p.1 #1 · Blotchy and noisy shadows after monitor calibration
I have been using Windows since the early 90s. I got my first Mac (the current latest 21.5" iMac) recently, so I don't know too much about it.
I use a Pantone Huey for monitor calibration. After calibration, my screen kinda looked "right". In the "System Preference", it reflected the ICC profile that is generated by Huey. However in the shadows I see blotches and chromatic noise that I don't see on other computers. I see them in all applications, CS, DPP, Firefox, Mac's built in image preview and etc. Reverting to other ICC profiles that came with Mac removed the blotch and chromatic noise.
What am I missing here? Or is Huey incompatible with OSX Lion.
p.1 #3 · Blotchy and noisy shadows after monitor calibration
it might well be the Huey isn't particularly compatible w/ the screen technology used on the Mac (is the 21.5" using LEDs or is it using CCFL? LEDs I think)
p.1 #4 · Blotchy and noisy shadows after monitor calibration
sevan pulurian wrote:
Pantone huey PRO reqs:
CRT and LCD Monitors
Windows® 2000, XP, Vista, 7
32 or 64-bit modes
Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
USB port
You should be good, have you tried to re-cal once more? Disable any auto contrast or any auto adjusting if enabled.
Sevan
LED is the problem, very few things on the market can calibrate an LED well. Spyder 3.0 or 4.0 elite version or the Eye 1 Display Pro. Use these, probably the Eye 1 D P.
The above models are aware of auto brightness and will disable it for you. There is no auto contrast on an Apple Display. Just brightness.
p.1 #9 · Blotchy and noisy shadows after monitor calibration
morganb4 wrote:
Spyder 3.0 or 4.0 elite version ...
Only the elite version would work? Isn't the difference with the pro and express version are in the software only? Is there some kind of spec to know whether a screen calibrator is good for LED lighted LCD?
p.1 #13 · Blotchy and noisy shadows after monitor calibration
Navyblue wrote:
Only the elite version would work? Isn't the difference with the pro and express version are in the software only? Is there some kind of spec to know whether a screen calibrator is good for LED lighted LCD?
Yes, difference is software based. No the only way you can close to knowing is by hassling people like us :-)
