DisplayCAL

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · DisplayCAL

https://displaycal.net

Has anyone used this? I've got an old Spyder4 calibration gadget that is not supported under MacOS Ventura.
I have a Mac mini M1 with a Benq 2700PT display.

So I've installed DisplayCAL, it took a lot of hoop jumping to get it installed to work.

I let it run, it went for almost 2hrs, and completed, but I didn't save the profile it created.

Has anyone ran this and is using the profile it created? The documentation is quite extensive, does anyone have a quick and dirty procedure they would be willing to share?

Thanks....Pete

Aug 03, 2023 at 05:17 PM

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I've used display cal in the past but stopped when I started having problems (hanging). The project appears to be in stasis as there have been no new releases since 2019 although I understand there is a python fork under development.

I never had it take 2 hours to do a calibration. But you should be able to choose the number of patches and pick something smaller if that is too long.

I never really noticed a difference between the profiles display cal made and the x-rite software. Except that some profiles made with display cal didn't work properly on Mac OS X (apparent bug on the OS side).

Photographylife has a long blog post on using it which was helpful to me: https://photographylife.com/how-to-calibrate-apple-mac-monitor

Note the tricky part imo is picking the right correction setting for your monitor, especially if your exact make is not listed.

Aug 04, 2023 at 11:59 AM

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I have it on some Windows laptops, but only for internal display. Calibration was fairly fast with an older i1 device.

EBH

Aug 04, 2023 at 12:25 PM

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sbay wrote:
I've used display cal in the past but stopped when I started having problems (hanging). The project appears to be in stasis as there have been no new releases since 2019 although I understand there is a python fork under development.

I never had it take 2 hours to do a calibration. But you should be able to choose the number of patches and pick something smaller if that is too long.

I never really noticed a difference between the profiles display cal made and the x-rite software. Except that some profiles made with display cal didn't work properly on Mac OS...Show more →

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EB-1 wrote:
I have it on some Windows laptops, but only for internal display. Calibration was fairly fast with an older i1 device.

EBH

Thanks guys, appreciate the replies. I'll go through the photographylife article.

Aug 04, 2023 at 04:17 PM


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