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That shadow detail can easily be lost, and those bright colours that you saw on your monitor can look decidedly lacking elsewhere. While the colour and brightness might look great on our monitor it often doesn’t look quite so good when it comes to printing or sharing with others.

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The difference you’ll see in your work, whether photographic or video is striking, with shadows and detail on screen being drawn out.Īll too often we look at our monitors at full brightness and oversaturate the colours for a more pleasing effect.

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These days the price of decent calibration devices has plummeted, and with the likes of the new Datacolor SpyderX Pro coming in at around £150, there’s now no excuse not to get one. Monitor calibration is now accessible to all photographers, and to be honest, it’s something we all need to do. Monitor calibration has come out of the shadows and much of the fear and expense around the process has dropped away. It’s fast with no fuss, and the results are excellent.

If you’re in the market for a monitor calibrator, then the SpyderX Pro is an excellent choice.

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There’s no doubt the calibration process is fast, and although the interface for the on computer software looks the same as the previous generation, you can see there have been tweaks in the workflow. There’s nothing tricky in the entire workflow, and after the set-up, the first calibration takes around five minutes and then around two to three minutes thereafter. The software is clear and straightforward and guides you through the calibration process. The device plugs into a spare USB port and after following the on-screen instructions the SpyderX is hung over the monitor ready to read the quality of the display. Once the software is installed and registered on your computer, you’re ready to calibrate. Internally is where the significant changes have been made, the first of which is apparent as soon as the protective cover is removed.Ī new lens based colour engine fronts, or backs, the calibrator and Datacolor, say this gives greater accuracy than ever before. If I have to pay for each profile, I'll make sure I want it before I print the targets.Outwardly the SpyderX Pro takes on much the same shape and size as the previous generation of Spyder devices, a colour change and smoothing of the edges bring the ergonomics up to date with a more stylish fashion. For me, if I get the ColorMunki so that I can make my own profiles, I'll consume ink way too fast, simply because I can. Regardless of which way you go, you will spend a lot of ink printing targets for the profiles.

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But with the $125 I saved I can get pizza, beer, and movie rentals to keep me entertained while I wait. The main drawback is that I have to wait 2-3 weeks for the profiles. Since the custom profiles will only make the image print better, I now know which papers I need to profile.įor $75, I can get my three custom profiles from Inkjet Art (they profile basically any paper) and I am still almost $120 ahead. I bought several sample packs and found three papers I really like and will use regularly - since I liked the results using the downloaded profiles. Inkjet Art does them for $25 and Kathy's Profiles does them for $50. There are companies that will do custom profiles for you but they range in price from $25 to $100 per profile (and you need one for each type of paper you will use). The remaining 5% is pretty much artistic decision making on your end. A custom profile will get you closer to around 95% color accuracy. You need to profile each paper you use for your specific printer.

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That means I could get the i1 Display for $260 (saving $190 from the ColorMunki) and simply download the paper profiles from each paper company.īut, using the downloaded ICC profiles from manufacturers for their papers can only get you around 75% color accuracy since every printer is slightly different (yes, two Pixma iP4500 printers will yield two different results). Here's why:įirst, monitor calibration is critical. $450 for the ColorMunki isn't too bad, considering all it does, but I decided to get just the i1Display to calibrate my monitor.

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