Should You Turn True Tone ON or OFF While Editing?

So... Should you keep True Tone on or off when editing a photo or video? Let's find out!

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[JakeFosmirePhoto]

I'm a photographer, I leave it off for sure. A huge part of getting photos to look a certain way is consistency and always looking at a consistent screen. If the color temperature of your screen changes you will naturally compensate for it. Its ok to have a warm screen if its always warm and you are aware of it, but if it changes you cannot have that.

[suddenleaf]

1:52 No, we didn’t see it. Because it doesn’t change in the screen recording.

[dillardblom]

I wasn't aware of the True Tone setting for a while, until I noticed a dramatic shift in my whites (from white to yellow) depending of the time of the day. So as far as I concluded so far, the only option for grading on your Macbook is to turn it off, because otherwise what you see is not what you gonna get. If you compensate the 'yellow' flare back to white, when exporting you are in fact way of the right color (but don't notice this as your screen is NOT providing you with the right visual image). So turning it off is the only solution.... Try for yourself with a complete white image in your timeline, balance it and then (in the evening) start playing with the auto-brightness and True Tone setting and you will see an dramatic shift in your grading on screen. But if you export it, and someone is getting your (True Tone corrected) master, they will probably see a completely different grading, especially when not watching on a True Tone screen

[SujanSarker]

no its not clear, i think true tune shoude trun off when we editing becuse when true tune is turn on everything looks warm

[m.h.d.]

Turning on true tone will make your screen warmer & too yellowish which is so uncomfortable to someone who's sensitive to colors..

[RosePerenchio]

Let me preface by saying I probably am not understanding how this works. But trying to compensate for users viewing your content with TrueTone seems like trying to hit a moving target, because they're not only viewing your work in a different room than you, but also than each other. It seems like one user's screen may become cooler to compensate for warm conditions, while one's screen will turn warmer to compensate for cooler conditions

[Pheicou]

Some people say it turns the screen warm when in white light to compensate, and some people say it turns the screen white when in white light to look the same as your room, I don't get it anymore.

[agusugian]

I hate it because sometimes I put my hand on the sensor on my iPad and it start turning yellowish. Bad for design work

[SalimAdamcom]

Man I feel I'm more confused after seeing this tutorial haha :D. My own analysis - IF you are like me a photographer and want to keep the same consistency as say a photo being edited on photoshop, as on your phone/IG, I would recommend keeping True Tone off !

[RosePerenchio]

I understand your point that many viewers will be using TrueTone, but they'll be using it in different rooms to you and to each other. So could one person see your photo as yellower, while one sees it as bluer just because of the room? It feels like trying to hit a moving target, but I may not be understanding how it works

[beyoncehadoneofthebest]

you def want to turn it off regardless but try not to edit in an environment without balanced light

[wanderingdavid]

Supposedly as of latest version of Lightroom on iOS, True Tone is turned off by Lightroom when you’re in app. According to Adobe forums anyway.

[PerAllwin]

So does TrueTone affect WHILE you’re recording or taking a photo? Will the recording or picture look weirder (like orangey or with a yellowish cast)? I noticed with my old iPad that didn’t have Truetone my recordings looked normal, but now my new iPad pro records videos with a prominent slight orangey cast when I’m recording in a bright LED lighted room.

[ramanujsinha]

It makes your phone display warm. If you want it warm keep it on if you like neutral and no added temperature to the display, turn it off. I definitely keep it turned off.

[flol_photography]

Especially when printing you should use True Tone. Because an image is reflecting the surrounding light and when you work at evening at home, most people have warm light, but most apple devices are calibrated to 6500K. So when turning True Tone off, your prints will look way more yellow than your screen. This is the yellowish that many people describe. True Tone just shows how a paper would change colors in different lighting.

[benmarrapada]

For me I really like true tone...it soothes my eye, especially I do have a matte tempered glass to my iphone. But when previewing a photo or at least editing it, I usually turn it off jsut for consistency

[thedarkdoctor]

Maybe turning true tone on can be easy on our eye ..

[triumphanazia]

True tone should not even exist, it's the same thing as night mode, only that it's more annoying

[moiseetienne]

I really hate True Tone 😂
There’s already night mode when it’s late

[fegik]

Should it make the screen warm to match warm lighting conditions and then switch off in cool lighting conditions?