color calibrating profile for 2011 15in MBP?

I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share their color profile for the 2011 15in macbook pro. I've been wanting to see if the screen could be calibrated better for some photo work. If anyone would be willing to share their color profile I'd greatly appreciate it and I'm sure so would a lot of people looking to get something like this

 

The problem with this request is that, as you may know, the profile is only going to be specific to the manufacturer screen model of the LED-LCD, and Apple (as does every OEM) uses several suppliers for the screens used in their products, i.e. Ching-Mei, Au Optronics, Samsung, etc.

The profile must match the LCD model in order for it to have any chance of being valid, else you're going to be off because the profile will be (in effect) for a different screen from yours. And then there's the issue of color matching a calibrated screen to the printer output profiles so you get what's onscreen, which is another adventure entirely. And the calibration must be repeated periodically because the screen parameters change over time, requiring recalibration to maintain fidelity.

If anyone is serious about photo color accuracy, you should at least spend the money and invest in a calibrator from Spyder or Huey Pantone which can be as inexpensive as $70-75.

 

Agreed with ClearSkies.

My favorite combo is a spyder3 puck with the coloreyes display pro software.
I find the best color accuracy with this.

Once my 2011 15" MBP comes I will create a profile and I can post it up here like I did for my M17x-R2 RGB screen, but like ClearSkies said... it may not work as good as you expect due to differences in each screen.

Heck... even 2 of the exact same model screen by the same manufacturer will have slight differences and should be calibrated separately.......

D.

 

I see, thanks a lot you two! good to know about the spyder3

I'm just an amateur wanting to get a little more serious about photo work, and to be honest I had no idea screen calibration software like that was available without the need for "professional" money.

Out of curiosity, how can I find the type of screen my MBP uses? I don't believe I see it in system profiler

 

I'd like to add a vote for the EyeOne Display LT/2 for your calibration needs.

btw, you probably can't find out the manufacturer unless you disassemble the machine.

 

You can use HWinfo32 to try and figure out some info for your screen.
(would have to run it in bootcamp or a vm since it is a windows program)

You may not come across any relevant info but this is how I figured out the revision of my M17x-R2 RGB LED screen.

Also, I agree with ajreynol that the EyeOne Display 2 is a good puck, I just prefer the Spyder3 since it handles wide gamut monitors

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just a heads up, according to anandtech, the 2010 screen and 2011 screen are the same (Samsung). The one thing about colour calibration on the MacBook Pro is the screen is constantly adjusting backlight depending on ambient light, so to get accurate colour you need to set the backlight manually and turn off auto adjust backlight. Then run the colour calibration software and leave the settings like that all the time. I own a Spyder2 which I used to calibrate all my monitors, but on my 2010 15" MBP I didn't because I use the backlight auto adjust feature.

 

Good one GP-SE

I did not think about that

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