Please give this video a like and subscribe if you are new. Also here's the link on how to calibrate your laptop ruclips.net/video/Aed02rg3wDA/видео.html
Hi I Good videos. I noticed you're using a i1Display Pro for your calibration. I currently have a spyder 4 and was wondering would this be OK to do the same job? Thanks.
I can't thank you enough for making this video. I've been wrestling with color calibrating and matching my new secondary monitor for hours, across multiple days. Watched this, unchecked the HDR setting, had it calibrated within half an hour. Seriously, thank you.
Life saver! I noticed my photos had a different hue every time I was editing and just noticed true tone was turned on lol Thank you for you making this video!
I'm so glad I came across your channel! I always turn to video instructions when I'm learning something new, like getting my hands on a color calibration tool, but I did not find any videos that really went in depth until I found your videos. Thank you!
Awesome tips Art! Was struggling with calibrating a trusty monitor on a new M1 Max MPB and that pesky True Tone button was doing my head in. Turned that off and now its perfect. Thank you.
These videos are all superb! My question is, is there a way of adjusting contrast in the MacBook Pro M1? I can do it in my old Dell. I'm using I1Studio and would rather not have to purchase more equipment if possible. Thanks! Very informative!
no these are software calibrated display, it is for the most part lock. You may be able to use some accessibility features to get around this but I have not tried it so ymmv
I not only just switched to Mac but also moved and thought something was wrong with my SW271. If I had any hair I would've been pulling it out, thank you very much!!
my macbook air M1 2020..having display issue..Display showing fine mosaic pixel which in turn make the whole displace blur and like poor and low resolution image and display..not as good clear display as it used to be..Need help and advice here..Macbook never drop before or any crack display.Appreciate your guys.😟
Hi, thanks for the helpful video. I don't have the best work environment, as I work home. I work by a window, but no direct sunlight comes through. So this means it can be a brighter day or a darker day or changeable. Also because I work from home it can then turn from daytime into night time. I have made a black box to go around my screen. But when I calibrate my screen after I've switched off all the setting you have advised, will it make a difference going from natural daylight to home tungsten lighting? Thanks
Nope, again your screen should remain the same and not change color. True Tone will constantly adjust your screen and that is very bad. What you will notice is that the color of your display is off from the environment in tungsten light, and that is ok. Just know that it will happen. But you'll be on a mach better track.
Wow! I have a Dell external monitor and it has been showing a yellowish tint in the center areas of B&W photos and it has been driving me crazy. I could find no help for the issue through Google search. But, as soon as I turned off Auto Brightness and True Tone, the problem disappeared. Thank You!
Hello and thanks for the video. It is currently October 2021 and I'm running a Macbook Pro laptop with BigSur 11.6 installed and have the BenQ SW2700PT. In the video you talk about turning off the High Dynamic Range. I'm not seeing it anywhere on either the BenQ display or the Mac display. Is this because of the BigSur 11.6 version or has the HDR been moved somewhere else? Looked around for it and can't find it. Thanks for any help!
nope, probably a full color radio meter or Minolta color meter or something along that line with pro software solution. It is not anything like what we are using and used to seeing.
Hi Arti ..i was wondering can u use for example the imac or macbook pro with its own factory icc profile and then use on Benq its own profile..?so for example you can compare the difference between the 2 displays ... or thats not possible on mac os ?
Hello, I have a iphone 12 and it has a yellow/warmer tint on it and is this a defective display or is it a actually the correct display over the icy white?
If you have true tone turn off and it is still showing that is most likely a panel calibration. I would compare yours with another similar model with Turn Tone turn off and see if your yellow is noticeable still.
For Pro photo workflow no and unless you have an Apple Display or doing video editing in HDR, which is really complicated on non apple display, it is best to leave it off.
hello friend, in which native profile should the monitor be before starting the calibration? Do I have to do a calibration for each color profile? I use a mac and I saw your video but it does not specify the original native profile, I have a BENQ PD3229U by default it changes me to linear displayprofile linear , I must have which profile I place before starting
Hello ! Thank you . I am Using Final Cut pro for videos and Lightroom for Photos . Which color mode do you Recommend for calibration in PD3220 U and M1 Macbook pro 13 - inch. Do i have to set SRGB color mode for both Display ? can i use HDR color Mode after calibration for Final cut Pro videos ?
I would just choose Display P3 and go with that, Color translation will work in the background ruclips.net/video/Gu1nqEf8vzg/видео.html As far as HDR, you have to enabled it from the computer, it can work but it is not the best or the most accurate. Everything still comes down to this fundamental ruclips.net/video/0lurRq1iGPA/видео.html with the exception being any HDR displays.
Hi Art! I'm calibrating a BenQ SW271 monitor with a Spyder 5 pro in pallete master element and it keeps ending with my blacks having a very red hue to them. looks awful...Any idea what I could be doing wrong? I keep looking around and am unable to find an answer.
Just choose the factory calibrate color mode and use that. Manual calibration from the OS requires human perception which is never accurate. If you are going to do that you are better off no calibrating at all.
Hello, thank you for all you do! I have a question: when I disable true tone on the MacBook Air m1, I have to decide also which colour profile to use from the dropdown menu. I have several choices, do you know which one is more color accurate? The default is “Colour LCD”. Thank you
Hi Art, great video thanks. What OSX Display Profile setting should be applied for my external BenQ Monitor? I have 3 different Custom Calibrations set up, AdobeRGB x2 and sRGB x1, I use the Hockey Puck to switch between them. However I have noticed that even if I use the Hockey Puck to switch to the AdobeRGB settings, the profile that is selected in my OSX settings for the BenQ display remains on my sRGB custom profile. And vice versa if I flip the situation around.
That is by design, best recommendation is to calibrate in PME, choose a slot, RGB primary and stick with it this is the guide ruclips.net/video/8rjRoIe0-mo/видео.html and this explains why you can stick with just 1 calibration color space with no need to switch ruclips.net/video/Yvu-sgddna0/видео.html
As a follow up question, would you recommend turning on TrueTone AFTER calibration? Or leave it off? Up to this day, I'm still unsure if TrueTone is beneficial or not.
@Ian Francis Viray, leave it off, for color critical work it is not beneficial at all. It is a mode made to match the screen white point to the ambient light white point, this way when you look at your screen it is not jarring. It is good for casual use, however, for color critical work, the color will constantly chance, rendering your display calibration useless.
@@ArtIsRight Is it ok to turn it off for calibration and then turn it on when working on non-color critical work. I use my machine all day for things that are not color-critical and true-tone is really nice in those situations for preventing headaches and eye fatigue. At least for me. (And thank you for these videos. Very helpful.)
Many thanks for this. Everything was fine on my old Windows laptop but then I upgraded to a MacBook Pro and everything went pear shaped. . Tried using Pallet Master Elements v1.3.16, but was getting a fail every time. After changing the cables, switching off the display settings on the Mac, and calibrating again with the previous version v1.3.16 , it’s finally passed! The thing now is that the colours on the Mac and on the monitor are very different and I don’t know how to resolve this. If I change from the profile to Wide Gamut RGB they’re identical though. Any help would much appreciated.
So I have followed all of your instructions for my Mac Calibration with an additional monitor. Do you have any idea why my external screen will not hold the calibration. One day the calibration is on the next it's off. It won't hold the calibration :( Any help would be greatly appreciated.... Thanks 😊
I like to help but I need a lot more details from you, what computer do you have, laptop, desktop, os version, what display is your external, what cable are you using for the display signal, what software and device are you using to calibrate the display. When you say it does not hold calibration what exactly is happening, be as detailed as possible. Please share these with me and we'll go from here.
I have no clue where to go with this problem. M1 Mac Mini with Monterey. My challenge is that I can set the monitor (Benq PD2700U) to 60 hertz but it seems to over time change itself to 40-60 hertz. This is a miserable flickering look. It is set to scaled and default. Any thoughts??
If your display is older I would give BenQ support a call and see what they can do. Sometime older display need to have a firmware update for it to work properly with M1, I am not saying that you need one but they can tell you or help you out.
I've been trying for a week now to get past the "benq display not detected (yet, i'm seeing everything", and "make sure USB is connected and FTD1 drivers working." I'm on a Late 2014 MAC Mini. Saw one of the videos that said you by-passed that, but.. agh.. say what?
Display not detected and no signal are 2 different thing. Display not deleted meaning that the program does not see the display. ruclips.net/video/24BebMD0G7s/видео.html or ruclips.net/video/OVml8PQ4F2g/видео.html tl;dr that is a previous gen Mac mini without USB C, you Winn need to use a USB Type B Uplink cable in addition to the display cable. Once you have that plugged in, power off the display, pull the plug out and press the power button to empty the capacitors. Plug it back in and then launch Palette Master Element (PME).
hi art! amazing content! soooo much to learn! I just bought a 270c and it is amazing! but I dont have any Calibration Device just yet, so is there anything i can do for now? to Start editing and having both screens as equal as possible? i see that my MacBook Pro 15 has a "calíbrate" option on COLOR should i use it? or you Think i should just use the monitor as it is without touching anything untill having a Calibration device? HELP PLEASE!
I would not use that option, not the best, everything based on human eyesight which is not consistence. Best mode to use for color matching would be M-Book, otherwise, use Adobe RGB for photos. Cheers. As far as calibrator, I recommend the i1Display Pro or Pro Plus
@@ArtIsRight thank you so much for the answer Art! Ive been watching all the videos you have related to that and most definitely will buy the i1display! Thanks again!
Anytime, x-rite-photo.2rcf97.net/nYoe6 If you are in the US, send me an email or add my Facebook page or instagram and message me for a 10% off code. :) Happy Calibrating!
@@ArtIsRight left a word off ....display settings as there are several. 1800x1169? Too you have a video that goes through all the ins and out of how you set up the monitor w M1 2021 MacBook pro. Many thanks
@@ArtIsRight Thanks. I thought there would be a preferred one. Now to learn how to calibrate the monitor, set white point and screen brightness, etc. for accurate color with prints. Beautiful monitor once I learn all the ins and outs.Thanks for the videos and help Art!!
Hi Art, thanks for your great tutorials! I’m trying to prepare my brandnew SW321C for calibration. It is connected to Mac mini M1 on 11.6 with the usb-c cable that came with the BenQ. (I have also tried with another high quality usb-c cable) In System Preferences under displays>display there is no box for HDR. Only ‘resolution’ and ‘rotation’. No ‘refresh rate’ either. Is something wrong? And is HDR enabled or not and if yes, how to switch it off? How to find info about the refresh rate now? Thanks in advance for helping me out!
Learn how to change or check the refresh rate in this tutorial ruclips.net/video/-epAJtrPmLE/видео.html If you get a brand new one, it is most likely that you got one with the latest firmware. i.e. you'll be getting 60 hz from the display. As far as HDR, not sure why it does not show up on your end. But I am not concern about it. If the color on your display does not look washed out then you are good. Also watch this video for exam of what color washout looks like ruclips.net/video/0lurRq1iGPA/видео.html You can also go into the color mode menu on the display and see if HDR is enabled (white) or grayed out. If white and highlighted meaning that your display is in HDR mode, if it is white and not selected or greyed out you are good
Thank you. Please can you explain color balancing or adjusting iMac color similar to Windows colors? When it come to design, most customers are using windows computers.
Pretty much the methods are the images. Implementations are different or a Mac vs PC, so your milage may very quite a bit and PC does not color manage as well as Mac.
Hi Art. That is a good idea to do this video. I was very confused with calibrating my display because TrueTone was enabled and destroyed every calibration.
Hi Art, thanks for providing such useful content. I calibrated my monitor with displayCAL and a i1DisplayPro to Rec709/2.4 (External Monitor running with MacOS). If display a video tagged with 1-1-1 in Quicktime (which should run thru Colorsync) is my calibrated profile still in use or does it select a system-default rec709 profile? Which i guess happens ... because how should colorsync know the calibration details of the profile? Do you have any suggestions for that?
In Mac regardless of program if it is color aware, it will run everything through ColorSync which will take on the display profile from the setting in system preference. Mac manages the color at the OS level or everything that run on top of it will generally use the system selected icc profile, no reference mode here, unless set as such.
How can I reset the display setting to its original state?? Somehow i managed to screw it all up and colors are all weird and now i cant see highlighting, check boxes or sign in field boxes for web sites
Hi Art, if you don’t have a calibrator yet what color profile do you choose in System Preferences? Do you choose AdobeRGB or the BenQ SW271 when editing photos? I have the screen itself in AdobeRBG. And I shoot in AdobeRGB.
To turn off extended high dynamic range on MAC hold ALT when clicking Display, in system preferences. BUT you need to do those steps directly after each other. If i enter system preferences (without alt), go into display (now you wont see the extra setting, normal), trying to step back into system preferences and holding ALT and enter Display, it wont work on my imac 2020. So - complete go out of system preferences, check theres no white dot under in the dock, hold ALT and enter Display. Uncheck box under true tone - allow extended dynamic range :)
So the iMac 2020 can do HDR but I think that with the build in display, it is automatic because Apple control the whole stack unlike an external display where you have to explicitly tell it to HDR or not. The internal display should auto detect the source via MacOS and enable HDR or not, which is that HDR option does not explicitly show up on the iMac internal display. You can enable it all the time but the overall quality would suffer.
Thanks for doing this. the settings are correct, but both my laptop and external monitor on my desktop are both off-oversaturated about about plus twenty in PS. And yellow. I profile with i1 display pro. I've contacted Xrite, but they've changed their tech support, and haven't been able to get in touch with despite trying. Strangely enough, the standard LCD is much closer to the actual. I did not have this problem until I installed Catalina. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
What computer do you have and what external display are you using, Mac or PC? As far as when you saw the colors are closer, what are you using as reference?
@@ArtIsRight I have a MacBook Pro (retina 2015) and Mac Pro (2014) desktop. I am using Catalina 10.15.7-an upgrade that was forced upon me. I wound up doing a clean install of that OS (wiping off all data and software, starting from scratch) because photoshop and capture one were not working properly. The laptop has a Retina display and with the desktop I use an NEC MultiSync PA 272W. The tower had the OS reinstalled, but I did not wipe all the data off of it-maybe I should because PS is really buggy, but 2019 is relatively stable-ish. I am running the latest versions of i1Profiler and the epson print driver for the 7900-and were recently reinstalled to fix this issue. I have been strongly advised by Capture One not to upgrade to Big Sur. Mac of course, told me that Big Sur would solve all my problems once it came out, but if past is prologue, I don't buy it. The deal is: on screen, my images look saturated, etc, but when I print they are noticably bluer in tone and desaturated, which matches the preview in the printer driver, but not the image in PS. The image appears to look the same in PS and Preview, on both machines. All print settings are correct-I've been doing this for years, but they were verified by epson and Xrite. I have a portion of my laptop partitioned to run a windows based service program in the windows operating system. No other software other than the os runs on that partition. When I view the image in the pictures program, it looks the same as the prints-desaturated and bluish. All the prints from the desktop, laptop, and windows, are match each other, in all programs, including PS and Preview. Whats odd is that the printer preview matches the output correctly-slighter bluer and desaturated. I have screen shots if your interested. When I processed the images in Captured one, there's a lot of desaturation adjustments happening, especially in the blues and reds, although on screen, they look very saturated, especially in the red/yellow spectrum. Here is the latest advice I received from Lumesca, who just took over photo division from Xrite: "Yes there were issues with profiling Catalina when it first became available, the profiles were terrible. Please make sure you have all the updates to Catalina OS re-installing the i1Profiling fixed the problem but we alo recommended to use the following procedure: - Plug the i1 Display Pro to USB on Mac ⁃ Allow a few minutes then launch i1Profiler software and select - Click on Display Profiling (on the left) ⁃ Display Settings: Set the white point to the 'setting and leave other setting to default values and go next. ⁃ In Profile Settings - Change ICC profile Version 2 go next ⁃ Patch set - use the Large set of patches go next ⁃ Measurement - Un-tick ADC and select adjust the brightness manually, start Measurement follow screen instructions and continue ⁃ Do not adjust the contrast or RGB, (only adjust brightness, manually adjust the brightness until it reaches as close as possible to the target). ⁃ Save Profile" That's a lot, I know, but that's the issue I'm having.
Problem with BenQ SW270c color calibration... I use a BenQ SW270c for editing my photos with Adobe LR und PS. As computers I use Laptops (a new MacBook Pro M1 and an older Lenovo Thinkpad i7). All monitors get calibrated using the Xrite i1 display plus colorimeter on a regular basis (following the advice of "Artisright" on RUclips; Laptop monitors get calibrated in sRGB space using Xrite software and the BenQ both in sRGB and aRGB (switchable with the "hockeypuck" device of the monitor) using palette master element). => Despite of these efforts the BenQ SW270c exerts a clear green cast and colors look artificial and oversaturated (more in aRGB mode and less in sRGB mode). I understand that the BenQ has a bigger color space, but what is the advantage of calibration when the displays look clearly different (at least in sRGB mode and with the good retina display of the macbook, that should easily be able to display sRGB, the colors shpuld look similar?)? => I assume I make something wrong, can someone please tell me what is it...? (or is all this calibration stuff just an expensive occupational therapy? :-|) Wolfgang
"(or is all this calibration stuff just an expensive occupational therapy? :-|)" no not quite. A few things, laptop display would get calibrate in the laptop display color space, it is software calibration and for the most part there's really no choose the color space, just what is native to the panel. If it is sRGB then that would be it, but if it is P3 then no. Some laptop displays on PC have advanced color control but those are rare. Adobe RGB is a wide gamut and to see color properly when switching profile you are supposed to quite the app and relaunch it so that the new icc would take place, otherwise the color would be all wrong. Adobe RGB is bigger than sRGB so you are going to more color, but artificial and over-saturation could be a result of something that is improper during the calibration. Either that or this falls into the element of human calibration, where not only would one have to calibrate the display but also readjust the perception of what is acceptable and is a good standard as well. I always tell people, what you have seen before may not always be necessary correct.
Hello Art, Could you tell me what color profile should I use with a Benq SW270c please. I've done a clean install of MacOS BigSur, and my colors looks a bit weird (I calibrated last year my screen with an X-rite i1 display). In the color profile, in the monitor section of the preferences system panes, it is on Benq SW270 (made by apple). I am a bit lost. Should I Calibrate again or should I just pick the right profile ? Thank you !
Start with the video on this playlist. ruclips.net/p/PLjlr8rlxl_q4c6zLCnrxrKSnCwfANevrw You should calibrate your display with Palette Master Element. Some i1Display are not compatible, i.e. i1Display Studio. While i1Display Pro and Pro Plus are compatible. These video will walk your through what you need to know. But the tl'dr is in the color preference you want to choose the profile that was created from the custom calibration. Also based on what you shared you have a hardware calibrated display but you are doing a software calibration on it. ruclips.net/video/9hVfwW9LK8E/видео.html
@@ArtIsRight first of all, thank you again for your time. When I bought my sw270c, I did an hardware calibration with palette master element (and with the i1 display pro). The problem for me today is that I have done a clean install on my Mac, and I think that I've lost a little something with it : my screen is still calibrated (I presume), but I now have a lot of possible profiles in the monitor colors section (in the preferences system panel), and I don't know which one to choose... I don't remember if a specific profile was created when I calibrated my screen. Maybe I should do a new calibration. Thank you :)
If you just did a clean installation I would just recalibrate. There may be some slight changes in the GPU output rendering. It is always better to play it safe.
Hi and thanks a lot for good content! I have now calibrated an Apple iMac 2021 with M1 processor using ccProfiler and Calibrite Display Plus. I have used your recommended settings. The result I got is not good: if i look at the LUTs viewer curves the red channel is way up compared to the others so RGB separation is not good. The result is too warm colors. Do you know why and what I could do to get a proper calibration? Thanks!
iMac 2021 might use a different back light technology. So what you want to do is select different one and test, I would start with GB LED and White LED. See if the result at the end is any better. If you set the calibration to D65 you want to have an end result that is in the range of +/- no more than 100 give it a try and let me know. I don't have the iMac any more to test, but whatever it is the default back light is not the correct one.
@@ArtIsRight I was using the "white led" technology. I will try with GB LED and see how it goes. Should ideally the LUTs viewer show RGB channel in a linear shape, all three on top of each others from 0 to 256 in the graph?
From X-Rite website: To summarize the history of Apple Technology Type: Before 2009 - CCFL iMacs (2009 - Mid 2015) - White LED Retina 4K, 21.5" and 5K, 27" iMacs (Late 2015 and after) - GB-LED All MacBooks (2009 - 2015) - White LED 15" and 16" MacBook Pros (2016 and after) - PFS Phosphor All 13" MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs - White LED I have tried with GB-LED and I still get the warm cast :-(
@@ArtIsRight 6485K (achieved); By the way: how can you double check this? I can only see this during calibration, but after I contionue with the process and finalize, I do not know where to find this information from the created ICC profile. Even in the report it is not present.
There's no shortcut or command that will do that. You can try apple script or automator but personally I would just leave it on. I leave mine to editing setting all the time. There's really no reason to change it back and forth, this help eliminate errors.
This was very helpful. However what should be under color? I’ve tried to figure this out and I’m not sure. Is this where we enter the profile after it was calibrated or should it be Adobe RGB which is how I edit my raw files? Any help is appreciated.
@@ArtIsRight Hi Art, I just posted a similar question. If using the Hockey Puck to switch between Custom Profiles, do you also need to change to the relevant Custom Profile in the OSX settings?
You should change the icc profile if you want to see the most accurate color possible. The reality is don't so it this explains why you can stick with just 1 calibration color space with no need to switch ruclips.net/video/Yvu-sgddna0/видео.html
@@ArtIsRight thanks - do you mean the ICC profile on the OSX Display settings should be changed to mirror the change of the Custom Calibration setting on the Hockey Puck? I saw your video explaining to stay on one setting. Interesting thanks! I also see you recommend Panel Native for Mac. Why is that - as I have seen other BenQ ambassadors and other sites recommending AdobeRGB?
That is correct, they both need to match and if you are using any color managed program, i.e. PS, LR, you have to restart the program for it to pickup the changed icc or icm profile settings. Other BenQ Ambassadors and sites have not done as much testing and give BenQ enough feedback as I have. Nor do they have access to BenQ engineers and experts on these displays. Panel Native is like Adobe RGB color gamut but larger. So if you want to view your work in the largest color gamut possible then that is the way to go. There's really no need to calibrate in small or other color gamut. Running in the background on your computer there is a program called a CMM, Color Management Module that does the color conversion in real time. If you are using adobe application it uses a program called ACE or Adobe Color Engine. However your images are tagged, the CMM will convert via your display panel native profile so that you are seeing the correct tag color space. So for instance in Photoshop, if you bring in a image tagged with sRGB color space, regardless of display color gamut or RGB primary setting, ACE will make sure that you always see that image with the proper sRGB color gamut. Here’s a video with further explanation of CMM ruclips.net/video/Yvu-sgddna0/видео.html
This is rather interesting. When I close my laptop the monitor screen is upside down. Normally I will always have my laptop open and that is the engine. But why is it upside down when I close i t? Thanks.
@@ArtIsRight Thanks as that would do it...but matters not as I could not use the monitor without the laptop open as it is the engine that makes the monitor functional or useable as I do not have a separate keyboard.
@@ArtIsRight Art when I sent an image from LR to PS the first time, the image in PS appears as a collage on the benQ monitor. Any idea why? I cannot attach anything which would be the best. I quit PS and resend it, the image is normal. This does happen every time. Thanks
@@ArtIsRight i am using macbook 2012 connected thunderbolt 27 inch display and i need to color calibrate the monitor...so should i use this tutorial and it will give me the results...just seen your display is not apple thats why i asked
This is just displays settings to turn off, manufacture agnostic. For calibration you probably want to use this guide ruclips.net/video/h_TT9O2I1b4/видео.html there are going to some apple specific items so you can refer to this one as well ruclips.net/video/JrPdvs2by04/видео.html
Thank you so much!!! This was super helpful. The minute I turn the HDR off, my external monitor color changed to what my MacBook pro was actually displaying. Quick question: Do I still need to calibrate using the color tab. And if so, what display profile should I use as a photographer. Mind you, my external monitor specs only has SRGB and not Adobe SRGB. Its a LG 27UL850, and does that matter? ....Or do you already have a video for that? Thanks for any help you can offer. It'd much appreciated!
Glad it help, what you want to do with your LG is this ruclips.net/video/h_TT9O2I1b4/видео.html which will get you the best color possible, if not I would just leave it at the default one that Mac assigned.
Interesting however I still use an 2016 MacBook pro so only night shift exists😅 I have a weird behavior the MacBook's screen is warmer than my BenQ sw271 monitor and I don't understand why, if you have an idea ? 😉
@@ArtIsRight ok I thought that an sRGB picture would look identical in chrome between a MacBook pro and a the BenQ SW on PC but obviously it's not possible 😭
Sorry but I don’t know who else would know about this, my external monitor stars flickering randomly on my M2 Max, I have a BenQ PD2700Q. The issue persists until I reset the computer, and it only occurs on my external monitor, what could be causing the issue? It’s connected via hdmi
I would get a USB C to Display port cable and give that a try to see if the issue persist. Another thing that you can try as well is to hook up another display to the M2 Max via HDMI and see if the issue still happens. Also have you tried a different HDMI cable yet?
Thanks you tutorials have sorted out a lot of issues I’ve had with my MacbookPro (2015) early and early SW2700PT. Such as the HDMI and some of the settings to disable. I wanted to upgrade to a new MacBook Pro 16” 32 ga and 1 TB but now I see the cables would be an issue and I’d be better off to get the new SW270 also, my wife would really kill me then. I do hope BenQ get there act togeather with respect to Palette Master Element and it’s bugs soon there is a lot of negativity about this on the Lu Lu Forum.
@Philip Slocum, your new Mac won't be an issue, you just need one of these cable to link your new Mac up to the SW2700PT. I do this all the time www.amazon.com/Displayport-QGeeM-Thunderbolt-Compatible-MacBook/dp/B074V5MMCH/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-p13n1_0?crid=VOPMOKZI8CZ5&cv_ct_cx=usb+c+to+displayport&dchild=1&keywords=usb+c+to+displayport&pd_rd_i=B074V5MMCH&pd_rd_r=6dde29de-0675-4ae4-805b-9003e57fd0e6&pd_rd_w=ELqLa&pd_rd_wg=fQS5W&pf_rd_p=d027eaac-7531-45fe-a61e-20ae30db06de&pf_rd_r=RSB1S5S0F8YZAF6ER082&psc=1&qid=1588293465&sprefix=usb+c+To+display,aps,216&sr=1-1-70f7c15d-07d8-466a-b325-4be35d7258cc The other thing that you'll need is a USB C to USB 3.1 Type B, you can by pass this with a hub or a USB C to A dongle. About the forum, would you mind sharing a link? I know that there are some legitimate bugs with PME but there are also many cases of things that looks like bug, but are more of an OS or cable issues similar to what you have encounter as well. I can be an additional resource to help others out.
Sure you can do that for a lot of reason that is really ill advised. In Photoshop yes, but in the OS, I don't think that is the best idea because Apple Laptop LCD is not calibrated to Adobe RGB and by no means is the color gamut out on the laptop screen Adobe RGB. In essence you are using a reference profile, Adobe RGB, on a non references display output, that mind you is outputting a tweaked DCI-P3. This can't be a good combo. Depending on who you talked to at Adobe, if it support, I would not give that advice too much weight, most of them read from scripts. As far as few photographers, I am sure that not many of them are a color geek as I am. :)
Art - Very helpful instruction video. One thing about how you shoot your videos: Please DO NOT insert shots of you taken from the side. I am watching your video by myself, as are 99% of the people watching. There is no one sitting to my right. You don't have to pretend that there is. I imagine you think it adds a "professional" touch, but it is really dumb.
Thank for following up with your other video. I have a further question: I'm working on an external monitor, editing/coloring HD video in the Rec. 709 color space. I'm calibrating the monitor with an i1 Display calibration device. Before I run the calibration software, I do a factory reset on the monitor, but here's my question: should I 1. set the monitor's color profile to the default, then do the color calibration, and then change the display profile to Rec. ITU-R BT.709-5? Or should it be the other way around where I 2. do a factory reset on the monitor, set the display profile to Rec. 709, then run the calibration software? Sorry if this is an obviously dumb question. I've never done this before. Thank you! UPDATE: I think you answered my question in this video: ruclips.net/video/JrPdvs2by04/видео.html at the 6:35 mark. Thank you for such thorough guides!
Hi, I'm glad that you found the answers, but here they are if you need it. If you are using a software calibrated display and you want to editing in REC 709, what you have to do is choose that color mode on the display. Don't worry about the setting the profile pre calibration it does not matter. Run the calibration and use the profile that is generated from this calibrate. The calibration program will set the profile up for you automatically, but you can certainly double checkout. You can do a factory reset if you feel more comfortable but overall, if you have not gone in and change the settings extensively, then it would not matter much.
Hi Art have. problem with the new M1 16" laptop as the display prefs have changed under Monterey in that several options have gone__ I ran iDisplay but you cannot see the profile in the display prefs so there's no way like in the old prefs where you could turn it on and off to check the differences etc I can see the profiles under Library>colorsynch but they are greyed out so can be imported into the display prefs box, I e you can't interact with them at all and there is no longer the "color" option button in the prefs any advice AH! JUST FOUND YOUR SOLUTION!!-THANK YOU!! ruclips.net/video/cLl01EjHU3Q/видео.html thanks
This is so wrong. Turning off auto brightness and true tone on a portable device is not a good advice at all!!!! If you REALLY want to do color critical work, the first you should do, is to undress your purple shirt, because it will change the colors of your screen because of the reflections. A mobile device needs to have auto adjustments because its surroundings change and it needs to adapt. If you turn off the auto adjustments, the colors will look different depending on the surrounding light and the room you are in (also the color temperature). Then you have a calibrated display, but the colors will look different all the time and this is just nonsense! Imagine you are sitting in the living room editing on the evening, then you come back to the project next day in the morning and there is a lot of light in the living room. When you have always the same brightness on your display, a print will look more vibrant and brighter, but the photo on the display will look the oppposite! But HDR and night shift should be definitely turned off. This is right. But auto adjust brightness and true tone should be turned on.
Thank you for the input which are all incorrect. No one who does color management should follow your advice, it is unsound for so many reasons. But please continue to do what works for your workflow, we all have the right to our choices, right or wrong.
@@ArtIsRight as I said in the other comment. Please elaborate why this could be wrong. I already explained the differences and problems with portable devices. Doing color grading in the evening with warm light surrounding, will give you way different results than in daylight. The next day all your edits will look way warmer when you do not adjust/calibrate for every environment your are working in. Try it with printing something after editing in daylight and then edit in warm artificial light and print it. Compare afterwards because prints don't lie. But you are right, everyone has the right to his own choices. Thanks for your reply.
Please give this video a like and subscribe if you are new. Also here's the link on how to calibrate your laptop ruclips.net/video/Aed02rg3wDA/видео.html
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Hi I Good videos. I noticed you're using a i1Display Pro for your calibration. I currently have a spyder 4 and was wondering would this be OK to do the same job? Thanks.
I can't thank you enough for making this video. I've been wrestling with color calibrating and matching my new secondary monitor for hours, across multiple days. Watched this, unchecked the HDR setting, had it calibrated within half an hour. Seriously, thank you.
You're very welcome!
Life saver! I noticed my photos had a different hue every time I was editing and just noticed true tone was turned on lol Thank you for you making this video!
You're welcome!!
Ahh this was driving me crazy trying to figure out color issues with my new monitor! Thanks so much.
You’re welcome!
I'm so glad I came across your channel! I always turn to video instructions when I'm learning something new, like getting my hands on a color calibration tool, but I did not find any videos that really went in depth until I found your videos. Thank you!
@Ian Francis Viray, I'm glad this help out. More great contents coming.
Awesome tips Art! Was struggling with calibrating a trusty monitor on a new M1 Max MPB and that pesky True Tone button was doing my head in. Turned that off and now its perfect. Thank you.
Great to hear!
These videos are all superb! My question is, is there a way of adjusting contrast in the MacBook Pro M1? I can do it in my old Dell. I'm using I1Studio and would rather not have to purchase more equipment if possible. Thanks! Very informative!
no these are software calibrated display, it is for the most part lock. You may be able to use some accessibility features to get around this but I have not tried it so ymmv
Had Mac for years and didn't know this info, Thank you..
Super important :D
I not only just switched to Mac but also moved and thought something was wrong with my SW271. If I had any hair I would've been pulling it out, thank you very much!!
You're welcome!
my macbook air M1 2020..having display issue..Display showing fine mosaic pixel which in turn make the whole displace blur and like poor and low resolution image and display..not as good clear display as it used to be..Need help and advice here..Macbook never drop before or any crack display.Appreciate your guys.😟
I would check the scaling, otherwise, you might need to take your computer in for a repair.
Hi, thanks for the helpful video.
I don't have the best work environment, as I work home. I work by a window, but no direct sunlight comes through. So this means it can be a brighter day or a darker day or changeable. Also because I work from home it can then turn from daytime into night time. I have made a black box to go around my screen. But when I calibrate my screen after I've switched off all the setting you have advised, will it make a difference going from natural daylight to home tungsten lighting? Thanks
Nope, again your screen should remain the same and not change color. True Tone will constantly adjust your screen and that is very bad. What you will notice is that the color of your display is off from the environment in tungsten light, and that is ok. Just know that it will happen. But you'll be on a mach better track.
Color graded an entire short film with true tone on. Not good.... Thank you for this! Fixed it.
Glad it helped!
Wow! I have a Dell external monitor and it has been showing a yellowish tint in the center areas of B&W photos and it has been driving me crazy. I could find no help for the issue through Google search. But, as soon as I turned off Auto Brightness and True Tone, the problem disappeared. Thank You!
Thanks for sharing
Hello and thanks for the video. It is currently October 2021 and I'm running a Macbook Pro laptop with BigSur 11.6 installed and have the BenQ SW2700PT. In the video you talk about turning off the High Dynamic Range. I'm not seeing it anywhere on either the BenQ display or the Mac display. Is this because of the BigSur 11.6 version or has the HDR been moved somewhere else? Looked around for it and can't find it.
Thanks for any help!
SW2700PT does not have HDR, it will only show up on capable displays.
Thanks Art!
You bet!
These recommendations are for laptops? correct? Thank you for you very informative videos.
desktop and laptop if the options presents itself.
Thank you.
You just stopped me from returning a monitor unnecessarily. I didn't understand the impact HDR had on the monitor.
You're welcome. HDR impact is huge and not in a good way.
Hi Art ,do you know what hardware apple use to calibrate the apple,macbook,imac displays? Do they use smth like i1 display pro?
nope, probably a full color radio meter or Minolta color meter or something along that line with pro software solution. It is not anything like what we are using and used to seeing.
your a goat thanks for saving my life
Thank you!
Thanks Art. This has simplified a lot for me.
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Arti ..i was wondering can u use for example the imac or macbook pro with its own factory icc profile and then use on Benq its own profile..?so for example you can compare the difference between the 2 displays ... or thats not possible on mac os ?
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Hello, I have a iphone 12 and it has a yellow/warmer tint on it and is this a defective display or is it a actually the correct display over the icy white?
If you have true tone turn off and it is still showing that is most likely a panel calibration. I would compare yours with another similar model with Turn Tone turn off and see if your yellow is noticeable still.
Thanks so much for the videos they are great. I have one question : after I calibrate do I turn back on the High Dynamic Range setting for my monitor?
For Pro photo workflow no and unless you have an Apple Display or doing video editing in HDR, which is really complicated on non apple display, it is best to leave it off.
Thank you! It was the HDR that was messing up my work. =)
You're welcome
Same! SOOO DARK!
Lifesaver! The HDR was killing me...
:D not just you, it is killing most pros ;)
hello friend, in which native profile should the monitor be before starting the calibration? Do I have to do a calibration for each color profile? I use a mac and I saw your video but it does not specify the original native profile, I have a BENQ PD3229U by default it changes me to linear displayprofile linear , I must have which profile I place before starting
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Hello ! Thank you .
I am Using Final Cut pro for videos and Lightroom for Photos . Which color mode do you Recommend for calibration in PD3220 U and M1 Macbook pro 13 - inch. Do i have to set SRGB color mode for both Display ? can i use HDR color Mode after calibration for Final cut Pro videos ?
I would just choose Display P3 and go with that, Color translation will work in the background ruclips.net/video/Gu1nqEf8vzg/видео.html As far as HDR, you have to enabled it from the computer, it can work but it is not the best or the most accurate. Everything still comes down to this fundamental ruclips.net/video/0lurRq1iGPA/видео.html with the exception being any HDR displays.
@@ArtIsRight Thank you so much . your information is great .
Hi Art!
I'm calibrating a BenQ SW271 monitor with a Spyder 5 pro in pallete master element and it keeps ending with my blacks having a very red hue to them. looks awful...Any idea what I could be doing wrong? I keep looking around and am unable to find an answer.
Issues is with Spyder 5 Sensor. This does not happen with Calibrite ColorChecker Display Pro, I was helping another person with this issue as well.
@@ArtIsRight thank you so much!!
In my mac studio m1 I have options to chose from "color profile" (in display option) . Which color profile I should to check?
If you don't do color calibration just leave it at the default one for the display. No need to change it.
You saved my life....thank you
You're welcome!
Hello Sir.. is it possible to calibrate/adjust colour on SW series monitor without colorimeter in Palatte Master Element manually??
Just choose the factory calibrate color mode and use that. Manual calibration from the OS requires human perception which is never accurate. If you are going to do that you are better off no calibrating at all.
thank god i have none of these features on my late 2006 iMac 20". saves me headaches.
Right, but you'll deal with should you upgrade to current machines.
Hello, thank you for all you do!
I have a question: when I disable true tone on the MacBook Air m1, I have to decide also which colour profile to use from the dropdown menu. I have several choices, do you know which one is more color accurate? The default is “Colour LCD”.
Thank you
If you are not custom calibrating best just to use the default Color LCD
@@ArtIsRight Yeah, I don't have the possibility now, maybe one day! Thank you for your answer!
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Hi Art, great video thanks. What OSX Display Profile setting should be applied for my external BenQ Monitor? I have 3 different Custom Calibrations set up, AdobeRGB x2 and sRGB x1, I use the Hockey Puck to switch between them. However I have noticed that even if I use the Hockey Puck to switch to the AdobeRGB settings, the profile that is selected in my OSX settings for the BenQ display remains on my sRGB custom profile. And vice versa if I flip the situation around.
That is by design, best recommendation is to calibrate in PME, choose a slot, RGB primary and stick with it this is the guide ruclips.net/video/8rjRoIe0-mo/видео.html and this explains why you can stick with just 1 calibration color space with no need to switch ruclips.net/video/Yvu-sgddna0/видео.html
Hi. Do you have a review of you benq monitor?
Regards
Plenty. ruclips.net/p/PLjlr8rlxl_q6vqbcl4KGHC5-lJ_IWTmBH
As a follow up question, would you recommend turning on TrueTone AFTER calibration? Or leave it off? Up to this day, I'm still unsure if TrueTone is beneficial or not.
@Ian Francis Viray, leave it off, for color critical work it is not beneficial at all. It is a mode made to match the screen white point to the ambient light white point, this way when you look at your screen it is not jarring. It is good for casual use, however, for color critical work, the color will constantly chance, rendering your display calibration useless.
@@ArtIsRight Is it ok to turn it off for calibration and then turn it on when working on non-color critical work. I use my machine all day for things that are not color-critical and true-tone is really nice in those situations for preventing headaches and eye fatigue. At least for me. (And thank you for these videos. Very helpful.)
@Jerry Gennaria, you can certainly do that. Just remember to turn ture tone off before calbiration and you should be good!
@@ArtIsRight Good input. I am also not using my monitor for colour-critical work all of the time, so I was wondering about the same thing. Thanks.
Many thanks for this. Everything was fine on my old Windows laptop but then I upgraded to a MacBook Pro and everything went pear shaped. . Tried using Pallet Master Elements v1.3.16, but was getting a fail every time. After changing the cables, switching off the display settings on the Mac, and calibrating again with the previous version v1.3.16 , it’s finally passed!
The thing now is that the colours on the Mac and on the monitor are very different and I don’t know how to resolve this. If I change from the profile to Wide Gamut RGB they’re identical though. Any help would much appreciated.
It would be difficult to get them to match up ruclips.net/video/NxTNSkxgVP8/видео.html
thank you!
You're welcome!
wow... GOOD to know! Thanks Art ;)
Anytime.
So I have followed all of your instructions for my Mac Calibration with an additional monitor. Do you have any idea why my external screen will not hold the calibration. One day the calibration is on the next it's off. It won't hold the calibration :( Any help would be greatly appreciated.... Thanks 😊
I like to help but I need a lot more details from you, what computer do you have, laptop, desktop, os version, what display is your external, what cable are you using for the display signal, what software and device are you using to calibrate the display. When you say it does not hold calibration what exactly is happening, be as detailed as possible. Please share these with me and we'll go from here.
I have no clue where to go with this problem. M1 Mac Mini with Monterey. My challenge is that I can set the monitor (Benq PD2700U)
to 60 hertz but it seems to over time change itself to 40-60 hertz. This is a miserable flickering look. It is set to scaled and default. Any thoughts??
If your display is older I would give BenQ support a call and see what they can do. Sometime older display need to have a firmware update for it to work properly with M1, I am not saying that you need one but they can tell you or help you out.
I've been trying for a week now to get past the "benq display not detected (yet, i'm seeing everything", and "make sure USB is connected and FTD1 drivers working." I'm on a Late 2014 MAC Mini. Saw one of the videos that said you by-passed that, but.. agh.. say what?
Display not detected and no signal are 2 different thing. Display not deleted meaning that the program does not see the display. ruclips.net/video/24BebMD0G7s/видео.html or ruclips.net/video/OVml8PQ4F2g/видео.html tl;dr that is a previous gen Mac mini without USB C, you Winn need to use a USB Type B Uplink cable in addition to the display cable. Once you have that plugged in, power off the display, pull the plug out and press the power button to empty the capacitors. Plug it back in and then launch Palette Master Element (PME).
Hi Art! Great video! but i was wondering where is the link you said you'll put in the description at 1:47 of the video
@Jaron Tay, here it is ruclips.net/video/Aed02rg3wDA/видео.html
hi art! amazing content! soooo much to learn! I just bought a 270c and it is amazing! but I dont have any Calibration Device just yet, so is there anything i can do for now? to Start editing and having both screens as equal as possible? i see that my MacBook Pro 15 has a "calíbrate" option on COLOR should i use it? or you Think i should just use the monitor as it is without touching anything untill having a Calibration device? HELP PLEASE!
I would not use that option, not the best, everything based on human eyesight which is not consistence. Best mode to use for color matching would be M-Book, otherwise, use Adobe RGB for photos. Cheers. As far as calibrator, I recommend the i1Display Pro or Pro Plus
@@ArtIsRight thank you so much for the answer Art! Ive been watching all the videos you have related to that and most definitely will buy the i1display! Thanks again!
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Hi can you update this for Monterey? the settings have been changed.
I have one coming out in about a week!
Hie sir , is benq ew 3280 has true 10 bit panel ?? And wud yuh review this model in any chance in future??
@Nishant Kumar, 8 bit + frc
You sir are a life saver.
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I have a 2021 M1 chip and a SW270C Ventura. Do you have a video which explains the set up for this computer hook up? Which display should you use?
"Which display should you use?" Not sure that I'm understanding the question. If you are wondering what cable to use, just simply use USB C to USB C.
@@ArtIsRight left a word off ....display settings as there are several. 1800x1169? Too you have a video that goes through all the ins and out of how you set up the monitor w M1 2021 MacBook pro. Many thanks
That is the resolution, it does not matter, choose the one that works best for you
@@ArtIsRight Thanks. I thought there would be a preferred one. Now to learn how to calibrate the monitor, set white point and screen brightness, etc. for accurate color with prints. Beautiful monitor once I learn all the ins and outs.Thanks for the videos and help Art!!
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Hi Art, thanks for your great tutorials!
I’m trying to prepare my brandnew SW321C for calibration. It is connected to Mac mini M1 on 11.6 with the usb-c cable that came with the BenQ. (I have also tried with another high quality usb-c cable)
In System Preferences under displays>display there is no box for HDR. Only ‘resolution’ and ‘rotation’. No ‘refresh rate’ either.
Is something wrong? And is HDR enabled or not and if yes, how to switch it off?
How to find info about the refresh rate now?
Thanks in advance for helping me out!
Learn how to change or check the refresh rate in this tutorial ruclips.net/video/-epAJtrPmLE/видео.html If you get a brand new one, it is most likely that you got one with the latest firmware. i.e. you'll be getting 60 hz from the display. As far as HDR, not sure why it does not show up on your end. But I am not concern about it. If the color on your display does not look washed out then you are good. Also watch this video for exam of what color washout looks like ruclips.net/video/0lurRq1iGPA/видео.html You can also go into the color mode menu on the display and see if HDR is enabled (white) or grayed out. If white and highlighted meaning that your display is in HDR mode, if it is white and not selected or greyed out you are good
Thank you. Please can you explain color balancing or adjusting iMac color similar to Windows colors? When it come to design, most customers are using windows computers.
Pretty much the methods are the images. Implementations are different or a Mac vs PC, so your milage may very quite a bit and PC does not color manage as well as Mac.
@@ArtIsRight Thank you for the response.
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Hi, on my iMac I don't get tone option on the System Prefernces Display.
Not all Mac have this. It is hardware type and age dependent.
Thanks a billion with the "hIgh dynamic range" thing
You're welcome, one of those got cha in Catalina 10.4 forward.
Hi Art. That is a good idea to do this video. I was very confused with calibrating my display because TrueTone was enabled and destroyed every calibration.
@Michael Rapp, I'm glad this helps!
When i uncheck the HDR button, it become overexposed, and adjusting external monitor brightness doesn't help, any idea why?
FYI my monitor is HP z27xs
Unchecked is supposed to disable HDR. It could be that your settings are adjusted based on HDR setting.
Hi Art, thanks for providing such useful content. I calibrated my monitor with displayCAL and a i1DisplayPro to Rec709/2.4 (External Monitor running with MacOS). If display a video tagged with 1-1-1 in Quicktime (which should run thru Colorsync) is my calibrated profile still in use or does it select a system-default rec709 profile? Which i guess happens ... because how should colorsync know the calibration details of the profile?
Do you have any suggestions for that?
In Mac regardless of program if it is color aware, it will run everything through ColorSync which will take on the display profile from the setting in system preference. Mac manages the color at the OS level or everything that run on top of it will generally use the system selected icc profile, no reference mode here, unless set as such.
I am seeing the option to optimize for BenQ SW270C instead of default for display. Am I following the instructions properly?
Where are you seeing this?
@@ArtIsRight under display. It says Optimize for and my options are: BenQ SW270C & Built-in Retina display from a drop down menu
Ah, that is for scaling ruclips.net/video/4U3eh_fMo4o/видео.html
How can I reset the display setting to its original state?? Somehow i managed to screw it all up and colors are all weird and now i cant see highlighting, check boxes or sign in field boxes for web sites
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Hi Art, if you don’t have a calibrator yet what color profile do you choose in System Preferences? Do you choose AdobeRGB or the BenQ SW271 when editing photos? I have the screen itself in AdobeRBG. And I shoot in AdobeRGB.
I hadn’t seen this video yet, what answered my question: ruclips.net/video/Ipuaf5yHrog/видео.html
This is great content Art! Thank you!
@Patrick van Nerum, glad you found that video and that answers your questions. If you have any more please share the with me. :)
To turn off extended high dynamic range on MAC hold ALT when clicking Display, in system preferences. BUT you need to do those steps directly after each other. If i enter system preferences (without alt), go into display (now you wont see the extra setting, normal), trying to step back into system preferences and holding ALT and enter Display, it wont work on my imac 2020.
So - complete go out of system preferences, check theres no white dot under in the dock, hold ALT and enter Display. Uncheck box under true tone - allow extended dynamic range :)
So the iMac 2020 can do HDR but I think that with the build in display, it is automatic because Apple control the whole stack unlike an external display where you have to explicitly tell it to HDR or not. The internal display should auto detect the source via MacOS and enable HDR or not, which is that HDR option does not explicitly show up on the iMac internal display. You can enable it all the time but the overall quality would suffer.
Thanks for doing this. the settings are correct, but both my laptop and external monitor on my desktop are both off-oversaturated about about plus twenty in PS. And yellow. I profile with i1 display pro. I've contacted Xrite, but they've changed their tech support, and haven't been able to get in touch with despite trying. Strangely enough, the standard LCD is much closer to the actual. I did not have this problem until I installed Catalina. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
What computer do you have and what external display are you using, Mac or PC? As far as when you saw the colors are closer, what are you using as reference?
@@ArtIsRight I have a MacBook Pro (retina 2015) and Mac Pro (2014) desktop. I am using Catalina 10.15.7-an upgrade that was forced upon me. I wound up doing a clean install of that OS (wiping off all data and software, starting from scratch) because photoshop and capture one were not working properly. The laptop has a Retina display and with the desktop I use an NEC MultiSync PA 272W.
The tower had the OS reinstalled, but I did not wipe all the data off of it-maybe I should because PS is really buggy, but 2019 is relatively stable-ish. I am running the latest versions of i1Profiler and the epson print driver for the 7900-and were recently reinstalled to fix this issue.
I have been strongly advised by Capture One not to upgrade to Big Sur. Mac of course, told me that Big Sur would solve all my problems once it came out, but if past is prologue, I don't buy it.
The deal is: on screen, my images look saturated, etc, but when I print they are noticably bluer in tone and desaturated, which matches the preview in the printer driver, but not the image in PS. The image appears to look the same in PS and Preview, on both machines. All print settings are correct-I've been doing this for years, but they were verified by epson and Xrite.
I have a portion of my laptop partitioned to run a windows based service program in the windows operating system. No other software other than the os runs on that partition. When I view the image in the pictures program, it looks the same as the prints-desaturated and bluish. All the prints from the desktop, laptop, and windows, are match each other, in all programs, including PS and Preview. Whats odd is that the printer preview matches the output correctly-slighter bluer and desaturated. I have screen shots if your interested.
When I processed the images in Captured one, there's a lot of desaturation adjustments happening, especially in the blues and reds, although on screen, they look very saturated, especially in the red/yellow spectrum.
Here is the latest advice I received from Lumesca, who just took over photo division from Xrite:
"Yes there were issues with profiling Catalina when it first became available, the profiles were terrible. Please make sure you have all the updates to Catalina OS re-installing the i1Profiling fixed the problem but we alo recommended to use the following procedure:
- Plug the i1 Display Pro to USB on Mac
⁃ Allow a few minutes then launch i1Profiler software and select
- Click on Display Profiling (on the left)
⁃ Display Settings: Set the white point to the 'setting and leave other setting to default values and go next.
⁃ In Profile Settings - Change ICC profile Version 2 go next
⁃ Patch set - use the Large set of patches go next
⁃ Measurement - Un-tick ADC and select adjust the brightness manually, start Measurement follow screen instructions and continue
⁃ Do not adjust the contrast or RGB, (only adjust brightness, manually adjust the brightness until it reaches as close as possible to the target).
⁃ Save Profile"
That's a lot, I know, but that's the issue I'm having.
Hi Jane, reach out to me via email or dm on Facebook page or insta and we'll go from there.
Problem with BenQ SW270c color calibration...
I use a BenQ SW270c for editing my photos with Adobe LR und PS. As computers I use Laptops (a new MacBook Pro M1 and an older Lenovo Thinkpad i7). All monitors get calibrated using the Xrite i1 display plus colorimeter on a regular basis (following the advice of "Artisright" on RUclips; Laptop monitors get calibrated in sRGB space using Xrite software and the BenQ both in sRGB and aRGB (switchable with the "hockeypuck" device of the monitor) using palette master element).
=> Despite of these efforts the BenQ SW270c exerts a clear green cast and colors look artificial and oversaturated (more in aRGB mode and less in sRGB mode).
I understand that the BenQ has a bigger color space, but what is the advantage of calibration when the displays look clearly different (at least in sRGB mode and with the good retina display of the macbook, that should easily be able to display sRGB, the colors shpuld look similar?)?
=> I assume I make something wrong, can someone please tell me what is it...?
(or is all this calibration stuff just an expensive occupational therapy? :-|)
Wolfgang
"(or is all this calibration stuff just an expensive occupational therapy? :-|)" no not quite.
A few things, laptop display would get calibrate in the laptop display color space, it is software calibration and for the most part there's really no choose the color space, just what is native to the panel. If it is sRGB then that would be it, but if it is P3 then no. Some laptop displays on PC have advanced color control but those are rare.
Adobe RGB is a wide gamut and to see color properly when switching profile you are supposed to quite the app and relaunch it so that the new icc would take place, otherwise the color would be all wrong. Adobe RGB is bigger than sRGB so you are going to more color, but artificial and over-saturation could be a result of something that is improper during the calibration. Either that or this falls into the element of human calibration, where not only would one have to calibrate the display but also readjust the perception of what is acceptable and is a good standard as well. I always tell people, what you have seen before may not always be necessary correct.
Hello, what about iMac Pro 2019 screen calibration, any video related pls?
Yes you would use the same procedure as laid out in this video. ruclips.net/video/Aed02rg3wDA/видео.html
Thank you!!
You’re welcome
thank you!! this was exactly what i needed help with
You're welcome
Hello Art,
Could you tell me what color profile should I use with a Benq SW270c please.
I've done a clean install of MacOS BigSur, and my colors looks a bit weird (I calibrated last year my screen with an X-rite i1 display). In the color profile, in the monitor section of the preferences system panes, it is on Benq SW270 (made by apple).
I am a bit lost. Should I Calibrate again or should I just pick the right profile ?
Thank you !
Start with the video on this playlist. ruclips.net/p/PLjlr8rlxl_q4c6zLCnrxrKSnCwfANevrw You should calibrate your display with Palette Master Element. Some i1Display are not compatible, i.e. i1Display Studio. While i1Display Pro and Pro Plus are compatible. These video will walk your through what you need to know.
But the tl'dr is in the color preference you want to choose the profile that was created from the custom calibration. Also based on what you shared you have a hardware calibrated display but you are doing a software calibration on it. ruclips.net/video/9hVfwW9LK8E/видео.html
@@ArtIsRight first of all, thank you again for your time.
When I bought my sw270c, I did an hardware calibration with palette master element (and with the i1 display pro). The problem for me today is that I have done a clean install on my Mac, and I think that I've lost a little something with it : my screen is still calibrated (I presume), but I now have a lot of possible profiles in the monitor colors section (in the preferences system panel), and I don't know which one to choose...
I don't remember if a specific profile was created when I calibrated my screen.
Maybe I should do a new calibration.
Thank you :)
If you just did a clean installation I would just recalibrate. There may be some slight changes in the GPU output rendering. It is always better to play it safe.
@@ArtIsRight Okay. Thank you 👍
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Do you have a guide how to calibrate?
Choose the appropriate video from this playlist based on the display that you have.
Hi and thanks a lot for good content! I have now calibrated an Apple iMac 2021 with M1 processor using ccProfiler and Calibrite Display Plus. I have used your recommended settings. The result I got is not good: if i look at the LUTs viewer curves the red channel is way up compared to the others so RGB separation is not good. The result is too warm colors. Do you know why and what I could do to get a proper calibration? Thanks!
iMac 2021 might use a different back light technology. So what you want to do is select different one and test, I would start with GB LED and White LED. See if the result at the end is any better. If you set the calibration to D65 you want to have an end result that is in the range of +/- no more than 100 give it a try and let me know. I don't have the iMac any more to test, but whatever it is the default back light is not the correct one.
@@ArtIsRight I was using the "white led" technology. I will try with GB LED and see how it goes. Should ideally the LUTs viewer show RGB channel in a linear shape, all three on top of each others from 0 to 256 in the graph?
From X-Rite website:
To summarize the history of Apple Technology Type:
Before 2009 - CCFL
iMacs (2009 - Mid 2015) - White LED
Retina 4K, 21.5" and 5K, 27" iMacs (Late 2015 and after) - GB-LED
All MacBooks (2009 - 2015) - White LED
15" and 16" MacBook Pros (2016 and after) - PFS Phosphor
All 13" MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs - White LED
I have tried with GB-LED and I still get the warm cast :-(
Rater than looking warm when you set the color temperature to D65 what actual value do you get?
@@ArtIsRight 6485K (achieved); By the way: how can you double check this? I can only see this during calibration, but after I contionue with the process and finalize, I do not know where to find this information from the created ICC profile. Even in the report it is not present.
Excellent
Thank you so much 😀
does your MacBook get hot while plugged in to external monitor?
Under heavy usage yes, idle load it warm. This is normal especially when you are pushing the GPU.
Awesome info Art thanks is there a way to quickly turn on and off settings for editing as I don’t edit often? 👍🏻
There's no shortcut or command that will do that. You can try apple script or automator but personally I would just leave it on. I leave mine to editing setting all the time. There's really no reason to change it back and forth, this help eliminate errors.
I cannot thank you enough for this!
You're welcome.
This was very helpful. However what should be under color? I’ve tried to figure this out and I’m not sure. Is this where we enter the profile after it was calibrated or should it be Adobe RGB which is how I edit my raw files? Any help is appreciated.
The color tab is where you would choose your custom calibrated icc profile. It is advised not to use any reference profile, Adobe RGB, sRGB etc here.
@@ArtIsRight Hi Art, I just posted a similar question. If using the Hockey Puck to switch between Custom Profiles, do you also need to change to the relevant Custom Profile in the OSX settings?
You should change the icc profile if you want to see the most accurate color possible. The reality is don't so it this explains why you can stick with just 1 calibration color space with no need to switch ruclips.net/video/Yvu-sgddna0/видео.html
@@ArtIsRight thanks - do you mean the ICC profile on the OSX Display settings should be changed to mirror the change of the Custom Calibration setting on the Hockey Puck? I saw your video explaining to stay on one setting. Interesting thanks! I also see you recommend Panel Native for Mac. Why is that - as I have seen other BenQ ambassadors and other sites recommending AdobeRGB?
That is correct, they both need to match and if you are using any color managed program, i.e. PS, LR, you have to restart the program for it to pickup the changed icc or icm profile settings. Other BenQ Ambassadors and sites have not done as much testing and give BenQ enough feedback as I have. Nor do they have access to BenQ engineers and experts on these displays. Panel Native is like Adobe RGB color gamut but larger. So if you want to view your work in the largest color gamut possible then that is the way to go. There's really no need to calibrate in small or other color gamut. Running in the background on your computer there is a program called a CMM, Color Management Module that does the color conversion in real time. If you are using adobe application it uses a program called ACE or Adobe Color Engine. However your images are tagged, the CMM will convert via your display panel native profile so that you are seeing the correct tag color space. So for instance in Photoshop, if you bring in a image tagged with sRGB color space, regardless of display color gamut or RGB primary setting, ACE will make sure that you always see that image with the proper sRGB color gamut. Here’s a video with further explanation of CMM ruclips.net/video/Yvu-sgddna0/видео.html
I totally missed turning these settings off, thanks man! Now my ArtlooksRight :P
I hear you, I do the same thing setting new machine for clients. It is easy to forget but the consequences are real.
This is rather interesting. When I close my laptop the monitor screen is upside down. Normally I will always have my laptop open and that is the engine. But why is it upside down when I close i t? Thanks.
Change the orientation in display setting when your laptop is in clamshell mode.
@@ArtIsRight Thanks as that would do it...but matters not as I could not use the monitor without the laptop open as it is the engine that makes the monitor functional or useable as I do not have a separate keyboard.
ok
@@ArtIsRight Art when I sent an image from LR to PS the first time, the image in PS appears as a collage on the benQ monitor. Any idea why? I cannot attach anything which would be the best. I quit PS and resend it, the image is normal. This does happen every time. Thanks
Not sure, I am understanding what you are describing but many of these issues are related to the program and OS and not so much the display.
Is this the best to calibrate the thunderbolt
You mean is it best to use the TB connection? Not necessary, all connection will work and calibrate.
@@ArtIsRight i am using macbook 2012 connected thunderbolt 27 inch display and i need to color calibrate the monitor...so should i use this tutorial and it will give me the results...just seen your display is not apple thats why i asked
This is just displays settings to turn off, manufacture agnostic. For calibration you probably want to use this guide ruclips.net/video/h_TT9O2I1b4/видео.html there are going to some apple specific items so you can refer to this one as well ruclips.net/video/JrPdvs2by04/видео.html
Thank you so much!!! This was super helpful. The minute I turn the HDR off, my external monitor color changed to what my MacBook pro was actually displaying.
Quick question: Do I still need to calibrate using the color tab. And if so, what display profile should I use as a photographer. Mind you, my external monitor specs only has SRGB and not Adobe SRGB. Its a LG 27UL850, and does that matter? ....Or do you already have a video for that? Thanks for any help you can offer. It'd much appreciated!
Glad it help, what you want to do with your LG is this ruclips.net/video/h_TT9O2I1b4/видео.html which will get you the best color possible, if not I would just leave it at the default one that Mac assigned.
Interesting however I still use an 2016 MacBook pro so only night shift exists😅
I have a weird behavior the MacBook's screen is warmer than my BenQ sw271 monitor and I don't understand why, if you have an idea ? 😉
Did you calibrator your MBP display and turned off Night shift? If so it may just be the calibration and the white point that you choose
@@ArtIsRight yeah it's off. Well I followed xrite pro setup 😅
Well you have to remember that BenQ SW is different than a MacBook Pro build in display, and having them match is really difficult
@@ArtIsRight ok I thought that an sRGB picture would look identical in chrome between a MacBook pro and a the BenQ SW on PC but obviously it's not possible 😭
Not quite, MBP uses P3 Color space and BenQ is what you set it to during calibration but more so this ruclips.net/video/NxTNSkxgVP8/видео.html
is the color munki no longer supported? cant calibrate
You can still use color munki devices, just have to download Calibrite ColorChecker studio software, the device will work just fine.
what about color profiles? I have a color profile option...
If you don't custom calibrate leave that at default, don't change it, you should not use reference profile sRGB, Adobe RGB, etc as display profiles.
@@ArtIsRight thanks! Going through calibration now, default is LCD screen, doing this on an m1 MacBook pro 13" 2020
Sorry but I don’t know who else would know about this, my external monitor stars flickering randomly on my M2 Max, I have a BenQ PD2700Q. The issue persists until I reset the computer, and it only occurs on my external monitor, what could be causing the issue? It’s connected via hdmi
I would get a USB C to Display port cable and give that a try to see if the issue persist. Another thing that you can try as well is to hook up another display to the M2 Max via HDMI and see if the issue still happens. Also have you tried a different HDMI cable yet?
@@ArtIsRight Not yet, I tried troublueshooting via settings, will try what you suggested, thanks a lot for the help!
It won't necessary be setting, it would be hardware
Thanks you tutorials have sorted out a lot of issues I’ve had with my MacbookPro (2015) early and early SW2700PT. Such as the HDMI and some of the settings to disable. I wanted to upgrade to a new MacBook Pro 16” 32 ga and 1 TB but now I see the cables would be an issue and I’d be better off to get the new SW270 also, my wife would really kill me then. I do hope BenQ get there act togeather with respect to Palette Master Element and it’s bugs soon there is a lot of negativity about this on the Lu Lu Forum.
@Philip Slocum, your new Mac won't be an issue, you just need one of these cable to link your new Mac up to the SW2700PT. I do this all the time
www.amazon.com/Displayport-QGeeM-Thunderbolt-Compatible-MacBook/dp/B074V5MMCH/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-p13n1_0?crid=VOPMOKZI8CZ5&cv_ct_cx=usb+c+to+displayport&dchild=1&keywords=usb+c+to+displayport&pd_rd_i=B074V5MMCH&pd_rd_r=6dde29de-0675-4ae4-805b-9003e57fd0e6&pd_rd_w=ELqLa&pd_rd_wg=fQS5W&pf_rd_p=d027eaac-7531-45fe-a61e-20ae30db06de&pf_rd_r=RSB1S5S0F8YZAF6ER082&psc=1&qid=1588293465&sprefix=usb+c+To+display,aps,216&sr=1-1-70f7c15d-07d8-466a-b325-4be35d7258cc
The other thing that you'll need is a USB C to USB 3.1 Type B, you can by pass this with a hub or a USB C to A dongle.
About the forum, would you mind sharing a link? I know that there are some legitimate bugs with PME but there are also many cases of things that looks like bug, but are more of an OS or cable issues similar to what you have encounter as well. I can be an additional resource to help others out.
@@ArtIsRight sure I’ll go back and see if I can find it
forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=133004.msg1140748#msg1140748 There are more coming
forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=131705.msg1124231#msg1124231
forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=132827.0
What color profile should I use on mac display settings when editing photos?
Without calibration just use the default Color LCD with calibration use the calibration profile.
@@ArtIsRight When I asked adobe and few photographers, They told me to use Adobe RGB 1998 🤔
Sure you can do that for a lot of reason that is really ill advised. In Photoshop yes, but in the OS, I don't think that is the best idea because Apple Laptop LCD is not calibrated to Adobe RGB and by no means is the color gamut out on the laptop screen Adobe RGB. In essence you are using a reference profile, Adobe RGB, on a non references display output, that mind you is outputting a tweaked DCI-P3. This can't be a good combo. Depending on who you talked to at Adobe, if it support, I would not give that advice too much weight, most of them read from scripts. As far as few photographers, I am sure that not many of them are a color geek as I am. :)
@@ArtIsRight That what I was asking. I forgot to mention that. When photo editing on photoshop, Which mac display color profile should I use.
In PS you can set the reference color space so Adobe RGB is fine there
Art - Very helpful instruction video. One thing about how you shoot your videos: Please DO NOT insert shots of you taken from the side. I am watching your video by myself, as are 99% of the people watching. There is no one sitting to my right. You don't have to pretend that there is. I imagine you think it adds a "professional" touch, but it is really dumb.
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Thank for following up with your other video. I have a further question: I'm working on an external monitor, editing/coloring HD video in the Rec. 709 color space. I'm calibrating the monitor with an i1 Display calibration device. Before I run the calibration software, I do a factory reset on the monitor, but here's my question: should I
1. set the monitor's color profile to the default, then do the color calibration, and then change the display profile to Rec. ITU-R BT.709-5?
Or should it be the other way around where I
2. do a factory reset on the monitor, set the display profile to Rec. 709, then run the calibration software?
Sorry if this is an obviously dumb question. I've never done this before. Thank you!
UPDATE: I think you answered my question in this video: ruclips.net/video/JrPdvs2by04/видео.html at the 6:35 mark. Thank you for such thorough guides!
Hi, I'm glad that you found the answers, but here they are if you need it.
If you are using a software calibrated display and you want to editing in REC 709, what you have to do is choose that color mode on the display. Don't worry about the setting the profile pre calibration it does not matter. Run the calibration and use the profile that is generated from this calibrate. The calibration program will set the profile up for you automatically, but you can certainly double checkout. You can do a factory reset if you feel more comfortable but overall, if you have not gone in and change the settings extensively, then it would not matter much.
Talk about the HDMI black levels hack! This is a waste of time for noobs
And noobs need to learn too, we were all there once, be nice.
🔴 most imp ( whats default color profile of mac)
thousands want answer.
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@@ArtIsRight bro the question was mostly for people using 2010 to 2016 /17/18 macs
@@ArtIsRight THANKs 🙂
is he a purple turtle
I'm still a human, if you are wondering. ;) But I love the color and it works well with my brand.
Hi Art have. problem with the new M1 16" laptop as the display prefs have changed under Monterey in that several options have gone__ I ran iDisplay but you cannot see the profile in the display prefs so there's no way like in the old prefs where you could turn it on and off to check the differences etc
I can see the profiles under Library>colorsynch but they are greyed out so can be imported into the display prefs box, I e you can't interact with them at all and there is no longer the "color" option button in the prefs
any advice
AH! JUST FOUND YOUR SOLUTION!!-THANK YOU!!
ruclips.net/video/cLl01EjHU3Q/видео.html
thanks
I was going to send you that link. An update revised video is coming soon!
4 min 40 sec video in 3 words "TURN EVERYTHING OFF"
Brilliant, for someone who knows the system well as yourself sure, for other this is great help. Be kind
Also blanket statement like that are not helpful if people don’t know what to turn off in the first place.
This is so wrong. Turning off auto brightness and true tone on a portable device is not a good advice at all!!!!
If you REALLY want to do color critical work, the first you should do, is to undress your purple shirt, because it will change the colors of your screen because of the reflections.
A mobile device needs to have auto adjustments because its surroundings change and it needs to adapt. If you turn off the auto adjustments, the colors will look different depending on the surrounding light and the room you are in (also the color temperature). Then you have a calibrated display, but the colors will look different all the time and this is just nonsense!
Imagine you are sitting in the living room editing on the evening, then you come back to the project next day in the morning and there is a lot of light in the living room. When you have always the same brightness on your display, a print will look more vibrant and brighter, but the photo on the display will look the oppposite!
But HDR and night shift should be definitely turned off. This is right. But auto adjust brightness and true tone should be turned on.
Thank you for the input which are all incorrect. No one who does color management should follow your advice, it is unsound for so many reasons. But please continue to do what works for your workflow, we all have the right to our choices, right or wrong.
@@ArtIsRight as I said in the other comment. Please elaborate why this could be wrong. I already explained the differences and problems with portable devices. Doing color grading in the evening with warm light surrounding, will give you way different results than in daylight. The next day all your edits will look way warmer when you do not adjust/calibrate for every environment your are working in. Try it with printing something after editing in daylight and then edit in warm artificial light and print it. Compare afterwards because prints don't lie. But you are right, everyone has the right to his own choices. Thanks for your reply.
thank you for making this video. exactly what I need
You're very welcome!