Mobile device color management

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November 26, 2019
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I think there may be an issue which could undermine the effectiveness of using LR and PS mobile apps.

While much attention is given to color management and ensuring accurate monitor calibration when post-processing, there are currently no such color management options available for the iPad or iPhone. I have no way of determining if the colors I’m seeing are accurate, or if the display is at the recommenced brightness level (e.g. 100 cd/m2).

Do you have any suggestions for this issue?

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davescm

Community Expert

It is a largely misunderstood issue with mobiles (both iOS and Android) with the marketing hype around displays with wider and wider gamuts. Colour management is essential with wide gamut displays and yet mobile devices do not support it. A triumph of marketing over practical accuracy.

No workarounds. All you can do is adjust your images on a properly profiled colour managed system (Mac or PC) , and if sending an image into the big wide web world follow the standard practice of converting to sRGB and embedding the colour profile. It will not display correctly on phones , but neither will anything else........

Dave

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seacap8

Participant

You can use a color calibrate chart with people and objects in it for a side by side comparison for some semblance of color managment on a mobile device.

davescm

Community Expert

Things have moved on a little. Some devices manage color profiles but most still have no ability for you to calibrate and profile the individual display with your preferred settings.

Dave

Kevin Stohlmeyer

Community Expert

With Apple's True Tone option on iOS, this is near to impossible as it adapts the color to ambient lighting conditions. Honestly if you are doing such high end professional work, you should be taking it back to a color calibrated system before you print or distribute.

RmastranAuthor

Participating Frequently

I'm not doing high end professional work, nor is color management just for those who are. Im just interested in having accurate colors when I post-process. Mobile devices do not provide any capability to calibrate, even if True Tone was disabled.

Kevin Stohlmeyer

Community Expert

You are correct, hence the need to still take final work onto a computer with color calibrated displays.

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