better mac icc profiles for asus mb169b+ monitor

stfm · 07-11-2016, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by icatalina

For some reason I can't download from the forum, can someone post a link or send me the icc.zip file? kind regards

Maybe you need to be an admin to download? I can't either. Either way I'm not at home, so I can't provide a link now. I'm going to try to make a better profile, then I'll update with links to download.

stfm · 07-11-2016, 02:29 PM

Here is a hardware profile for *my* Asus mb169+ monitor. Sample variation may result in the profile not working as well for you, but it's probably better than the default. I got much better definition in highlights. It's not perfect, but it's the best I can do. And it's on par with a lot of mainstream monitors, which the default profile is not.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...169profile.zip

EDIT: If you try it, please report back with your own findings.

icatalina · 07-11-2016, 02:50 PM

Hey! Thanks a lot! It looks better than the original one...

cmdillon · 07-11-2016, 03:28 PM

hey, stfm! thanks a lot! that really makes a difference, now i can see some subtle greys again. still have some issue with finder, but i think it maybe another issue altogether. see image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jkvz92ntyq...09-21.png?dl=0

stfm · 07-11-2016, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by cmdillon

hey, stfm! thanks a lot! that really makes a difference, now i can see some subtle greys again. still have some issue with finder, but i think it maybe another issue altogether. see image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jkvz92ntyq...09-21.png?dl=0

Yes, there is still some missing highlights. I don't think I can do much about that without direct controls to the hardware. Asus probably punched up the curve so it would look brighter. I'll look into it more later, but I think this is good enough for now.

cmdillon · 07-12-2016, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by stfm

Yes, there is still some missing highlights. I don't think I can do much about that without direct controls to the hardware. Asus probably punched up the curve so it would look brighter. I'll look into it more later, but I think this is good enough for now.

yeah, i think you are right. the white balance is crazy high. well thanx again for all your efforts and i look forward to any updates that you might provide.

stfm · 07-12-2016, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by cmdillon

yeah, i think you are right. the white balance is crazy high. well thanx again for all your efforts and i look forward to any updates that you might provide.

This monitor has a pretty small gamut (colour intensity), and the original profile isn't tuned to that. As a result it clips to white way too soon. I'm going to make another run at it, and will report back tomorrow if it bears fruit. It's never going to be a monitor for colour critical work, but I'm confident it will be a lot better when I compress the coulour space more.

unsyn · 07-13-2016, 12:30 AM

Thanks stfm, the profile you posted is a nice improvement already. Even with it, though, light grays still don't come out too well, like the mouseover background colour for result items here, pretty much invisible: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=mb169b%2B+ this is not only a problem for colour critical work, but also for subtle color hints when editing text or code. Would it make sense to have multiple profiles, each optimized for a different kind of task (say text editing vs. working with photos)?

07-11-2016, 02:29 PM	#2
stfm Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 24	Here is a hardware profile for my Asus mb169+ monitor. Sample variation may result in the profile not working as well for you, but it's probably better than the default. I got much better definition in highlights. It's not perfect, but it's the best I can do. And it's on par with a lot of mainstream monitors, which the default profile is not. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...169profile.zip EDIT: If you try it, please report back with your own findings. Last edited by stfm; 07-11-2016 at 02:35 PM.

07-11-2016, 02:50 PM	#3
icatalina Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 2	Hey! Thanks a lot! It looks better than the original one...

07-11-2016, 03:28 PM	#4
cmdillon Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 4	hey, stfm! thanks a lot! that really makes a difference, now i can see some subtle greys again. still have some issue with finder, but i think it maybe another issue altogether. see image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jkvz92ntyq...09-21.png?dl=0

07-13-2016, 12:30 AM	#8
unsyn Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 2	Thanks stfm, the profile you posted is a nice improvement already. Even with it, though, light grays still don't come out too well, like the mouseover background colour for result items here, pretty much invisible: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=mb169b%2B+ this is not only a problem for colour critical work, but also for subtle color hints when editing text or code. Would it make sense to have multiple profiles, each optimized for a different kind of task (say text editing vs. working with photos)?