M1 MacBook Pro (16″) Display . Correct “Mode” choice. e.g. Generic, etc.

[Walter]

I’ve been struggling for a few days to verify which of “generic”, “LCD White LED” etc. I should choose for this particular display.

Apple’s “Liquid Retina XDR display” marketing name and spec info don’t help either.    ttps://support.apple.com/kb/SP858?locale=en_US

I’ve yet to find reliable info to help confirm this and  I’d appreciate any insights from this community on this.

Thank you

[Vincent]

WLED PFS, “exactly P3” flavor.

Correction for i1d3 colorimeter bundled in the pack in DisplayCAL.
Missing in Calibrite or Xrite software but i1Profiler has other cousin WLED PFS

For Spyders, if there is no one labeled “PFS phosphor”/”WLED PFS” choose “Widegamut LED”/”RGB LED”, it is not even close, but it’s the closest.

Also for XDR displays, including XDR macbooks, use macOS “hardware-like” calibration instead of usual caibration software. Just measure real whietpoint with displaycal and feed it to mac utility for tune the display. Then validate results.

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[Walter]

Hi Vincent and thanks for your valuable advice.

I have SpyderX5 Pro, and when connected I confirmed having “LCD PFS Phosphor WLED, RGB LED” and cos it contains “RGB LED”, I guess it may be the closest available (but possibly for broad use).  I’ve tried that now thanks!

Your additional specific advice about XDR displays (incl. Macbooks) – is that something I should do after DisplayCAL calibration in addition?  During DisplayCAL calibration, it did measure whitepoint initial/current (x 0.3193 y 0.3193 VDT 7076K 3.0 / x 0.3070 y 0.3192 VDT 7078K 3.1 respectively); don’t know what initial & current means and still learning.   On Ventura, I do see in the Display setting where I can enter custom white point, SDR Transfer function etc. and I’m guessing this is where I should enter the above “current” white point figures.  After I do this, is the previous DisplayCAL calibrated color profile still being applied and not overwritten?

All – “hardware like calibration” was new to me so found in the comments section written by “ColorConsultant” here.  ttps://photographylife.com/how-to-calibrate-apple-mac-monitor

Thank you

• This reply was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by Walter.

[Vincent]

 

Your additional specific advice about XDR displays (incl. Macbooks) – is that something I should do after DisplayCAL calibration in addition? 

You won’t do DisplayCAL calibration.

You are just going to use built in tune for XDR display to correct whitepoint and rely on Apple.

During DisplayCAL calibration, it did measure whitepoint initial/current (x 0.3193 y 0.3193 VDT 7076K 3.0 / x 0.3070 y 0.3192 VDT 7078K 3.1 respectively); don’t know what initial & current means and still learning.   On Ventura, I do see in the Display setting where I can enter custom white point, SDR Transfer function etc. and I’m guessing this is where I should enter the above “current” white point figures.  After I do this, is the previous DisplayCAL calibrated color profile still being applied and not overwritten?

Yu won’t use DisplaYCAL calibration. You’ll use default DisplayP3 gamut, TRC… just tune whitepoint using Apple’s app. Use DIsplayCAL to measure uncalibrated white and input those coordinates to Apple app.

All – “hardware like calibration” was new to me so found in the comments section written by “ColorConsultant” here.  ttps://photographylife.com/how-to-calibrate-apple-mac-monitor

Thank you

It’s outdated, before XDR. LED backlight is the same, but XDR has that customized whitepoint.

[Walter]

Thank you Vincent!

I already knew how to measure White point on  SpyderX software, so  I tried per your guidance.  I’ll be passing on some processed pics to a client, I’ll see what their feedback are based on their environment.

FYI – I used the “Photography (P3-D65)” as my base to customize to a Luminance of 160 cd/m2.  SpyderX Pro (ver 5) measured actual luminance to be 131 cd/m2 which is what I’m OK for now as the recommended luminance seems to be 80-120 cd/m2 for photo editing.

Thank you

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