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What to use: sRGB-Profile vs. Display Calibration?

MAS
Hi,

I've read detailed several articles about color rooms. Even though I'm not a pro, I've understood the general problems and differences between sRGB and Adobe RGB and screen and printer capabilities etc. ...

What I don't (yet) get is, wouldn't it be better to remain my Apple Macbook Air display set in the pre-given sRGB-profile which comes from Apple, instead of calibrating it?

So far I used it always 'calibrated', which makes the display 'warmer'. Switchting to Apple-given sRGB-profile makes screen 'colder'. My concern is that doing the manual calibration of OS X leads to a non-sRGB-profile, causing me later problems when working C1P.

Maybe one of the 'colour mgmt. foxes' around here can help me, what is best? As mentioned, I'm not a pro. I rather go with the standard to ensure my photos printed in photo books look more or less similar to what I did in C1P.

Thanks in advance
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  • Christian Gruner
    Hi,

    First, the display profile isn't "shown" by name anywhere in CO. It's used systemwide in the OS.

    Given you have a good enough calibration unit, you will always get a better results calibrating your display rather than using a generic profile.

    The warmer look comes from the choice of Kelvin in your calibration (I would advice 5500K to match sunlight/daylight).
    The blueish look that a screen usually comes with makes it look brighter.

    Remember that you need to frequently re-calibrate the display, as the panels changes/degrade over time.
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  • MAS
    Thank you for your fast reply.
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