Are you disappointed with the color reproduction of your monitor?
Do you wish to color calibrate it but can't justify shelling out hundreds on a colorimeter?
Then if you already own an Android camera phone then Display Calibration is the app for you!
A camera is a device that can capture colors, and so can be used to measure and calibrate the colors of your display.
All you need is an Android camera phone running Lollipop or later that supports Android's manual white balance and exposure Camera2 APIs.
Color measurement data is transmitted from the camera phone via Bluetooth. Display Calibration analyzes the measurements and produce the desired color calibration data for your monitor, embedded in an International Color Consortium (ICC) compatible profile.
The ICC profile can then be installed on your PC to complete the calibration process (this step is performed manually as Windows currently does not allow calibration profiles to be directly installed from a Store app).
Requirements
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- Bluetooth
- An external Android device with a back-facing camera and supporting Android's manual white balance and exposure Camera2 APIs, and running a free "Camera Colorimeter" app by Auralisoft.
Please note: iOS/iPhone and Windows Phone devices are ***NOT*** supported.
- Access to a reference D65 white point would be useful but if one isn't available, natural sunlight may be a good enough substitute.
***NOTE***
Calibration of monitors connected to USB display adapters (including USB port replicators/docking stations such as Dell D3100) is not supported.
BLUETOOTH PAIRING
It is essential to have the companion Camera Colorimeter app running when pairing your phone with your PC. If you have already paired your devices then please delete and re-create the pairing after running the Camera Colorimeter app.
WINDOWS CONNECTION PERMISSION
Upon connecting this Display Calibration app on your PC and our companion Camera Colorimeter app on your phone for the first time, Windows will present a dialog box asking for permission to connect the two devices/apps. Please click "Yes".
If you don't see this dialog box and your devices fail to connect, please uninstall and re-install this Display Calibration app on your PC.
LIMITATION
This app calibrates your display to the standard sRGB color space. Wide color spaces are currently not supported.
Due to the limitation of the ICC profiles used by Windows, some displays can not be adequately calibrated. These are typically displays whose colors have been highly tweaked by the manufacturer.
It is essential to adjust the color settings on your display to Standard, sRGB, or 6500K prior to calibration. Please do not select tweaked color settings such as Gaming, Cinema, etc...
