a panel tech limitation. What is the black point that you use in calibration in PME?
@@ArtIsRight I had absolute zero checked. Is that what you mean? Thanks Danny
Yes and what is your luminance? If you are using the decklink, something might be going on there as well that reduced the black.
If you have a hardware calibrated display once it is calibrated will it display the correctly calibrated color even if connected to different computers? Should you remove any ICC profiles associated with that display from the operating system software such as Windows so it doesn't alter the display signal sent from the graphics card to the display?
If you connect a HW calibrate display that was calibrated to computer A say to computer B, the result on Computer B would not necessary be correct or accurate because computer has a different hardware, software and driver combination. And even if you have an identical system each videocard output color slightly differently so for the best result even if you are using a HW calibrated display you should always run the HW calibration using the manufacture software on the system that you are using it with.
For you the second question, even if you use a HW calibrated display, the software that you use the calibrate the display will still produced an icc profile. Said icc profile is telling the video card to output full color range without any remapping and it is also telling the video card what color gamut to output. So you still need the icc profile even if you have a HW calibrated display. This is one of the more common misconception about HW calibration. This video will also answer the questions too ruclips.net/video/9hVfwW9LK8E/видео.html
@@ArtIsRight Thank you for your quick response, this stuff can be confusing! One more question. I am duel booting on the same computer using Windows 7 Pro and Windows 10 Pro. Would the Hardware Calibration done on one version of Windows be close on the other version if I loaded the same ICC profile made with the calibration software onto both operating system versions? I am using the same NVIDIA Driver number in each operating system but the version for Windows 10 is a separate download from the Windows 7 version. Thanks again.
The calibration should be fairly close to each other. Visually they are probably going to be imperceptible. However, if you do a validation you may find out that they are slightly different because each of the operating system version, windows 10 versus Windows 7 can handle color differently even though you are using the same driver version, video card and display. Color output, is generally a function of the driver and video card, however in some cases the OS overall can also affect it to.
@@ArtIsRight Thanks again!
:)
Hey Art. I got another question since you use D65 a lot. In a video by X-Rite a photographer recommends D55. You got any idea why?
ruclips.net/video/1FVHrh2gL4Q/видео.html
Also is there an option in Windows 10 to view those 3D profiles and compare them?
I am not aware of any freeware to view the profile like you would in Mac. If I find any I'll do a video about it.
About the video that you send me. The answer to this question in itself will open a can of worms. The fundamental is this D50 it's really recommended for offset printing or any printing house operation. The reason why D50 is better using the situation is because this color temperature closely match that of paperwhite, that is the paper that is being used for these press run. If you notice one thing about these printing houses to is that they have a viewing light that is calibrated to D50 as well. So part of what they're doing here is controlling the colors that their screen or calibrate to you and also the colors of the light bulb that they're using the view to print. They said if you work every hybrids on both and you are not a full-time printer it is probably more opportunity for you to set your printer to D65 based on the following reasons:
1. If you look at all the digital screens that are around you every single one of them are calibrated from the factory at D65. One of the advantage of editing your photo in D65 is that your guarantee that what you're seeing will look closer to what's going to show on the screens.
2. Understanding the fundamentals that I share with you in the paragraph above, what any photographer should do is match the white point of their display to the lightbulb that they are viewing the prints on. That means if you are calibrating to 6500 Kelvin what you need to do is get a lightbulb that is calibrated to 6500 Calvin and use that to the print. This will solve many of the color discrepancy issues that mean you're encountering when they're viewing their prints.
3. Add 6500 Kelvin our eyes the most color at the spectrum.
4. There are a few more in depth things to you that I will discuss here. In order for you to really calibrate a proper viewing environment, you should really be measuring the white point of the paper and not just send it to D50. D 50 is an approximate value for Press print or in jet printer paper white. However if you look at any variety of paper, you will see that the white point for each of those paper will be different. So even when you set your display to D 50 it is only an approximation.
5. To really be thorough about a calibration what you should do as well is measure and factor in the spectral value of the light that you are using to view to print on. Based on this information alone what you can do in this case is use a D 65 lightbulb measure the color spectral information of this lightbulb and then calibrate your display to D 65 and you will be able to match the viewing condition in a very similar fashion as well.
6. Don't get me wrong if you are printing professionally or you are in a professional printing House environment then D50 is the way to go. If you are a photographer and print occasionally then D65 would be a better choice. Ultimately there are diehard on these issues but for me. I have been using D65 and printing viewing using D65 lights for more than 20 years now. The personal preferences is yours but to anyone new coming into this, I tell them to take one complication out of this complex color management equation and stick with D65. At some point in the future if you get more ingrain in printing then D50 may be a choice.
Hope this helps. A video about this very topic is coming out soon.
@@ArtIsRight Great and thorough explanation Art. Since I rarely print and mostly work in 3D graphics and 3D rendering D65 is probably more suitable for me.
If that is what you do then I would stick with D65 all the way.
Hi Art thank you for these videos, they're so useful and so well put together! I've recently purchased the BenQ SW2700PT 27 Inch Monitor which gives me the option to switch between Adobe RGB mode and sRGB. Now I've calibrated both my BenQ monitor and Imac Pro using the instructions in the video, should I permanently set the OSD control to Adobe RGB to get the best colour representation? Thank you
If you have run the calibration using BenQ Palette Master Element, then you should choose the corresponding calibration on the display, either Calibration 1 or 2. If you have done a software calibration then keep the color mode the same as when you calibrated it.
This video will further explains the concepts too ruclips.net/video/iKfvbbUKA7U/видео.html
Thank you for your great info, today i received my MBP 16 + i1Display pro. and i got the same monitor connecting with USB-C the same cable that come with the monitor, so your video exactly like me setup, only one major problem, the monitor is working, but when i try to lunch PME i got a massage (a connection to benq display cannot be established ...)i tried every thing, reinstall PME, restart, unplugging the monitor, unplugging the USB cables, the i1 working great, Do have any solution?
you are using USB-C to USB-C correct? Are you using the cable that come with the display? If not can you try the one that comes with the display. Your issue here all has to do with the cable. So in this case if all else fail what you can do is plug in the USB-A (on the laptop with adapter) to USB-B on the back of the display in addition to the USB-C cable and see if this works. keep me posted.
@@ArtIsRight thank you for your fast reply, i am using the USB-C cable that come with the monitor, and i plug in the USB-A on the laptop and the USB-B on the back to the monitor and i kept the USB-C cable also attached,
so now there 2 cables coming from my laptop to the monitor, i restart the laptop, but still the same issue, still not fixed.
I would do a reset on the display, go to the menu on the display, setting, reset and then confirm. Then what you want to do is turn the display off, unplugged it and then press the power button for about 10 sec while it is off. In total leave the plug out for at least 30 sec. Once done plug it back in and see if anything change. If not, do you have another USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 cable that you can test this with? I would also try other ports on your computer as well and see if the issue is the same. On a side note, was your laptop restored from a backup or time machine, or migrate from another computer?
It worked after the display rest👌 thank you very much, you are a true expert, i looked for solution everywhere and i come up with nothing.. thanks again
Awesome!
This channel helped me so much when purchasing a new video editing/color grading monitor and I keep watching more and more. I went and calibrated both my iMac 5K and SW270C (Rec.709 mode) with the i1Profiler. I saw in your other video that I need to calibrate using a larger colorspace like Display-P3 to get lower Delta E values with Rec.709. I plan on using the BenQ with Resolve mainly in Rec.709 and then DCI-P3 too at some point. Firstly, should I calibrate for each color mode and then switch modes/profiles when I need to? Also, in i1Profiler, do I need to change the gamma to match the curve of the color mode I’m calibrating with? For example, when I first calibrated Rec.709 on the SW270C, did the gamma need to be set to 2.4? Finally, do I need to set the luminance/candle to the same value on both the iMac and SW270C? Thanks so much for all this amazing content Art and I’m learning a lot along the way.
Thank you. So first off are you using Palette Master Element (PME) to calibrate the SW270C? And i1Profiler to calibrate the iMac 5K? If not that is what you should do. For the SW270C when I said largest color space possible that would be panel native, but if you are working in Resolve then you would choose REC 709 as the RGB Primary from Palette Master Element. Other color space will not work because Resolved does not color manage. Lowest ∆e has nothing to do with RGB primary and larger one does not necessary equate to lower ∆e. Learn more about PME here ruclips.net/video/iKfvbbUKA7U/видео.html and how to calibrate with PME here ruclips.net/video/bz9y3db9vRI/видео.html If you want to calibrate in REC 709 and DCI-P3 then you would use PME to calibrate the various calibration slots in the SW270C so that it would match your need and you can then switch the calibration slot and corresponding profile on your computer when you switch over. You would set the gamma in PME as well. And yes for the display to match you would need to get the brightness value as close as possible between the two displays. Also when you calibrated your iMac 5K you are doing a software calibration, watch this video for the full explication of the differences between the two ruclips.net/video/9hVfwW9LK8E/видео.html
@@ArtIsRight Thanks so much for all of the information Art. I did use i1Profiler to calibrate both the iMac and the SW270C. I’m glad to know about the Delta E values since I was worried the low values weren’t being achieved in the 709 mode as I said. I’m definitely going to use the calibration slots for the color modes now, however, I’m having a lot of issues with PME v1.3.10 and v1.3.11 on my iMac. I have to hit the check sensor multiple times before PME acknowledges my i1Display Pro and then after hitting “Start” the light stops blinking. Once I get to the Measurement screen I have to click “Continue” many times and go through the “Sensor measurement error” message multiple times before it begins the calibration, even when the light is blinking on the i1 Display Pro. I’ve only had one successful calibration, otherwise, the light goes off completely when I’ve tried to do it again. I have tested this with the USB plugged into both my iMac and the SW270C. I thought changing the USB config to 2.0 would help it when plugged into the monitor, except it still has the same issues. Lastly, I installed PME v1.3.8 and it crashes every time I open it. Thank you so much and I hope this big report isn’t too much!
I hear you. So what is most likely happening on your system that is i1Profiler Tray might be running in the background. You can try to take that out by going to System Preferences - Users & Groups and then the tab at the top click on "Login Items" if you see i1Profiler, i1Studio, ColorMunki, in there remove it by highlighting it and chick on the minus sign in the bottom left of that box. Restart the computer and then try PME again, it should work.
This solved it! So, i1Profiler Tray wasn’t in login items, however I did see the i1Profiler icon in my menu bar top right. I’m guessing this is the i1 Tray app?Exiting this did the trick! I’m using PME v1.3.11 and i1Profiler 3.3.0 on a brand new 2020 iMac. Thank you so much Art!
Yup that is the tray!
Hey Art! Will this allow me to calibrate two of the same monitors to have the same colours? Thanks
They are going to come really close especially if they are the same make, model.
I need your help please. I love your videos but what's the difference between the i1 display pro plus and the spyder x elite? Please help.
@Nicholas Brevitt, sounds great. I'll add that to the queue.
ArtIsRight is the i1 display studio any good for video colorist and film makers?
@Nicholas Brevitt, the i1Display Studio is a good device too, it is like a basic i1Display Pro. The software is does not give you as much control as the i1Display Pro and if you are planning to use the device with 3rd party software the i1Display Studio will not work with 3rd party software. You should check this video out ruclips.net/video/Z0ul9SsilY8/видео.html it will tell you more about the differences between the two.
Great video!!
I have a question, if I used SW271 for video production, should I choose native gamut or DCI-p3 instead?
this would depend on the program that you are using for color grading and if that program is color aware or not. If it is, then I would calibrate the display to Panel Native and what the program will do is translate the color in the background in real time for it to match with the gamut that you choose. If your program is not color aware then that is another story.
I'm using Nuke for compositing and color grading, It seems don't use icc profile and OS color management system.
In this situation you want to calibrate your display to the color gamut that you use. This way that program can just assume the color gamut that you have set for your hardware calibration.