How to DIY calibrate the screen of the iMac 24" M1

[Besprosvet]

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Hi guys,

I own this machinery and I quite like the screen of it. I just want to make sure it is correctly calibrated, is there a do it yourself way to check it? At the moment I use the color profile that the screen came with

Thank you 

[marchyman]

This: https://calibrite.com/us/product/colorchecker-display-monitor-profiling/

or this: https://spyderx.datacolor.com/about-spyderx/

or something similar.  I've been using an older version of what is now the calibrite product for many years.

[Besprosvet]

18 hours ago, marchyman said:

This: https://calibrite.com/us/product/colorchecker-display-monitor-profiling/

or this: https://spyderx.datacolor.com/about-spyderx/

or something similar.  I've been using an older version of what is now the calibrite product for many years.

No way I can make something "quick" with an online tool, to cope at the moment?

[marchyman]

Lots of online tools.   See, for example, https://www.techpout.com/best-free-monitor-calibration-software/ for a list of 13 of them.  I found that with a search.  Don't know anything about the site or the sites they reference.  Some might be windows specific.

Your original question said "correctly calibrated".   How well you can do that might depend upon how well you perceive colors.  I don't do all that great.  Try this simple test: https://www.xrite.com/hue-test

[jaapv]

The only proper way to calibrate a screen is to use a Colorimeter and. proper software. I use the Spyderx Pro on my Mac |M1 and EizoCS  and Samsung Pro screens with excellent results, but the i1Studio by Xrite. should yield similar results
.Calibrating takes about ten minutes, to be repeated every two months or so.
The alternative is to use self-calibrating Eizo CG screens. 

Mac does offer a calbrating option in its OS but as it works by. eyeballing the results are miserable in my experience. 

 

[Besprosvet]

1 hour ago, marchyman said:

Lots of online tools.   See, for example, https://www.techpout.com/best-free-monitor-calibration-software/ for a list of 13 of them.  I found that with a search.  Don't know anything about the site or the sites they reference.  Some might be windows specific.

Your original question said "correctly calibrated".   How well you can do that might depend upon how well you perceive colors.  I don't do all that great.  Try this simple test: https://www.xrite.com/hue-test

I quickly did the hue test, I scored 0 (which is the best result), I guess, I can at least trust my eyes

[jaapv]

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Calibrating a screen by such an online tool results in a non-calibrated screen. You cannot trust your eyes- they are highly subjective- but you NEED an objective tool , a colorimeter. A. simple test: Put a blue object on a white sheet and stare at it for. a few minutes. Take it away and you will see its shape in yellow on the sheet - because your eyes and brain shifted the colour perception.

 

https://www.datacolor.com/blog/why-we-cant-agree-color-perception/