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One of the things that makes this a big deal is an iPad is often the most color accurate highest quality display anyone has.

Ancapistani 4y ago
Yep. I do almost of my photo editing on my iPad for this reason. For video I've been using my iPad as an external display and color grading in Resolve.
Gigachad 4y ago
You don't realize how extremely off consumer monitors are until you compare it to a calibrated one like the ipad.
- exodust 4y ago
  > extremely off consumer monitors are... I'm not sure what consumer monitors you're using, but they are certainly not "extremely off". You're making it sound like shades of green on the iPad turn into muddy brown on a monitor, which isn't true.
  - Gigachad 4y ago
    I had the ipad connected to a $700 LG monitor and the LG one was much much redder than the ipad, the difference was significant. It's fine for programming, gaming, and content consumption, but if you were doing any visual production work, this is unusable.
    - exodust 4y ago
      So calibrate your LG. (something you can't do on your iPad). > "but if you were doing any visual production work..." ...then you would press the menu button on your monitor and adjust so that your monitor is usable. The default settings on your LG do not represent every monitor out there. A lot of monitors have good out-of-box colour. > $700 LG The monitor market is competitive. Watch reviews and choose a monitor with good out-of-box colour if you can't be bothered calibrating. Something like the ASUS Proart, or numerous others.
    - formerly_proven 4y ago
      If the LG is much redder it could just be a color management issue - display running in native P3, software outputting sRGB.
- CobaltFire 4y ago
  For anyone doing color critical work a $100 calibrator should be a desk accessory. Even the factory calibration on every single Mac in my house (there are several, including a brand new M1 Air) has been notably off until calibrated. The unfortunate thing about the iPads is that though they cover the DCI-P3 space there is no way to calibrate them. My Pro is significantly off my calibrated iMac and Air.
- Kiro 4y ago
  What does being off mean? If that's how everyone sees it, isn't that what you should use as reference instead of a device with "correct" rendering that only a few people uses?
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  - wodenokoto 4y ago
    Sure, if every single monitor is off the same way.
  - amarshall 4y ago
    Being “off” means that what the monitor emits is not exactly what it should have been. Too bright, too dark, too red, too whatever. There is no one “off”, every display is differently incorrect, so it would be impossible to use as a reference. The correct reference is a sufficiently accurate representation what every display aims to be, even if they don’t quite get there. That’s what calibration does: get closer to the target all displays are trying to achieve.
  - mahdi7d1 4y ago
    Each screen is off in some way but not the same way. By grading on a screen that is properly color graded you prevent the picture from looking trash on some. Imagine color being off is a vector in 2D space starting from origin. It can be in any direction. If your monitor is off too then your color error vector would be added to the consumer's color error vector. It might make the color even better for some when those two vectors cancel each other but make it outright unbearable for other's. That's my understanding of it and not very accurate.
dharma1 4y ago
MacBook Pros have the same Liquid Retina XDR miniled screen as the new iPad pro. It’s really good. Won’t replace your calibrated pro grading monitor but damn it’s good out of the box

Ancapistani 4y ago

Yep. I do almost of my photo editing on my iPad for this reason. For video I've been using my iPad as an external display and color grading in Resolve.

Gigachad 4y ago

You don't realize how extremely off consumer monitors are until you compare it to a calibrated one like the ipad.

exodust 4y ago
> extremely off consumer monitors are... I'm not sure what consumer monitors you're using, but they are certainly not "extremely off". You're making it sound like shades of green on the iPad turn into muddy brown on a monitor, which isn't true.
- Gigachad 4y ago
  I had the ipad connected to a $700 LG monitor and the LG one was much much redder than the ipad, the difference was significant. It's fine for programming, gaming, and content consumption, but if you were doing any visual production work, this is unusable.
  - exodust 4y ago
    So calibrate your LG. (something you can't do on your iPad). > "but if you were doing any visual production work..." ...then you would press the menu button on your monitor and adjust so that your monitor is usable. The default settings on your LG do not represent every monitor out there. A lot of monitors have good out-of-box colour. > $700 LG The monitor market is competitive. Watch reviews and choose a monitor with good out-of-box colour if you can't be bothered calibrating. Something like the ASUS Proart, or numerous others.
  - formerly_proven 4y ago
    If the LG is much redder it could just be a color management issue - display running in native P3, software outputting sRGB.
CobaltFire 4y ago
For anyone doing color critical work a $100 calibrator should be a desk accessory. Even the factory calibration on every single Mac in my house (there are several, including a brand new M1 Air) has been notably off until calibrated. The unfortunate thing about the iPads is that though they cover the DCI-P3 space there is no way to calibrate them. My Pro is significantly off my calibrated iMac and Air.
Kiro 4y ago
What does being off mean? If that's how everyone sees it, isn't that what you should use as reference instead of a device with "correct" rendering that only a few people uses?
- deleted 4y ago
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- wodenokoto 4y ago
  Sure, if every single monitor is off the same way.
- amarshall 4y ago
  Being “off” means that what the monitor emits is not exactly what it should have been. Too bright, too dark, too red, too whatever. There is no one “off”, every display is differently incorrect, so it would be impossible to use as a reference. The correct reference is a sufficiently accurate representation what every display aims to be, even if they don’t quite get there. That’s what calibration does: get closer to the target all displays are trying to achieve.
- mahdi7d1 4y ago
  Each screen is off in some way but not the same way. By grading on a screen that is properly color graded you prevent the picture from looking trash on some. Imagine color being off is a vector in 2D space starting from origin. It can be in any direction. If your monitor is off too then your color error vector would be added to the consumer's color error vector. It might make the color even better for some when those two vectors cancel each other but make it outright unbearable for other's. That's my understanding of it and not very accurate.

dharma1 4y ago

MacBook Pros have the same Liquid Retina XDR miniled screen as the new iPad pro. It’s really good. Won’t replace your calibrated pro grading monitor but damn it’s good out of the box