Red hue etc on MacBook Pro

[RickP]

Hi all,

I have seen this issue has been discussed before but i’m a bit of a novice so would really appreciate some help.

I have used my Colormunki Display to calibrate my external monitor (BenQSW240). This has worked very well and still gives very good results when sending images to print (I’m a photogpraher so do this regularly and am always happy with the results). My previous external monitor was the same – the calibration went well and it gave me very good results.

I calibrated my MacBook Pro screen with the same software and hardware but am getting a slight red cast to the images I see in all apps – Photoshop, Lightroom, Capture 1 and online. The highlights are also very slightly blown out. I subsequently used DisplayCAL and am getting what looks like the same result. I start with a linear profile and have chosen what I think is the correct screen type for my MacBook Pro 15-inch 2018 (PFS Phosphor) but cannot seem to get an accurate result.

I am happy to share any details of settings etc on here so feel free to ask away. Any help would be appreciated.

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[Kuba Trybowski]

Make sure that automatic brightness adjustment, True Tone, Night Shift and HDR are disabled:

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

[RickP]

Thanks Kuba. I had already disabled those. I have been using this page as a guide up until now: https://www.xrite.com/service-support/poor_results_with_i1display_pro_on_mac

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

[Kuba Trybowski]

Try to calibrate your Macbook according to this guide:

[RickP]

Thank you. I’ll give that a try and report back : )

[RickP]

The Colormunki is too old to work with i1Profiler, instead it works with i1Studio which seems less customisable, so unfortunately I’m unable to calibrate using this video 🙁

[Kuba Trybowski]

It’s not too old, it’s just incompatible.

Please tell me your brightness/luminosity, white point and gamma values.

What kind of display/backlight technology does the app detetect?

What’s your contrast setting?

[RickP]

Thank you for your help on this.

The white point is D65, luminance is 120cd/m2,  gamma is Standard 2.20

I have selected PFS Phosphor as the screen type.

The contrast slider is down to the lowest setting ‘normal’.

[Kuba Trybowski]

Try to calibrate your display using the latest version of i1 Studio and the same calibration parameters:

https://calibrite.com/pl/software-downloads/

[RickP]

Hi Kuba, thanks again for this. I still seem to be getting the same / similar result. A slight bit noticeable red hue as compared with my Benq monitor. I have also recalibrated the external monitor to be sure it hadn’t drifted since the last calibration however it looks the same.

[Kuba Trybowski]

Since both DisplayCAL and i1 Studio produce a similar result, it might be a problem with your colorimeter.

[RickP]

Thank you Kuba. I will try to get hold of a different unit to see if that helps.

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