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7 hours ago, mrchow19910319 said:

I am currently using a thinkpad E495 right now. 

I assume I am using a 45% IPS panel. 

I would like to calibrate the screen a little bit so that the colors "pop out" more. 

 

I don't know whether it is possible. 

 

What do you guys think? Is there any free software I can use to make the colors appear more accurate on my screen?? 

DisplayCAL.

 

its the go to software. its open source and regularly updated.

 

The software that comes with these commercial calibrators is usually 'ok' ..but not great.

 

DisplayCAL is software used with colorimeters, like the X-rite i1 Dsiplay Pro for example.. so its no good without one.

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I am currently using a thinkpad E495 right now. 

I assume I am using a 45% IPS panel. 

I would like to calibrate the screen a little bit so that the colors "pop out" more. 

 

I don't know whether it is possible. 

 

What do you guys think? Is there any free software I can use to make the colors appear more accurate on my screen?? 

If it is not broken, let's fix till it is. 

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Software? You could try going through these http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/ but the only way to properly calibrate is to use a calorimeter designed for that. Something like X-Rite ColorMunki Smile, Colormunki Display, Datacolor Spyder 5, Spyder Express etc.

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22 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

Software? You could try going through these http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/ but the only way to properly calibrate is to use a calorimeter designed for that. Something like X-Rite ColorMunki Smile, Colormunki Display, Datacolor Spyder 5, Spyder Express etc.

ah... I see. Thanks .

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7 hours ago, mrchow19910319 said:

I am currently using a thinkpad E495 right now. 

I assume I am using a 45% IPS panel. 

I would like to calibrate the screen a little bit so that the colors "pop out" more. 

 

I don't know whether it is possible. 

 

What do you guys think? Is there any free software I can use to make the colors appear more accurate on my screen?? 

You can't make a terrible screen show more saturated colours than it is capable of.

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7 hours ago, mrchow19910319 said:

I am currently using a thinkpad E495 right now. 

I assume I am using a 45% IPS panel. 

I would like to calibrate the screen a little bit so that the colors "pop out" more. 

 

I don't know whether it is possible. 

 

What do you guys think? Is there any free software I can use to make the colors appear more accurate on my screen?? 

DisplayCAL.

 

its the go to software. its open source and regularly updated.

 

The software that comes with these commercial calibrators is usually 'ok' ..but not great.

 

DisplayCAL is software used with colorimeters, like the X-rite i1 Dsiplay Pro for example.. so its no good without one.

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15 hours ago, mrchow19910319 said:

I would like to calibrate the screen a little bit so that the colors "pop out" more. 

I just saw in a flash my career as a designer right there. Make it pop.

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On 2/12/2020 at 2:37 AM, SolarNova said:

DisplayCAL.

 

its the go to software. its open source and regularly updated.

 

The software that comes with these commercial calibrators is usually 'ok' ..but not great.

 

DisplayCAL is software used with colorimeters, like the X-rite i1 Dsiplay Pro for example.. so its no good without one.

i'll try to see what I can do with it 

 

:)

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