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Bubbly_Unicorn157F
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September 14, 2018
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Color Matching for OLED Screens

  • September 14, 2018
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I'm developing digital contents exclusively for devices with OLED screens which has color gamut that IPS monitor can't reproduce. There are big OLED TVs, but no OLED monitors yet and no doubt they will be very expensive as new tech always is. Asus OLED monitorPQ22UC is supposedly be released next month, it's a portable add-on monitor rather than workstation monitor.

Besides OLED monitors/TVs, what would be a good way to streamline OLED workflow? Have you guys tried HDR or QLED monitors for OLED color matching? Thanks.

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    Correct answer D Fosse

    In short, it will be business as usual.

    Standard color management principles still apply. Any display can be profiled with the proper sensor, and that profile used to display any content.

    In the meantime, just do whatever you do now. The fact that gamuts will be bigger and black points deeper doesn't change anything. Your original material, in any case if it's created in ProPhoto, will still have a vastly larger gamut and deeper black point. Display gamut will still be smaller than your source material.

    If you're preparing for print, however, the large gamut and deep black of OLED is not only wasted, but misleading in any real world situation. You'd have to dumb it down considerably - already monitors have way too high contrast natively. But I get that's not your concern.

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    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    September 14, 2018

    In short, it will be business as usual.

    Standard color management principles still apply. Any display can be profiled with the proper sensor, and that profile used to display any content.

    In the meantime, just do whatever you do now. The fact that gamuts will be bigger and black points deeper doesn't change anything. Your original material, in any case if it's created in ProPhoto, will still have a vastly larger gamut and deeper black point. Display gamut will still be smaller than your source material.

    If you're preparing for print, however, the large gamut and deep black of OLED is not only wasted, but misleading in any real world situation. You'd have to dumb it down considerably - already monitors have way too high contrast natively. But I get that's not your concern.

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    Bubbly_Unicorn157FAuthor
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    September 14, 2018

    Similar to calibrate monitor to CMYK prints, the main goal is to achieve WYSIWYG from the monitor to OLED devices. IPS simply doesn't have enough colors nor contrast to simulate OLED screen.

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