Black Crush after calibration

Home Forums Help and Support Black Crush after calibration

Viewing 8 posts - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • #14192

    aboulfad
    Participant
    • Offline

    Hello,

    Monitor: 2013 iMac 27″, calibrated w DisplayCal/X-rite I1Display Pro (see report before and after below)

    This particular image is showing black crush compared to the default iMac ICC profile. I’ve stumbled on this article https://argyllcms.com/doc/CrushedDisplyBlacks.html and BPC is enabled by default in DisplayCal.

    PS: I have taken a video of the screenshot of the photo (default iMac profile on top, and calibrated one below)

    PPS: Thank u for an amazing tool,  but this is insanely complex hobby…

    Attachments:
    You must be logged in to view attached files.

    Calibrite Display Pro HL on Amazon  
    Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    #14198

    Florian Höch
    Administrator
    • Offline

    Hi,

    macOS Preview does not support the type of profile you have created due to bugs in macOS. Photoshop and other professional apps can use the profile. If you want to use Preview or other Apple apps, create a single curve + matrix profile (which is the default type of profile created by DisplayCAL under macOS). You can convert your existing profile by setting tone curve to anything other than “As measured” on the calibration tab (i.e. default gamma 2.2), setting testchart on the “Profiling” tab to “Auto” and moving the patch amount slider all the way to the left, then choosing “Create profile from measurement data…” in the “File” menu and selecting your existing profile.

    #14200

    aboulfad
    Participant
    • Offline

    Thank you for the speedy reply. I have lost countless days trying to figure out whats wrong! I can’t claim I fully understand the reason, but that aside I will try to outline what you proposed to do.

    Convert existing profile

    1. Calibration->Tone Curve = Gamma 2.2
    2. Profiling -> Profile type = Curves + matrix (Mac default)
    3. Profiling->Testchart = Auto-optimized
    4. Profiling->Amount of Patches (automatically set to left after Step 3 above)
    5. File -> Create profile from measurement data

    So I installed the created .icc profile, but no difference whatsover, I must have missed or misunderstood the intent of your instructions.

    PS: indeed, PS or LR does not exhibit that issue. It would be nice to get something working as MacOS Preview is handy for quick previews.

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by aboulfad.
    Attachments:
    You must be logged in to view attached files.
    #14203

    Florian Höch
    Administrator
    • Offline

    Profiling -> Profile type = Curves + matrix (Mac default)

    No, that is not the default. The default is single curve + matrix.

    #14204

    aboulfad
    Participant
    • Offline

    Interesting, I did a quick compare on the Mac “incompatible” profile and the  “friendly” one, and it seems the difference are only in the top/header section.

    Just an extra step to verify I did something …

    Attachments:
    You must be logged in to view attached files.
    #14206

    Florian Höch
    Administrator
    • Offline

    You created the same type of profile you already had. You need to create a single curve + matrix one.

    #14207

    aboulfad
    Participant
    • Offline

    oops sorry 😉 I read and re-read and I missed that key word SINGLE.

    It works now, and this is black magic, voodoo stuff… I don’t know what I did, but maybe its time to start doing some more in-depth reading.

    Thank you very much. I’ll update my above steps for future reference.

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by aboulfad.
    #14209

    aboulfad
    Participant
    • Offline

     

    Convert existing profile to SINGLE:

    1. Calibration->Tone Curve = Gamma 2.2
    2. Profiling -> Profile type = SINGLE Curves + matrix
    3. Profiling->Testchart = Auto-optimized
    4. Profiling->Amount of Patches (automatically set to left after Step 3 above)
    5. File -> Create profile from measurement data
Viewing 8 posts - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic.

Log in or Register

Display Calibration and Characterization powered by ArgyllCMS