大多数人从来没有真正费心校准他们的显示器，因为当他们第一次设置它时一切看起来都很好，所以他们只是坚持下去。我自己也做过很多次，但最近，我尝试校准我的显示器，发现它看起来比我习惯的要好得多。
Windows 7、8、10 和Mac OS X都具有内置向导，可帮助您校准显示器，使其不会太亮或太暗。对我来说，我的显示器总是超级亮，我开始使用名为f.lux(f.lux)的第三方程序，它可以在夜间调整显示器的颜色。
一旦我校准了我的显示器，我就不需要经常使用 f.lux，即使是在晚上。除了亮度，校准后屏幕上的颜色看起来更好。在本文中，我将讨论如何在Windows 和 Mac(Windows and Mac)上校准显示器。
校准显示 - Windows
要在Windows中启动(Windows)校准向导(calibration wizard)，请单击开始(Start)并输入calibrate。您也可以前往控制面板(Control Panel)，点击显示(Display)，然后点击左侧菜单中的校准颜色。( Calibrate Color)
这将启动 显示颜色校准( Display Color Calibration)向导。继续并单击下一步(Next)开始第一步。它要求您做的第一件事是打开显示器菜单并将颜色设置重置为出厂默认设置(factory default)。就我而言，我只是将整个显示器重置为出厂设置，因为我不确定我已经更改了哪些设置。如果您使用的是笔记本电脑，只需完成每个步骤。
单击下一步(Next)，您必须先调整伽玛设置。基本上(Basically)，对于所有步骤，您都需要将屏幕与中心图像(center image)相匹配，这被认为是最佳设置。它还会向您显示过高和过低的设置，以便您可以清楚地看到调整过多的时间。
请注意，当您尝试在Windows 程序(Windows program)中调整滑块时，显示器可能会重置为自己的默认设置。大多数这些设置您必须通过显示器屏幕菜单本身进行更改，而不是使用程序（除非您正在校准笔记本电脑显示器）。您只需使用该程序来确保它看起来像被认为是好的图像。
例如，这是我的Acer 显示器(Acer monitor)的图片以及可以调整的屏幕设置。就我而言，我不得不从这个屏幕菜单中调整伽玛值(gamma value)，因为它不允许我使用Windows中的滑块更改它。
伽玛之后，您需要调整亮度以区分衬衫和西装，并使 X 在背景中几乎不可见。您可以跳过笔记本电脑屏幕的亮度和对比度(brightness and contrast)。
接下来是对比。再次(Again)，调整显示器上的设置。相比之下，您希望在衬衫上的按钮开始消失之前将其设置为可能的最高值。
下一个屏幕将帮助您调整色彩平衡(color balance)。在这里，您要确保所有条形都是灰色的并且不存在其他颜色。在较新的显示器中，这已得到处理，如果您尝试调整滑块，显示器将重置为默认值，因此如果发生这种情况，您可以跳过这部分。
完成此操作后，校准就完成了。您现在可以单击“预览(Preview)”和“当前(Current)”来查看您之前的内容和现在的内容之间的区别。
在单击Finish(Finish)之前，我还会选中ClearType Tuner框。这是另一个简短的向导，可确保文本在您的显示器上清晰明了地显示。您基本上必须通过五个屏幕并选择最适合您的文本。
这就是校准Windows 显示器(Windows monitor)的内容。在显示器软件(monitor software)和此向导之间，除非您是专业人士，否则您真的不需要任何其他东西，在这种情况下，您可能无论如何都会拥有一台高端显示器。
校准显示器 - Mac
对于Mac(Macs)，向导在校准方面略有不同。它还取决于您运行的OS X版本。(OS X)我写这篇文章运行OS X 10.11.2 EL Capitan，这是最新版本。
首先，点击屏幕左上角的小苹果图标，然后点击(Apple icon)系统偏好设置(System Preferences)。
接下来，单击列表中的显示(Displays)。
现在单击颜色(Color)选项卡，然后单击右侧的校准(Calibrate)按钮。
这将打开 Display Calibrator Assistant 介绍屏幕(introduction screen)，引导您完成每个步骤。
Mac 向导(Mac wizard)实际上非常聪明，它会删除您的显示器无法支持的任何步骤。例如，我在我的MacBook Pro笔记本电脑上运行它，我唯一能做的调整就是目标白点。它跳过了亮度/对比度、原生亮度响应曲线(luminance response curve)和伽玛曲线(gamma curve)。如果您的Mac(Mac)连接了外接显示器，您将获得其他选项。
对于目标白点，您可以使用本机白点进行显示，也可以先取消选中该框来手动调整它。我发现原生白点为显示器提供了比安装操作系统时设置的更好的色调。(color tint)
我的Mac(Mac)没有外接显示器，所以我无法获得亮度、伽玛等其他选项，但您可能会在通过向导时弄清楚。Admin步骤只是询问您是否要将此颜色配置文件(color profile)提供给其他用户，而Name步骤(Name)允许您为新配置文件命名。
摘要屏幕将为您提供有关显示器当前颜色设置的一些技术细节。OS X还有另一个名为ColorSync Utility的工具，可让您修复颜色配置文件、查看所有配置文件并计算屏幕上任何像素的RGB值。只需单击(Just click)Spotlight并输入(Spotlight and type)ColorSync即可(ColorSync)加载它。
正如我之前所说，大多数人永远不会担心校准他们的显示器，因为他们中的大多数人在默认情况下做得很好。但是，如果您对屏幕上的所有内容都很挑剔，那么值得一试。如果您有任何问题，请发表评论。享受！
How to Calibrate Your Monitor in Windows and OS X
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Windows 7, 8, 10 and Mac OS X all have built in wizards that help you calibrate your monitor so that it’s not too bright or too dark. For me, my monitors were always super bright and I starting using a third-party program called f.lux that adjusts the color of the monitor during the night.
Once I calibrated my monitors, I didn’t need to use f.lux as often, even at night. In addition to brightness, the colors on the screen looked better after the calibration. In this article, I’ll talk about how you can calibrate your display on Windows and Mac.
Calibrate Display – Windows
To start the calibration wizard in Windows, click on Start and type in calibrate. You can also get there by going to Control Panel, clicking on Display and then clicking on Calibrate Color in the left hand menu.
This will start the Display Color Calibration wizard. Go ahead and click on Next to start the first step. The first thing it asks you to do is to open the menu for your display and reset the color settings to factory default. In my case, I just reset the whole monitor to factory settings because I wasn’t sure what settings I had already changed. If you’re using a laptop, just go through each step.
Click Next and you’ll have to adjust the gamma setting first. Basically, for all the steps, you’ll need to match the screen to the center image, which is considered the best setting. It also shows you the too high and too low settings so you can clearly see when you’ve adjusted too much.
Note that when you try to adjust the slider in the Windows program, the monitor may reset to its own default settings. Most of these settings you have to change via the monitor on-screen menu itself and not using the program (unless you’re calibrating a laptop display). You just use the program to make sure it looks like the image that is considered good.
For example, here is a picture of my Acer monitor and the on-screen settings that can be adjusted. In my case, I had to adjust the gamma value from this on-screen menu because it wouldn’t let me change it using the slider in Windows.
After gamma, you will need to adjust the brightness in order to distinguish the shirt from the suit and have the X barely visible in the background. You can skip brightness and contrast for laptop screens.
Next up is contrast. Again, adjust the setting on your monitor. For contrast, you want to set it to the highest value possible before the buttons on the shirt start to disappear.
The next screen will help you adjust the color balance. Here you want to make sure all the bars are grey and that there are no other colors present. In newer monitors, this is taken care of and if you try to adjust the sliders, the monitor will just reset to the default values, so you can just skip this part if that is happening to you.
Once you finish this, the calibration is complete. You will now be able to click on Preview and Current to see the difference between the what you had before and what it looks like now.
I would also leave the ClearType Tuner box checked before clicking Finish. This is another short wizard that will make sure the text is appearing crisply and clearly on your monitor. You basically have to go through five screens and choose which text looks best to you.
That’s about it for calibrating a Windows monitor. Between the monitor software and this wizard, you really don’t need anything else unless you are a professional, in which case you’re probably going to have a high-end monitor anyway.
Calibrate Display – Mac
For Macs, the wizard is a little bit different when it comes to calibration. It also depends on what version of OS X you are running. I have written this article running OS X 10.11.2 EL Capitan, which is the latest version.
To get started, click on the little Apple icon at the top left of your screen and then click on System Preferences.
Next, click on Displays in the list.
Now click on the Color tab and then click on the Calibrate button at the right.
This will bring up the Display Calibrator Assistant introduction screen that will guide you through each of the steps.
The Mac wizard is actually pretty smart and will remove any of the steps that your monitor cannot support. For example, I ran this on my MacBook Pro laptop and the only adjustment I could make was to the target white point. It skipped brightness/contrast, native luminance response curve, and gamma curve. If an external display is connected to your Mac, you’ll get the other options.
For target white point, you can either use the native white point for your display or adjust it manually by unchecking the box first. I found the native white point gave a better color tint to the display than what was set when the OS was installed.
I didn’t have an external display for my Mac, so I couldn’t get the other options like luminance, gamma, etc, but you can probably figure it out as you go through the wizard. The Admin step just asks if you want to make this color profile available for other users or not and Name step lets you name your new profile.
The summary screen will give you some technical details about the current color settings for your display. OS X also has another tool called the ColorSync Utility that lets you repair color profiles, view all profiles, and calculate the RGB values for any pixel on your screen. Just click on Spotlight and type in ColorSync to load it.
As I stated earlier, most people won’t ever worry about calibrating their monitors because most of them do a pretty good job by default. However, if you are picky about how everything looks on your screen, it’s worth giving it a shot. If you have any questions, post a comment. Enjoy!
