ColorSync: "Profile First Aid" - huh?

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ColorSync: "Profile First Aid" - huh?

In the HELP for ColorSync Utility, it says "from the menubar, select 'Profile First Aid'" ..

I do not HAVE this menu item. I want to adjust my White Point, as my Apple Cinema Display 23" looks a bit cyan-ish to me.

Where can I get a ColorSync profile editor?

If I want to display a grayscale chart, and fine-tune the individual bars towards "pure" gray, is there an application which can do this?

Thanks
William

G4 dual 1.25GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.11), ( London, UK )

Posted on Apr 20, 2008 3:15 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 20, 2008 3:34 AM in response to William Donelson

Profile First Aid seems to be the window that opens when you launch ColorSync Utility.

However, what you want is different, I believe.

Run System Preferences Displays pane. Click on the Color tab. Click on the Calibrate button. This will take you through the steps to adjust the color settings for the display. There is a check box on the first screen to turn ON +Expert Mode+, if you want more control.

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Answer 2

Apr 20, 2008 3:55 AM in response to Kenichi Watanabe

Thank, Kenichi.

But the Display Calibrate is a real joke, even in what Apple laughably calls "Expert Mode".

The control is terrible. You cannot adjust individual R, G, B gammas, black points or white points, or any of the grays. In fact, it's insulting to call in a "calibrator" rather than what it actually is: an "adjustment toy".

I have been working with computer generated color displays since 1971, and I know what Gray is...

Anyone know of an app which can adjust the individual R, G and B value etc?

Thanks.

( And I don't want to by a $300 - $500 calibrator "device", thanks )

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Answer 3

Apr 20, 2008 4:16 AM in response to William Donelson

+Expert Mode+ works well for me to match two very different displays, but then again, I'm not a color expert.

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Answer 4

Apr 20, 2008 6:38 AM in response to Kenichi Watanabe

I found "SuperCal" --

http://www.bergdesign.com/supercal/

This allows you to very finely adjust R, G, and B separately, as well as gamma. Takes a bit of work, but does a much better job.

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Answer 5

Apr 20, 2008 2:57 PM in response to William Donelson

Cool. I might give it a try myself...

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Answer 6

Apr 21, 2008 8:41 AM in response to Kenichi Watanabe

If you have a two monitor (or more) system, you will have to use the Displays sys prefs to temporarily move the menu bar over to the 2nd monitor to calibrate it...

Otherwise, SuperCal does a ten-times better job than the feeble "expert" Apple "calibration toy".

Cheers

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