I get headaches browsing the net with my new iMac. I think it is too bright but cannot find where to adjust it. Any clues?
Is my MAC too bright?
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DaveSee
shallow depth of field
Hiya,Jorge Torralba said:
Have you tried using the "ColorSync" utility? Although it's meant for calibration, sounds like it may solve your need. Apple systems seem a little hot lately, like around 9300K. Ah, well, I guess it follows the latest craze for HID auto headlights... more light AND more glare!
rgds,
Dave
gregg
Well-known
Yes, my new LG monitor was set to 9000k. I tried 8200k and it was closer to the printos I was shooting through my Epson 2400. Your results may vary...
jlw
Rangefinder camera pedant
Setting up your iMac monitor.
Setting up your iMac monitor.
Go to System Preferences > Displays and you'll find a Brightness slider.
If you want to calibrate your iMac's monitor to a particular color temperature, or set up a Colorsync profile for it, stay in the Displays preference panel (or "pref pane," as we call it in the Mac world) and click the "Color" tab at the top. You'll see a list of display profiles down the left side.
To make your own profile, click the "Calibrate..." button on the right side. Mega Tip: After the Display Calibrator Assistant appears, check the Expert Mode checkbox in the lower left corner. Using Expert Mode takes longer, but gives you a more accurate calibration. In fact, I feel Expert Mode calibration is as accurate as, or maybe even more accurate than, a hardware calibrator -- because it's based on comparing the neutrality of color samples, and the eye is a very accurate comparator.
The Display Calibrator Assistant will walk you through the process of profiling the monitor, choosing a gamma (1.8 is the default for Mac graphics), and selecting a color temperature. Do this after the monitor has been on for at least 20 minutes so the backlight will be warmed up, under lighting conditions typical of your computer use. You might even want to do separate "daytime" and "evening" calibrations to cover the different ambient light levels in your computer room, then choose the appropriate one whenever you're going to do any color-critical computer work.
Final note: If you previously had a CRT monitor, your iMac's monitor may give you eyestrain at first simply because it's quite a bit sharper, and your eye struggles to focus on all that detail. You'll get used to it after a few days; in fact, overall it's more relaxing to view because it doesn't have that vertical-scan flicker that CRT monitors have.
Setting up your iMac monitor.
Jorge Torralba said:
Go to System Preferences > Displays and you'll find a Brightness slider.
If you want to calibrate your iMac's monitor to a particular color temperature, or set up a Colorsync profile for it, stay in the Displays preference panel (or "pref pane," as we call it in the Mac world) and click the "Color" tab at the top. You'll see a list of display profiles down the left side.
To make your own profile, click the "Calibrate..." button on the right side. Mega Tip: After the Display Calibrator Assistant appears, check the Expert Mode checkbox in the lower left corner. Using Expert Mode takes longer, but gives you a more accurate calibration. In fact, I feel Expert Mode calibration is as accurate as, or maybe even more accurate than, a hardware calibrator -- because it's based on comparing the neutrality of color samples, and the eye is a very accurate comparator.
The Display Calibrator Assistant will walk you through the process of profiling the monitor, choosing a gamma (1.8 is the default for Mac graphics), and selecting a color temperature. Do this after the monitor has been on for at least 20 minutes so the backlight will be warmed up, under lighting conditions typical of your computer use. You might even want to do separate "daytime" and "evening" calibrations to cover the different ambient light levels in your computer room, then choose the appropriate one whenever you're going to do any color-critical computer work.
Final note: If you previously had a CRT monitor, your iMac's monitor may give you eyestrain at first simply because it's quite a bit sharper, and your eye struggles to focus on all that detail. You'll get used to it after a few days; in fact, overall it's more relaxing to view because it doesn't have that vertical-scan flicker that CRT monitors have.
RayPA
Ignore It (It'll go away)
jlw said:
Exactly, and....On my lcd monitor there's a little "sun" icon on the front lower left. It is actually a touch sensitive "button." Place your finger on it, it glows and brings up the Display preferences window, where you can access: Display, Color, and Options.
🙂
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
It's not a purple iMac, is it? (couldn't help it)
jlw has pointed you in the right direction. First thing one must do before fiddling around with the contrast and brightness is to do a calibration, if you can, and with such proper, logical, human and nonevil computers that (still) are Macintoshes, that is easily achievable.
jlw has pointed you in the right direction. First thing one must do before fiddling around with the contrast and brightness is to do a calibration, if you can, and with such proper, logical, human and nonevil computers that (still) are Macintoshes, that is easily achievable.
RayPA
Ignore It (It'll go away)
Gabriel M.A. said:
No...but the computers where I work are purple and have a sun icon on them. 😉
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visiondr
cyclic iconoclast
Jorge,
While you calibrate on expert mode (see a previous post) make sure you blur your eyes to make the adjustments on the little apple icon. I think there are five panels in which you have to match the colour and the brightness of the icon so that it blends into the surrounding area. It is best to sit back a bit and deliberately blur your eyes (accomodate; focus your eyes to be out of focus, or take off your glasses) then matching will be easier.
Ron
While you calibrate on expert mode (see a previous post) make sure you blur your eyes to make the adjustments on the little apple icon. I think there are five panels in which you have to match the colour and the brightness of the icon so that it blends into the surrounding area. It is best to sit back a bit and deliberately blur your eyes (accomodate; focus your eyes to be out of focus, or take off your glasses) then matching will be easier.
Ron
rogue_designer
Reciprocity Failure
typically on the mac laptops it's function+f1 or f2 to adjust brightness, and f4 or f5 for volume.
Don't know if they've changed it with the latest version, but that's true of my Intel Macbook Pro.
Don't know if they've changed it with the latest version, but that's true of my Intel Macbook Pro.
ffttklackdedeng
Registered User
You know about f14 to lower and f15 to increase brightness, don't you, Jorge?
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