Ultimate Calibration Guide for Apple 14" & 16" MacBook Pro XDR Display - This is the way!

Ultimate Calibration Guide for Apple 14" & 16" MacBook Pro XDR Display - This is the way! This guide will walkthrough everything that you need to know to calibrate Apple Liquid Retina XDR display inside the 14" & 14" MacBook Pro M1, M2 and future Pro laptop with MiniLED Displays. This guide will also work for Apple Pro level displays include 27" 5K Apple Studio Display, Pro Display XDR and any future Pro Displays from Apple. I'll cover how to create a custom Reference / Preset mode for the display to control brightness & set color gamut, Fine Tune calibration on the display using Calibrite Profilier & Display Plus HL (Display Pro HL will work as well) and doing a full custom color calibration.
**NOTE**
Only Calibrite newest Display Pro HL and Display Plus HL are capable of profiling miniLED backlight displays such as Apple Liquid Retina XDR displays. All previous Calibrite / X-Rite devices are not capable of calibrating any miniLED backlight display including Apple Liquid Retina XDR inside the 14" & 16" MacBook Pro.
Credit where credit is due. This guide took a significant amount of time, effort, knowhow, and validation of methods used from my color expert / scientist friends. Anyone is free to share this, however, if anyone is going to translate this into other languages or transcribe this guide into any other medium all together, i.e. written guide on website, etc. Please credit my work and this video.
14" & 16" MacBook Pro Liquid Retina XDR Preset - Reference Modes Explained!
• 14" & 16" MacBook Pro ...
Calibrite Display Pro HL & Display Plus HL Comparisons:
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How to work with reference modes - presets on Apple Pro Displays - For mini LED XDR displays:
• Apple XDR Display & Re...
For Studio Display:
• Apple Studio Display R...
Setting to turn off before profiling separate by macOS versions
macOS Ventura 13.X
• macOS Ventura 13, Sett...
macOS Monterey 12.X & Big Sur 11.X
• macOS Monterey | Displ...
macOS Catalina & earlier OS
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Recommend Display Calibrators
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Calibrite Display Pro HL www.amazon.com/Calibrite-Disp...
Apple Documentations
Fine-tune the calibration of the Liquid Retina XDR display on your MacBook Pro support.apple.com/en-us/HT212851
Use reference modes with your MacBook Pro with Liquid Retina XDR display or Apple Pro Display XDR support.apple.com/en-us/HT210435
Create custom reference modes on Mac support.apple.com/guide/mac-h...
Fine-tune the calibration of your display support.apple.com/guide/mac-h...
AVFoundation
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[@ArtIsRight]

Only Calibrite newest Display Pro HL and Display Plus HL are capable of profiling miniLED backlight displays such as Apple Liquid Retina XDR displays. All previous Calibrite / X-Rite devices are not capable of calibrating any miniLED backlight display including Apple Liquid Retina XDR inside the 14" & 16" MacBook Pro.

[@ProfessorStone]

I know you say "aren't capable" but can we use the GB LED option and use the original Display Plus? I JUST bought it earlier this year when I got my 16" M2 and these Plus HL weren't out yet when I bought the Display Plus.

[@itspeache]

7:01 can you explain what you mean here???

[@Ashkyousefi]

I have the same question@@ProfessorStone

[@terenceong5325]

would love to know too!

[@daylit88]

What about going a calibration with the calibrate pro unit? 🙆🏻‍♀️

[@sebaluraghi]

dude... I really love your videos! so well explained! many thanks!

[@ArtIsRight]

Thank you!

[@suits1346]

Thank you so much for your video, it was a tremendous help in setting the white point.

[@ArtIsRight]

You're welcome!

[@MattHill]

As usual-a brilliant and clear demonstration! Thanks, Art!

[@ArtIsRight]

Thank you!

[@airtozamorano9902]

Absolutely fantastic. Thank you!

[@ArtIsRight]

You're very welcome!

[@HarrySarantidis]

That is so helpful! Thank you!

[@ArtIsRight]

You're so welcome!

[@photorox]

Fantastic video, thank you very much !

[@ArtIsRight]

Thank you

[@Nicolas_SAVIGNAT]

Thank you for this very complete and detailed tutorial. It helped me understand how to calibrate the screen on my MBP M2 Max.

[@ArtIsRight]

You are welcome!

[@kevinacaceres]

Hello Art, I hope all is well. I just calibrated my Apple MBP M1 Max with Sonoma version 14.4.1 with the Calibrite Display Plus HL. I followed your instructions step by step. My machine did have a slight difference from the factory profile to the now calibrated profile. My validation returned an Average, All patches as 0.5 and Maximum, All patches at 2.9. Thank you so much for sharing this educational video for us who are not too familiar with all the technicalities in making the proper screen calibration on these MBP with the Retina screens. As a photographer, I am appreciative for all the work you do to provide us with these amazing educational videos to better display colors on the MBP screen. Kind regards, Kevin.

[@ArtIsRight]

Thank you!

[@GregForman1015]

Just finding your channel. Excellently made videos. Good organization of steps and information pertaining to them as well. I'll definitely be subscribing and checking out your other videos!

[@ArtIsRight]

Thank you

[@alex.muntean]

Thanks for doing this ART.

[@ArtIsRight]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ramprasadsambara]

Thank you very much for a detailed tutorial on calibrating MBP. I will try this out. Please bring out more tutorials of Lr CC to keep it fast and catelog management on MBP

[@ArtIsRight]

I'll see what I can do

[@filproduksiyon5926]

I can't tell you how grateful I am. I really appreciate it. I did 2 different calibrations 1 day apart. On the first day I connected my calibration device (X-Rite i1 Display Pro) via USB, on the 2nd day I connected it via Thunderbolt. My suggestion for Apple Studio Display users like me: Do not plug the calibration device directly into the slots on the back of the monitor. Use a Thunderbolt connection.

[@ArtIsRight]

nice

[@DrDougMcC45]

This has been very helpful and very well produced. I have the datacolor spyder X system and so I will explore what options I may find for that. Thank you

[@ArtIsRight]

:)

[@ArtIsRight]

X can't really calibrate these, it would have to be the X2. I mean you can but you'll have smaller color gamut

[@crecisp]

Amazing. And crying here because I'll need to retire my good and old Colormunki Photo

[@ArtIsRight]

:)

[@user-yw2jk7bh9h]

This was very helpful to get my computer looking ok enough and to help me understand that I will have to buy a new x-rite product because of the fancy mini-LED screen. doh!

[@ArtIsRight]

:)

[@ProApertureFilms]

Awesome tutorial, very well detailed and explained. Can you do one explaining how to calibrate the MBP M2 Max 16" for Video editing??

[@ArtIsRight]

Change the preset to REC 709 use BT 1886 for power transfer and set the luminance between 80-120 nits, your choice.

[@ProApertureFilms]

That was fast! You’re the man, thank you. Now I just have to Purchase the Display Plus HL because I have the ColorChecker Display Plus

[@ddavidai11]

Thanks again for this, Art. Your videos are just perfect. Question - after having calibrated my screen using calibrite display pro hl and having saved a new color profile, do I need to change anything in Lightroom export settings?

[@ArtIsRight]

nope :)

[@jaw6651]

This was a great video. Thanks. Only issues I had was I had to google the X Y point target values because I was using D50 as I am doing more print work. I used X = 0.34567 and Y = 0.35952 target values. For some reason my 2023 Apple Studio 5k Display came up with a warning triangle for Luminance target value of 100 (no idea why) so I had to go as low as 90 as instructed in this video.

[@ArtIsRight]

you're welcome :)

[@sebaluraghi]

¡Gracias!

[@ArtIsRight]

You're Welcome!

[@kuau714]

Hi Art another great video and thanks for sharing so on my Pro Display XDR following your instructions to the "T" I am getting all patches average 1.5 and All patches - Max: 3.3 Let me know if you find out any other "tweaks" I can do for my Pro Display XDR to improve this. little bit.. And yes I am using the new Display Plus HL

[@ArtIsRight]

That is on the high end range that I was getting, If you do run the calibration again, you might be able to drop the average and max down by a few extra points. But that is number is inline with what I am seeing

[@4yojay]

Great video! to comment below about the newer HL calibrators... I have an older pro .. I suspect that is why my profile is not near as wide as the one you show when compared to the P3 profile? I guess another thing to buy...

[@ArtIsRight]

That is correct, older device don't have the capability to properly profile these miniLED backlight displays.

[@twwwy1980]

I have the Display Plus. I followed the tutorial and the result is the same as yours -- the profile comparing to P3 is not as wide as shown in the tutorial.

[@ivideocreations5941]

Hey Art, awesome video.... what is the difference between the Display Pro HL and the Display Plus HL?

[@ArtIsRight]

Pro HL up to 2000 Nits, Plus HL up to 10000 nits and will have the capability to do HDR calibration when ready.

[@jbe1official]

I watched a couple of your videos today and immediately subscribed. Very informative! But I have an unanswered question for you, Sir. What is the recommended preset mode or starting point for editing or grading 4K video in Resolve or Premiere and what would be the recommended custom changes to be made? I hope you see this....

[@ArtIsRight]

Premier you can get away with Display P3, but if you use resolve as well, I would probably use REC 709. Gamma 2.4 or BT1886 which is an option, they are so close to each other. Other than that 80-120 nits of brightness based largely on your editing environment.

[@jbe1official]

Great! I'm guessing the Rec 709. Gamma 2.4 option, has to be customized by calibration right? If so, it'll be great to have a tutorial on that. I am also consider your recommendation to buy the Benq SW27 4K. I'm just wondering how all these options will cometogether, especially introducing this external monitor too. Thank you so much @ArtIsRight! Your response and time is appreciated. Have a good one!

[@ArtIsRight]

Not quite, in the reference mode set gamut to REC 709 and SDR Transfer Function (Gamma) to 2.4 or BT1886, either will do really. If you end up getting a BenQ just do a hardware calibration on it with Palette Master Ultimate

[@hotpotgang]

Thanks for the great video. What should I do if I want to get back the brightness adjustment back and when I am not doing color correction? Should I change back the preset to apple XDR display?

[@ArtIsRight]

That is correct

[@AjushiPhotography]

Great Tutorial, what is if you want to adjust the brightness again since it is no longer an option with the way you calibrated?

[@ArtIsRight]

Change the mode to Apple display XDR

[@josemanuelalorda]

So excited about this new update as this year I purchased the MBP 14". I assume this new Display Pro HL works with previous devices as well.

[@ArtIsRight]

Display Pro HL is the device, I think you mean software, yes it will work with previous gen devices, however, they are not fully optimized for miniLED and XDR Displays

[@josemanuelalorda]

@@ArtIsRight I bought the Display Plus HL and did the calibration on my MacBook Pro 14" M2. Should I go the same process for my iMac 2017?

[@memcrew1]

@@josemanuelalordayes except the 2017 iMac is not a mini led. It’s white LED I believe.

[@javierbaerga]

You are amazing. This is gold. Already have my SDR workflow setup. I do have a question, if you can help me out. What would be the proper or best workflow for calibrating a MBP XDR screen for HDR starting from the HDR mode? I have the HL Plus which would be able to enable this. But still not sure how to setup the software properly for this purpose. Thanks!

[@ArtIsRight]

At this point in time, there's not much that can be done. Essentially none of the consumers devices on the market is capable of HDR REC 2020 calibration yet.

[@javierbaerga]

I see. So, at this point technically use the HDR mode on the XDR and hope the SDR profiling helps?

[@ArtIsRight]

Somewhat. HDR is still largely a mess right now

[@gregbenzphotography]

@@javierbaergabe careful, my experience with this device is that it disables HDR (clips to SDR) on MacOS - Windows seems ok. May be a conflict between MacOS and Profiler. The older ccStudio output from i1Studio doesn’t harm HDR on my Mac. I assume this will get resolved in time.

[@javierbaerga]

@@gregbenzphotography thanks a lot for the heads up

[@billbedard6807]

Hi Art, I really appreciate the time you put in to calibration of monitors and MacBook pro's. I watched a previous video where you calibrated the white point of an Apple MacBook Pro 14 and 16", M1(before the advent of the Calibrate Display Pro HL/Display Plus). I have an M2 MBP that I need to lower the brightness to get my prints to be closer to what is on the screen. I thought the previous video showed a way to test/set the white point and confirm your earlier estimates. Could I still use the previous videos x/y and luminance value of 90-120 and not have to upgrade calibration devices again ? Again, Your knowledge is superb. Bill '

[@ArtIsRight]

Yes :)

[@stefangjorgievski1374]

Thank you for your videos, really helpful. Can you make a video calibrating in rec.709 gamma 2.4 100 nit and the difference between pure gamma and Apple's default HDTV video profile with gamma BT.1886 Annex 1 and system gamma boost of 1.22?

[@ChampagneRhubarb]

I've been wondering exactly this too.

[@ArtIsRight]

Everything is the same, just change the reference mode. There's no need for another video. Just choose REC709 for gamut and set the Transfer Function to 2.4 or BT1886, both are going to be so close that it just comes down to preference.

[@stefangjorgievski1374]

@@ArtIsRight Thank you but why Apple's default HDTV video profile with gamma BT.1886 Annex 1 is using system gamma boost of 1.22 instead of pure power?

[@ArtIsRight]

That is a fiction of BT1886 if you want to use that you can. BT1886 is a gamma curve and it is not 2.2. So in this case it correspond to 1.22

[@andycrystal]

You mean here? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hn2lamahbrqMjcUsi=OHCHLNxLE7evf0pz&t=297. Thanks!@@ArtIsRight

[@090483T61519]

hey! great video! got a 16 inch M3 Pro but i am not happy with the white point. older OS versions allowed to simply set the white point to a cooler/ bluish or warmer/yellow by slider. i am no pro photographer, so thats no prob. Whut would u recommend to "just" get the whole display more "bluish/ cooler"?? Thx in advance! Appreciate!

[@ArtIsRight]

just change the color temperature.

[@user-tx3ti5vo7j]

Hi Art, Thanks so much for putting so much work into helping out on calibrating our monitors. I recently bought the 27" Appple Studio Display and run it on Sonoma 14.1.1 . Today I received the Calibrite Display Pro HL and I'm trying to walk through the process of calibrating. Yet when I come to fine tuning the calibration in system preferences I get an orange triangle with warning sign when giving in the whiitepoint target values. I cannot move on from there as I cannot click 'finish'. It is greyed out. Could you help me out on where I might have gone wrong or how to solve the issue. Thanks so much for your help and your great work. Greetings from Belgium.

[@ArtIsRight]

dm me with screen shots

[@jharrelphoto]

nice video! I recently got a canon pro 1000 printer and have been researching external monitors for my MacBook Pro m2 16 inch xdr. Im finding it hard to come up with a solution. So I may give this a shot first for printing. Do you have any recommendations for external monitors that work great with the MacBook pros that are designed for printing in mind? I have looked at the ben q, and eizo monitors but I am somewhat confused at what would work best. Thank you for any advice.

[@ArtIsRight]

Any BenQ SW series displays all of them have 99% Adobe RGB coverage

[@davidligon6088]

Perfect timing! I just go my Calibrite Plus and ready to calibrate my 14” M1 MBP. I have questions. 1) Does the Calibrite take into account ambient light in the room? Seems like you would want a different display brightness depending on ambient light, unless Calibrite accounts for that. I edit on the laptop in a low lit room at night, in a room with a translucent shade during the day, and in a cafe when I’m on the road. Should I calibrate three different settings? 2) What if I am calibrating for Social Media phone viewing and not print? I assume I’d use sRGB, with a different brightness. 3) I use a BenQ 320c when I am at my desk. I will have to look for a video on how to calibrate external monitors with HW lookup tables. Thanks for all your MacBook Performance, Colorimeter, and Monitor videos. They are top notch, and have been very helpful to me in determining and managing my setup. I hope you are getting well sponsored by these folks.

[@ArtIsRight]

"1) Does the Calibrite take into account ambient light in the room? Seems like you would want a different display brightness depending on ambient light, unless Calibrite accounts for that." - No, however, you can enable it. However, the use of it is a misconception. Your display should always remain fixed and never change with the lighting condition of the room. Otherwise you are always editing to a moving target. "I edit on the laptop in a low lit room at night, in a room with a translucent shade during the day, and in a cafe when I’m on the road. Should I calibrate three different settings?" - Probably not, go into reference mode when doing color critical workflow. If you are not seriously editing use the Apple Display or Apple Display XDR mode kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3_bkmuobql8sMk "2) What if I am calibrating for Social Media phone viewing and not print? I assume I’d use sRGB, with a different brightness." Most of your image editing program uses Color Management Module, CMM, for color conversion, kzbin.info/www/bejne/faaUn6R7m52psMk no need to over think this. Your images will not look the same on any give photo display regardless kzbin.info/www/bejne/h57cdXh-g6dkprM "3) I use a BenQ 320c when I am at my desk. I will have to look for a video on how to calibrate external monitors with HW lookup tables." There's no BenQ 320C. Do you have SW320? if so watch this guide kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqPNg6J_mpVgo9E if you have SW321C then watch this kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXjEd3uQftV0iNU

[@davidligon6088]

@@ArtIsRight thank you so much for taking the time to answering my questions. Yes, it is an SW321C, my error.

[@ArtIsRight]

In this case use Palette Master Ultimate to calibrate SW321C

[@Franckystudios]

Can you do one for Video Editing. Deliverable for Web and Social Media?

[@ArtIsRight]

Just change the reference mode to REC 709 and set gamma aka pure power to 2.4 or BT1886 and follow this guide.

[@Melissa-do7lz]

Thank you so much, I have MacBook Pro 14 do I need to calibrate it For photography?

[@ArtIsRight]

If you print you should. And if you don't print but do pro work I would recommend using the reference mode and doing a white point fine tune to get the best result out of your Pro Display

[@user-sz6hp5yw5h]

Hi, Art, I really appreciate your videos. I have a question that may been answered, but I can’t find an answer: Does each custom reference mode require its own custom profile, as I suspect is required? If so, is there a quick and easy way to switch profiles when changing reference modes? Eg. Going from photography to video editing. When switching modes on the BenQ SW272Q automatically switches the associated profiles (most of the time). Thanks for all the amazing content and your contribution.

[@ArtIsRight]

"Does each custom reference mode require its own custom profile, as I suspect is required? If so, is there a quick and easy way to switch profiles when changing reference modes? Eg. Going from photography to video editing." Depending on how much the setting changes, power transfer function aka gamma, gamut and etc. So technically you should. But the variation are so small going from photo to video that I would just say choose a standard and go with that. i.e. I edit all of my video on photo standard. What it comes down to is that we are not doing work for million $ Hollywood production and I have seen some of those individual workflow that are know to be expert color grading house do away with less that what you are doing now. And no there's no way to switch the mode and have the icc change. On BenQ yes it will do that.

[@user-sz6hp5yw5h]

@@ArtIsRight HI, Art. I wanted to check with you regarding multiple reference modes, calibrations, and profiles. I currently use the P3-D65 Reference Mode (customized) on my MacBook Pro. I have that fine-tune calibrated and then calibrated/profiled using Calibrite software and the Display Plus HL. If I choose to also use another reference mode, am I able to Fine Tune calibrate using Mac OS as well (for the new Reference Mode settings) or will that overwrite the Fine Tune Calibration that I had already done for the P3-D65 Reference Mode? Further to this, if I can't do a second, separate Fine-Tune adjustment without deleting the first, what would I select in the Calibrate software for White Point and Luminance, as the Native setting which I used when setting up the P3-D65 Reference Mode would no longer be accurate given that I'm using different settings? Would I select Measured in each or select Temperature and Custom Luminance or some other settings? It would be amazing if you did another video tutorial on this showing how to setup a second customized Reference Mode and multiple profiles. Thanks for all your work and contribution.

[@ci3828]

Hi Art, with a little delay I'm updating the calibration of my Studio Dislpay! Thank you very much for your precious videos. A question please: my printer recommends " the color temperature must be set to 5,000 Kelvin (D50)". When calibrating the white point, do the XY coordinates vary compared to a D65 used in the video? or can I always use x:0.3127;y:0.3290. Thank you very much for your time and for the feedback. Chris

[@ArtIsRight]

the value that I gave is only for D65, D50 uses a different value. I have to verify that value before I can give it to you. DM me as a follow up for this

[@ci3828]

@@ArtIsRight Only Calibrite newest Display Pro HL and Display Plus HL are capable of profiling miniLED backlight displays such as Apple Liquid Retina XDR displays. All previous Calibrite / X-Rite devices are not capable of calibrating any miniLED backlight display including Apple Liquid Retina XDR inside the 14" & 16" MacBook Pro.

[@memcrew1]

@@ci3828that’s correct.

[@JakobJonesMedia]

Hi Art, wonderful video. You said that the ICC profile will remain even if you change reference modes. Does this mean we will have to do separate calibrations if we're in a hybrid HDR video and photo workflow? And then just switch the profiles inside of Calibrite? Or would this be too inconsistent? Thanks a ton.

[@ArtIsRight]

There's no profiling for HDR right now, no consumer software can do that at the moment.

[@JakobJonesMedia]

@@ArtIsRight so what’s the best way for ensuring color accuracy for HDR? No calibration, just white point adjustment? Thanks

[@ArtIsRight]

Yes

[@JakobJonesMedia]

Hi@@ArtIsRight , have you tried Patterns for Mac by Calman? They claim to have full HDR test pattern and calibration for Pro Display XDR. Not sure if you need Calman Studio ($2,000) though. Thanks

[@Zebrajellyfishphoto]

Art, I just calibrated my 2023 MBP M2 16" - Thanks for the detailed video! A few things were a bit different and I can't remember them all right now but the last things I remember is, as you describe and demo, I can't delete older iss files highlighting them with my new Calibrite Display Pro HL software. I wasn't too concerned so moved on. I just unboxed an SW272U and wonder if I should calibrate it out of the box. I do want it to match my MBP described above....thoughts?

[@ArtIsRight]

You can just manually delete the icc, in the color sync folder. for SW use Palette Master Ultimate software. And for the best result you should custom calibrate it. As far as matching goes, it is going to be tough, different backlight, LCD panel tech and etc. Not to mention color gamut

[@Zebrajellyfishphoto]

@@ArtIsRight Thanks. I thought about the different tech in them. I'll calibrate my new BenQ and go from there.

[@jackdanyal4329]

Incredible video, thank you for your efforts. I have a question. Currently, I have a Color Checker Display that is unsuitable for XDR screen calibration, as far as I know. But I still created a preset from Photography with Luminance 100, as the default one is too bright. The question is: Is the new preset with L100 is good without calibration for photo editing (mainly landscapes and macro) and printing (PIXMA Pro-200)?

[@Cmatu22]

I would also love to know the answer to this q!

[@ArtIsRight]

I would say custom preset with display finetuned without calibration is still much better than just creating a preset without any finetuned. Do you need to calibrate, you can the dispaly would be slightly warmer. Apple always calibrate their display toward the blue side.

[@jackdanyal4329]

@@ArtIsRight you're right. anyway, decided to order Pro HL and will get it today. I think I will need it if I'm gonna print my photos

[@keidilim]

Yes I’m considering upgrading to the MacBook m3 pro. If this is the case, would HL be best option? Would I be able to use the late 2014 iMac as an external screen? I read that it’s not possible…but would still like to keep the iMac as it’s still working so well so wanna make sure the calibrator I invest in would work on all

[@ArtIsRight]

yes HL is best for XDR. 2014 iMac cannot be used as external display. HL will calibrate iMac as well as the new display

[@thedanwriter1]

Do I need to dim the lights in the room when following this guide? Also my all patches AVG was 0.9 and my MAX was 4.0, Is there any way to improve or lower the readings to an ideal measurement like you mentioned in the video? Thank you

[@ArtIsRight]

nope, but if your room is too bright then sure.

[@greggmallender176]

Hi Art, I have a question about the white point fine tune, if you use both D65 and D50, can you fine tune for both, or can you only do it once?

[@ArtIsRight]

Just one white point.

[@edphi]

Do you have a video to calibrate the older MacBook Pro like those 13” of 2018?

[@ArtIsRight]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqfNZ4uretKEntU

[@BrettCarlsen]

so I followed your guide to the best of my ability. Have calibrated my macs for almost 20 years. Seeming to get a max delta E of 4 despite multiple rounds of calibration with the 400+ patch setting. Any best practices or missed steps to get it lower? 16" M1 Macbook Pro

[@ArtIsRight]

No that is on the higher side but that is about the range on the max ∆e patch. I'm sure you did fine. If you like to share the calibration report result with me, feel free to dm

[@followthefocusofficial]

Wonder if you can help me. I own the Macbook Pro 14" M2 Pro and and Asus Proart Pa279CV monitor, I also own a 65" LG OLED (4k 120hz). I wanted to sell my Proart as the screen isnt big enough and being an LED monitor, looks nothing like the macbook ( i think its to do with the blacks being not as dark as the OLED and Mini LED), even in rec 709 mode. Can these newer devices calibrate the Macbook AND the LG OLED? Ive tried plugging the Macbook into the LG OLED and the colours look a little green compared to the Macbook. Just want to get a really accurate screen on the laptop for when i'm out and about but also be able to hook it up to the OLED when at home for the real estate. Brilliant video btw :)

[@ArtIsRight]

Yes they will work. But don't think of it as calibrate to match per se.

[@transport787]

Thanks for the great video. I have an m2 mbp and display pro hl.. I’ve tried 3 times now, with good results on the validation, however the gamut is way smaller than P3.. any ideas would be most appreciated!

[@ArtIsRight]

if you choose miniLED it should be really close. Also way smaller is difficult to quantify. dm me with compasirson.

[@transport787]

Thanks-I did use mini led.. I ran it another time from the very beginning using max patches for calibration and validation, and now looks like the results you achieved. Thanks again!

[@Longdancer]

Thanks for this video. Really helpful. However, i have a question: Can i use the Xrite i1 Display Pro with the USB connected to an external hub? My macbook Pro only has USB-C ports so i'm looking for a way around this. Any pointers would be gratefully received. Thanks in advance

[@ArtIsRight]

Yes you can do this

[@Longdancer]

@@ArtIsRight Thank you. Always like your no nonsense, direct to the point videos. Really appreciate your content.

[@ArtIsRight]

Thank you!

[@starbase218]

Do you recommend this for a person who just has photography as a hobby? And who rather shoots than does post-processing as well? I do shoot in RAW, but I'm just wondering.

[@ArtIsRight]

For pro yes, otherwise, it really comes down to what you are trying to achieve.

[@Shalin.S.Shah.]

Hi Art, can you make a video for video calibration in Calibrite and Pallette master ultimate?

[@ArtIsRight]

I'll see what I can do; for the time being, choose REC 709 for video workflow and gamma 2.4 or BT1886. Same thing for PMU

[@Shalin.S.Shah.]

@@ArtIsRight thank you, Art. I'll do this and report back. Although I understand how long it takes to make video, Video would be amazing. Plus, I love watching your videos. Another reason to just keep watching the greatness!

[@Shalin.S.Shah.]

Hi @artisright, another question. When I do calibration with video options and now I want to edit photos, do I just simply select or change profile from calibrite software and then also select photography peset? Or will this mess up fine tuning of previous photography preset and now I have to do the whole photography process again and so on?

[@davidw2454]

Hi, just found this tutorial, can I ask if these calibration tools will work on the MacBook Pro 16inch M3

[@ArtIsRight]

Yes same through out

[@billsolo1]

Great video. I'm using Sonoma with a Display Pro HL on my M2 Max setting this at P3-D65. The measurement on the luminance was 167.684 and I was only able to input 167.6 or 167.7 as the range is limiting me to one character to the right of the decimal point. When I put the target, setting it to 100, I get an orange triangle. It does not allow me to enter in 80, 90 or even 150. Please advise. Many thanks!

[@ArtIsRight]

The issue is that P3-D65 default is around 160 nits. You can't change that. This is the reason why you need to create a custom preset with the luminance that you want. This guide walks your through this. I would follow the beginning part of this guide.

[@JakeOnCam]

Which refence mode settings do you use for video in premiere pro? Do you set it to the bt1886 preset, or keep it at P3 and use display colour management?

[@ArtIsRight]

Because premiere uses Adobe Color Engine or ACE, you can technically set it to P3. As far as gamma goes, either Pure Power 2.4 or BT1886 they are really close to each other.

[@JakeOnCam]

@ArtIsRight Thanks. Is that with the system gamma boost on too? I wasnt sure if the 1.22 boost was just to go from quicktimes 1.96 gamma to 2.4 (1.96 x 1.22 = 2.39), which would make it incorrect for premiere? Or does calibrite solve that?

[@ArtIsRight]

ACE might do this but Calibrite profile does not. There are other things that Apple does to the icc as well.

[@srphoto90]

Would the new Calibrite Display SL work to calibrate these Macs? Or just the Pro HL and Plus HL? I only create 1 photo reference/calibration at 120L.

[@ArtIsRight]

Just the HL, don't get the SL. it is slower than HL and offer less control. You are better with HL

[@thedanwriter1]

Hi Art, what do you do if you want to create a second display preset with a higher luminance, my first preset was set 80 and now I want a second preset with L120, do I need to redo the white point again? And also am I able to toggle between presets with different luminance when editing without constantly changing the white point? Thank you

[@ArtIsRight]

just create a new preset, no need to fine tuned again

[@Modpax]

I have a question I cannot find an answer to. I have an x-rite pro calibrator and I have been calibrating my monitors for well over 15 years. I get that the new hardware will profile the new 16" displays fully. I have not gotten a new device yet, and I am so far finding the presets pretty close, I am not doing super color critical work at the moment. in the meantime before I can get a new device, can I use my old one to at least measure brightness for the fine tuning amount? would it be accurate for that. I know my colors will not be calibrated to the standards I have used forever, but I would like to fine-tune a preset though for the moment. appreciate all the info you do, lets us understand the hardware and color is doing on them for sure.

[@ArtIsRight]

"n the meantime before I can get a new device, can I use my old one to at least measure brightness for the fine tuning amount?" Yes

[@sebastianreiprich3747]

I currently own an X-Rite i1 Studio (the photospectrometer you can also use for profiling printers) and asked the Calibrite support whether this device would be able to calibrate the display of of those new Macbook screens. A day or two later they answered that it could be done using their ccStudio application. Art on the other hand say that one of their new devices is required for those Mini LED displays. What is right?

[@ArtIsRight]

You can calibrate, but you won't get the full gamut output of the display. It does not mean that it won't work. It will just that you'll be limited.

[@vigojansons]

Doing this the All Patches max shows as 3.6 - is that still good? Also when calibrating the white point the max value available was 97.5, not 100 or over. Wondering if all is good. Also, what if you calibrated the main Display P3 profile where you can still adjust brightness. Would that be usable too when you sometimes perhaps need the screen a bit brighter?

[@ArtIsRight]

Doing this the All Patches max shows as 3.6 - is that still good? - In general, this is expected on some displays. It is not ideal but remember that this for just 1 patch max only. So in all it is not terrible. Also when calibrating the white point the max value available was 97.5, not 100 or over. Wondering if all is good. - This is where the fine tune calibration help. Say your display is 97.5, you would just fine tune that to 100 to get it inline. And ±5 nits of brightness is not discernible for human vision. Also, what if you calibrated the main Display P3 profile where you can still adjust brightness. Would that be usable too when you sometimes perhaps need the screen a bit brighter? The if you use P3 for photography, the icc profile will not change regardless of reference mode choose. What this means is that you can set it Apple Display or Apple Display XDR and the profile would still apply, no need to change. It start to get complex if you do too many for all of these sub-vairations and in general, it is not absolutely necessary. Just add more things to forget.

[@vigojansons]

Thank you very much @@ArtIsRight

[@alex.muntean]

Hey Art, quick question. I did a bunch of these calibration for different brightness values. Whenever I change the Preset, do I also have to go into Colorsync and load the corresponding icc profile as well? For example if I have a 100 nit preset and 100 nit profile, if I load the 120 nit preset, do I also load the 120 nit profile or can I leave on the 100 nit profile?

[@ArtIsRight]

"Whenever I change the Preset, do I also have to go into Colorsync and load the corresponding icc profile as well?" Yes and you should restart the color aware apps as well, such as PS, LRC, LR, etc because all these apps load the display icc upon launch. The trick here is, if you use the same gamut and other settings for the various luminance calibration then you should be ok just switching over the calibration mode without setting the corresponding profile in this circumstance.

[@alex.muntean]

Thank you! @@ArtIsRight I appreciate it.

[@linuhusainnk]

Does mini LED display have lower lights to the borders ? Like vignette feel

[@ArtIsRight]

Not necessary but it can be perceived that way for some

[@JoshStansfield]

I have a display pro color checker and with the MacBook Pro 14" mini led is not available. Do you recommend using white LED instead with calibrite profiler instead or just stick with the factory calibration?

[@ArtIsRight]

No and you need the HL device to have MiniLED access

[@ThomazMartinez]

After doing this calibration is there issues with HDR content? lets say if you open HDR youtube video will that display correctly and not washed out?

[@ArtIsRight]

That is a fiction of the display firmware, so no issue.

[@ddavidai11]

Quick question: I went through the guide, calibrated my screen, and had a new color profile set. My Question - can I switch between presets / reference modes depending on the task I'm currently performing? (For example, "Photography (P3-D65) L100" for Lightroom editing, and Apple XDR Display (P3-1600 Nits) for everything else). I'm worried that in changing presets back-and-forth, I'm damaging / reversing the color calibration I just performed....

[@ArtIsRight]

Yes you can switch dynamically, no damage, just a different preset. Profile will carry through to all of the other reference mode as well. But you are good

[@kss9931]

Really appreciate your video. Just picked up the display plus HL for my new 16” M2 MacBook Pro. Question I had for you is whether the following results seem acceptable: -All patches avg - 0.8 (97) -of the lowest 90% - 0.5 (87) -of the highest 10% 2.9 -All patches max: 3.7 (96) -of the lowest-Max 1.8 (86) -Standard deviation results - 0.8 (97) -lowest 90% - 0.4 (87) -highest 10% - 0.7 (10) I did set create the P3 L100 profile, and set the custom white point values measured, as well as the targets you suggested. Thanks again!!

[@ArtIsRight]

Yes based on what I have seen that is good and within range :)

[@kss9931]

@@ArtIsRightthanks! And wow - that has to be the fastest KZbin reply I’ve ever got! Really appreciate your hard work and the amount of time you take in making these videos!

[@epicvisionstudios]

Do you have a video on calibration for a 16” Apple MacBook Pro M3 Max running Sonoma 14.4. Thank you.

[@ArtIsRight]

similar process, only some changes in the GUI. This would be a good video that would supplement the GUI changes, otherwise process is the same

[@epicvisionstudios]

@@ArtIsRight what is the GUI? Is there anything that I need to change before I follow along with this video and try to calibrate. Thank you.

[@RetroPixel_analog]

So, if i buy the Plus HL, will i be able to do hdr callibration? like 500nits rec2020 ST2048. Will the steps stay the same just with a higher luninance value? Thank you

[@ArtIsRight]

ST2048 is not yet available in the software. That will be coming in the future for HDR calibration.

[@RetroPixel_analog]

@@ArtIsRight Hi Art, thanks for your Answer. would there be a workaround for working with both hdr and sdr in davinci and also have a propper callibration?

[@ArtIsRight]

If you are going to work in HDR, I would just skip calibration for now

[@thedanwriter1]

So now that we can finally do a full calibration on the m1 mbp, will the color accuracy match that of a benQ display?

[@ArtIsRight]

When calibrating in sRGB or P3 close but not with Adobe RGB and SW display line

[@thedanwriter1]

@@ArtIsRight is it worth/necessary doing a full calibration as a portrait photographer ? Is there a noticeable difference before & after calibration for m1 16” mbp ? In your past videos you have expressed highly of the Apples new Liquid Retina XDR display, and that by just doing the fine tune white point, you will already be close to a benQ In another video you have also mentioned about professionals working in Hollywood that don’t bother doing a calibration, and they do their whole workflow just using Apples default xdr display So I’m just curious Thank you

[@ArtIsRight]

Yes it will be warmer. Mac calibrate their display P3 with more blue so the tone is cooler. But you can get away without. it all comes down to need, comfortably and justification for workflow. All of what I said is true but each has their own workflow and understanding, or hopefully, the comprehension, of where there work will end up :)

[@Alezcollection]

So this will work on both Macbook Pro and external monitors by Asus? Thanks much.

[@ArtIsRight]

Yes, Pro External by Asus should have its own software.

[@grooze]

1. I am calibrating with older i1 Display Plus set to WhiteLED as MiniLED option is not available. It would be nice if you could compare calibration with older calibrator and measure with new HL to check if there is really any difference in deltas. 2. There is bug (Sonoma 14.0) that any change of preset or logging out set picture profile back to factory. ColorSync says that custom profile is set properly but I can see with naked eye that colours are off. I need to set current profile again to the same custom one and can see colours change to correct ones. 3. It is a shame that presets are not assigned to colour profiles. I would like to use multiple presets for photography and every day use but profiles does not change for them. I need to change profiles manually or have only one preset truly calibrated.

[@ArtIsRight]

1. Only the HL devices have MiniLED option. Yes difference in gamut is huge, no need to compared, did many videos on this already and have been advocating on this. 2. This may be a local install issue. I have not observed this fleet wide and not on my fleet of machines. 3. I hear you but these are 2 totally different things and works on totally different fundamentals.

[@foulweatherworks7831]

@@ArtIsRight Hello! I have on XDR display but my main proofing monitors are older Eizos and an Apple Cinema display. I have read that the SL is more sensitive in low end and the HL are not as sensitive, sacrificing some range for the high end sensitivity. Have you found this to be true? Would you have two seperate meters one for XDR and one for older monitors, or do you feel the HL is sufficient for both? Thank you

[@JackDaniels-yp3ef]

I have a 16” M1 Pro MacBook(Sonoma 14.1.1) and i upgraded my calibrator to a Calibrite Pro HL. I’m having an issue with the luminance readings. For example, if I set the SDR value to 120 and then go to Calibrite software (v 1.2.4) and then measure Measured K as mentioned in video it’ll give me a reading of around 100. Always seems to be about 20 off. Any idea what’s happening here? I got the same result using my Display Pro calibrator. Any idea why this is happening? Thanks for all your work and help to everyone!

[@ArtIsRight]

It could simply be that your display is off by that much, so if you want 120, I might set it to 130 or 140 to achieve the 120 and in fine turn calibration just leave everything as is for the luminance i.e. target 140 - achieved 140

[@srphoto90]

I have an X-rite i1Display Pro and have yet to pay and upgrade to this software. I’ve downloaded it and noticed it takes over a minute to open and load, and sometimes it just quits without opening (version 1.2.4). Should I just stick to i1Profiler? I’m only using it to measure X and Y coordinates plus luminance for white point and have no issues with the old software. Does calibrite Profiler measure X and Y properly? I’ve been seeing people say the values are reading much different in the new software.

[@ArtIsRight]

either one will do, it is accurate but the calculation are different. Variation overall are small at best, I would stick with what you are comfortable with.

[@LauJuMaPhotography]

Thank you very much for this detailed tutorial. As a first time Calibrite user, this was very helpful. The individual points of the calibration also correspond with the reference as they were mentioned. Unfortunately, my images still come out of the printshop with a green tint. Is there anywhere to change the individual color channels on the 2023 MBP? Unfortunately, I can't find anything on the Internet. And also no other tutorials for a blue tint on the MBP. The image was saved exactly as the printshop requires and I have been printing with this printshop for about 4 years now. Before, but with a Windows pc, I didn't have such extreme color deviations. Maybe someone here has an idea?

[@ArtIsRight]

You are using a laptop screen? What reference mode settings are you using? Did you do the full calibration and what is the ∆e?

[@LauJuMaPhotography]

@@ArtIsRight Yes, I work on the MacBook Pro itself. As reference mode I used Photography with color space P3, white point D65 and luminance 100. Then I measured the white point with Calibrite and entered the data in the fine calibration. I took the data from your video as the target value. Then I calibrated with Whitepoint and Luminance Native with 461 measuring fields. The recheck with 96 fields resulted in a ∆e of 0.9 and a max of 3.7. 🙂 I have already spoken with Apple itself, here we are still looking if there is a solution. The printshop has sent me reference images, but they are still greenish. It's just so funny all my colleagues say: Mac Book Pro? Start, edit, print and be happy. Almost no one has calibrated it. And here I am. Newest model, first time Apple user and slight distress.😅

[@ArtIsRight]

Apple is not going to be able to solve this issue for you. They are engineers not printers/ creatives and the issue is not necessary with the screen. There are so many variables here from the lab to the light source used to view the print when comparing to the screen. It is a rather complex thing. This said, the first question would be, have you tried out other lab. Also, if you like please send me the image so that I can have a look and evaluate it. It could simple be that the overall tint is a bit off and print amplify all of this. Additionally what light spruce are you using to view your print? I would also advise a dm with me on fb page or insta. this way we can go back and forth faster.

[@ArtIsRight]

Additionally there really nothing wrong with the screen other than the color gamut is not necessary the most suitable for print. P3 is really not a printing gamut, where as Adobe RGB is.

[@Shalin.S.Shah.]

I have i1 display pro. Can I just use whiteLED for m2 max and run calibration or that will not be accurate at all?

[@ArtIsRight]

you can but it won't yield a good color gamut. The device does not understand the spectral output of the display, so in a way it is like calibrating and making an educated guess. My advise is to just do a fine-tuned calibration and stop there

[@josemanuelalorda]

Any link to calibrate iMac 27" 5K 2017 with the new Display PLUS HL? I bought it.. tryed to match with my MacBook Pro 14" M2 2023 and the colors are completely different..

[@ArtIsRight]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqfNZ4uretKEntU and you can't really. different back light. the only thing that you can do is manipulate one heavily to match the other, to which then one would then again ask which one is correct?

[@JoeyPong]

At 10:00, what is the meaning of measuring the existing white point of Apple calirbated display as the target of the calibration setting as you will calibrate the screen according a know white point? or is it for monitor to monitor matching?

[@ArtIsRight]

The point of doing that is to fine-tune the calibration on your Mac display. All displays do not produce 100% accurate white points, which is why these pro displays from Apple enable you to change this. That is precisely what we are doing: measuring how much it is off by and correcting it.

[@ThomazMartinez]

Also can you confirm, because you used ref mode, you can't change the brightness using keyboard even after this calibration right?

[@ArtIsRight]

Yes this is by design

[@rinooow]

Hello, I have a MacBook Pro M1 (14). I manually set the 100 L recommended by you in the settings and after measuring in the Calibrite software, it shows me the measured brightness values ​​of only 85.9 L. The set brightness value does not match the measured value. The display plus HL calibration probe was used. can something be done about it or is the display defective. What does it mean for me? My laptop is two years old. Thank you

[@ArtIsRight]

Your best bet to fine tuned is to just ignore the measurement from the HL device. Some displays read lower. Other ways to work around this is set the luminance value higher, verify with the device and when it comes to fine tuned, say you want L100 and you are measuring at 85 just put in 98 or something like that. lt is a way to trick fine-tune into taking the value

[@tusharkhandelwal2801]

What display to choose when you don't have HL calibrator? I have the display plus.

[@ArtIsRight]

You can use PFS but you won't get full gamut

[@lawrencecohen3860]

great video, but when I did comparison of profiles my new one was much smaller than the P3...what to do...

[@ArtIsRight]

What device are you using?

[@transport787]

This is my problem too with m2 mbp…and display pro hl.. any ideas would be most welcome! Thanks

[@chfilm]

I’m getting an average delta e of 3.8 for BOTH my Pro Display XDRs (with a .2 variance between them). Is that normal?? They are roughly 4 years old. Can this value be improved further if I repeat this process several times? My studio display and MacBooks score below 1 :/

[@ArtIsRight]

I have seen values that high before. If you follow the method and leave the display to warm up that might be the most that you can get. This has a lot to do with the EDR that Calibrite is using. Studio Display & MacBook non XDR have traditional display that EDR is easier match to.

[@normastiglich6025]

My 16" MBP running Sonoma 14.5 gives an error warning about halfway through the process and exits measurement. I have updated to the new version of Calibrite, Profiler 1.3.2. and the version check says I'm Up to date. I tried twice. Thanks for your help.

[@ArtIsRight]

I have tried the latest version with Sonoma 14.5 and it works on my systems. I would think something might be going on with the OS or interference in the background or software.

[@ursuraj4u1]

I have Sonoma 14.0 in my MacBook pro max. I don’t see mini led in my Apple display. I see White LED, CCFL, Wide Gamut CCFL, RGB LED, OLED, Plasma, GB LED, PFS Phosphor. In this case what should I choose to calibrate my MacBook Pro

[@ArtIsRight]

You need to have Calibrite Display Pro HL or Display Plus HL which are the device that support MiniLED backlight calibration. No point doing the calibration if you have other devices. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHesp2amjL2Aopo

[@Dima___S]

Good afternoon. Tell me, please, does the Calibrite PROFILER program support thespectrophotometer?

[@ArtIsRight]

yes, but they may be building the support for it. I have to check

[@Dima___S]

@@ArtIsRight Thanks, I will be waiting for your feedback. I have the opportunity to buy X-rite 1 Basic pro 2 on the secondary market.

[@ArtIsRight]

For that no, none of the Pro Spectrophotometer are supported. The only that's support is the Color Munki Photo / i1Studio / ColorChecker Studio devices (they are all the same). For that pro device you would still use i1Profiler. However, X-Rite has ended support for the i1Pro series already, so I would not advise that you get it. I would look at the i1Pro 2 or 3

[@Dima___S]

@@ArtIsRight Have you thought about the i1 Pro? I asked about the support for the i1 Pro 2 Basic. Does Calibrite PROFILER support the i1 Pro 2 Basic?

[@ArtIsRight]

Same answer, Calibrite Profilier will not support that, and you have to use i1Profilier those are consider X-Rite pro devices. The only spectro that Calibrite Profilier support is the i1studio device

[@MatteoFagiolino]

Hi, i have a Macbook Pro M2 16". When I measure the white point from the Calibration PRO HL, the luminance measures 87.262 and the target range is 77.3-90.7. How should I set it? Thanx :)

[@ArtIsRight]

2 ways artificially put in a higher value in Mac OS to get to the value that you want when measured. Or put in the value for the luminance that fits with in the range of what macOS will accept. The former is a better way but either will do

[@janispolar5916]

Could I also use an older i1display from xite? also: why there is there no adobe rgb in the preset, only P3/srgb?

[@ArtIsRight]

You can but won't get full gamut because this new display has a different spectral output. And there's no Adobe RGB because Apple did not calibrate that from the factory nor care to put one in.

[@sebastianreiprich3747]

In MacOS Sonoma there is a weird issue with the Colorsync Utility on my new MBP. When I reset the icc profile to factory default a window pops up and requires me to enter my admin password. No problem here. But if I want to select a specific icc profile (e.g. the one I created following this tutorial) after selecting the profile the same window pops up, but this time it does not let me type my password. My username is already entered, click in the field below it, start typing, but nothing happenes. As a workaround I copied some random short text and pasted it into the password field. I am then allowed to use the backspace key on my keybord and after manually deleting the copied text I can start typing my password.

[@ArtIsRight]

That is strange...

[@TylerHansenVideo]

Any update on why Pro Display XDR isn't being calibrated as well as the MacBook screens? I'm noticing this myself. Pretty big deviation at 5

[@ArtIsRight]

Mine is usually about 3.5, which is not great but not too bad either. 5 is huge. I have not tested this in a while, I'll give it another go. Follow up with a new comment thread sometime late next week or dm me.

[@keidilim]

I have a late 2014 iMac with a 27 inch display. The iMac is running on Mojave 10.14.6. Which calibrator would work?

[@ArtIsRight]

Any one really, you don't need the HL but you might want to consider the SL if you should ever upgrade your setup

[@filterfreephotography]

Any thoughts on why I cannot Fine Tune my Studio Display under Sonoma?

[@ArtIsRight]

You can they just move the option under display calibration from the preset mode drop down list.

[@ddavidai11]

Hey, I’m a photographer looking to buy a color calibrator for my MacBook Pro Max M3 (November 2023). Will the Display Pro HL work with my screen?

[@ArtIsRight]

Yes

[@ddavidai11]

@@ArtIsRight Thank you! And since all existing guides were made for OS Ventura, how will I know how to calibrate my screen? 🙂

[@ArtIsRight]

what this kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4LWZaxoa7-Igq8 choose fine tune option

[@ddavidai11]

@@ArtIsRight Thanks again for all your help! You are amazing! Quick question: I went through the guide, calibrated my screen, and had a new color profile set. My Question - can I switch between presets / reference modes depending on the task I'm currently performing? (For example, "Photography (P3-D65) L100" for Lightroom editing, and Apple XDR Display (P3-1600 Nits) for everything else). I'm worried that in changing presets back-and-forth, I'm damaging / reversing the color calibration I just performed....

[@Bigmystery]

Is there an advantage of using the manual fine tune calibration over the automatic calibrite calibration?

[@ArtIsRight]

It would be one of those; you do both. If you want to skip fine-tune, you can. Based on my tests, the results are close to each other with or without fine-tuned calibration, when using Calibrite Profilier

[@Bigmystery]

@@ArtIsRight Thank you so much! Very helpful information.

[@ArtIsRight]

😄

[@leopan723]

Hi，I had a i1 Studio calibrater and I got it years ago，can I use this method to calibrate my M2 Macbook Pro with it？

[@ArtIsRight]

In short, you can't. because that sensor cannot measure MiniLED backlight. The long answer is that it will calibrate but you won't get the full color gamut that the display can show

[@leopan723]

@@ArtIsRight Thanks for the reply

[@LorenzoVannucci]

Is there any way to do these measurements with an old ColorChecker Display Pro?

[@ArtIsRight]

Yes and you can calibrate as well but you won't have MiniLED as a backlight option and that has adverse effect on the icc generated. But for the measurement alone, yes you'll be fine.

[@LorenzoVannucci]

@@ArtIsRight Thank you very much for your answer

[@Wizkid288]

Ok so here is where I get super confused. So I do both photo and video. When I’m editing photos do I have to set the displays preset to my photography preset as well as set my icc profile to match? And then when I want to edit video, do I then have to switch my display preset to video as well as change the icc profile from photography to match my video preset? So I would be switching both the display preset and icc profile. Meaning I would have to calibrate the display independently for photo and video??? The bulk of my question is just how to do multiple things on the same machine.

[@ArtIsRight]

Depending on the App that you use, Just stick with P3 and gamma 2.2 it is close enough to video 2.4 or BT1886 gamma and just go with it. You can simplified it this way. Once the content hits the web it really does not matter much anyways, displays out there are all over the place.

[@Wizkid288]

@@ArtIsRight oh ok perfect. Thank you for the info as well as all the helpful videos you produce!

[@ArtIsRight]

Thank you!

[@dnguyen536]

Hello sir, after we perform our calibration, and the profile already applied. Can we turn the True Tone on again, or leave it off ?

[@ArtIsRight]

True Tone is automatically turned off in reference mode as it should be. If you want that on you need to be using either Apple Display or Apple Display XDR reference mode

[@dnguyen536]

Hi Art, after we calibrated we should always set to photography preset we designed to edit photo right? not the apple xdr display reference.

[@ArtIsRight]

yes

[@sjkahn]

Can I calibrate an Apple Pro XDR display using the Calibrite Display Plus HL and maintain the full extended dynamic range? I'm hearing conflicting opinions. One is that the panel can be color calibrated, but then loses its HDR headroom. As I'm reediting portfolio images to take advantage of this HDR headroom, I want to be sure to get both; i.e., color accuracy and the HDR headroom. Is that possible today?

[@ArtIsRight]

Yes a video on that is coming soon.

[@gregbenzphotography]

On MacOS, the PROFILER output causes total loss of HDR on my MBP and Pro Display XDR- everything clips to roughly SDR white. Fine for SDR, but I’ve been unable to find a way to use it for HDR. Waiting for a solution, I assume they’ll get there eventually.

[@ArtIsRight]

Not there yet. HDR is a big messy can of worms at the moment.

[@sjkahn]

@@ArtIsRight Does that mean that a video on HDR profiling isn’t coming soon?

[@p121L]

I have 16' M1 and mini LED isnt part of the option. Doest it matter if I have iProfiler display plus?

[@ArtIsRight]

Yes I said in the video 14" & 16" MacBook Pro I didn't specified the SoC. All of them with Apple Silicon will work with this guide and the device matters, you need the HL model to calibrate these displays.

[@JonPais]

Hi Art. Does Profiler support P3 HDR PQ ST 2084 yet?

[@ArtIsRight]

No HDR profiling yet

[@DennisSchmitz]

@@ArtIsRight bummer. Hoping to see this soon

[@ArtIsRight]

Only the Display Plus HL will have this, explained here kzbin.info/www/bejne/i36qfIeefqqGrLc

[@DennisSchmitz]

I know, hoping for HDR ST2084 support soon though :) @@ArtIsRight

[@mycitymycity4242]

Hey do you/anybody know the recommendation for printing settings and keeping multiple calibration profiles? He mentions it when talking about setting the white balance and choosing the custom brightness 100 setting that the lower screen brightness of 50 is the best profile for printing. That would definitely make sense as I’m having an under exposure issue with printing while using ICC profiles and being calibrated correctly. Does anybody know if it’s normal to just switch back and forth between these display settings - ie staying on the 100 setting from this video but as I go to print switching to the 50 setting to make changes to the image for brightness and saturation. I’m toying with just staying in that setting.

[@ArtIsRight]

2 variables: I never recommend brightness below 80 nits. You are losing a lot. I would look at the light source luminance that you are using as well. These are variables that are equally as important.

[@mycitymycity4242]

I’m sorry, I misspoke on part of that: I meant the d50 instead of d65 for printing and also using a lower lum like 80 nits if I’m having some dark exposure printing issues. How do you guys manage multiple settings? Like do you color grade in d65 with the settings you’ve made here and then when you want to print switch over to d50 and make adjustments? Thank you for your in depth videos, they’ve been revelatory.

[@ArtIsRight]

I just stick with D65 and call it the day. I never found D50 useful, just more of a pain

[@mycitymycity4242]

Thank you for sharing your expertise!