Color vision spyder 3 pro
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It should allow you to tweak your printer color, but you'll be doing it by eye. It does not include a reflective colorimeter (a "Printer Spyder" if you will).
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Spyder2PRO is the same as Spyder2 Suite, but it also includes printer profiling software (PrintFIX). If you have RGB settings on your monitor, this is the package to get. This will get you really close to being calibrated. It also includes PreCAL to let you set up your monitor via its own RGB settings. It is equivalent to OptiCal which is the subject of this review. Spyder2 Suite includes software with more options and features. This is only recommended for folks with really cheap monitors that do not have RGB settings.
Spyder2express does not let you adjust color temperature or Gamma. It would be interesting to know if it does a better I've heard good things about the Eye-One,īut since the Spyder works OK, I probably won't go out and get one of I also looked at theĮye-One Display system from GretagMacbeth. Is also a newer Eye-One Display 2 from GretagMacbeth. Since this writing, a new version of the Spyder, the Spyder2, isĪvailable that is supposed to be better than the original.
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Which is the less professional calibration app, and This SpyderPRO package set me back $230 at Amazon, and there's a
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Manual tweaks in the OptiCAL curves window I was able to achieve about Its automaticĬalibration got me about 80% of the way to a perfect monitor, and with ConclusionsĪllowed me to finally achieve a neutral looking monitor. The curves window to be slightly annoying. To the curves were necessary for me, I found the lack of accuracy in Review the points to see what their values are. You can only drag points, and you cannot enter specific numbers Unfortunately, OptiCAL's curves window isn't very accurate. Green cast remained, and I was able to reduce it with OptiCAL's OptiCAL from 3.7.0.2 to 3.7.8 and recalibrated. Scale that maps directly to OptiCAL's curves, making it easierĪfter the first calibration "expired" (two weeks), I upgraded So, I started playing with OptiCAL's curves and managed to get
This was particularily noticeable with a grey scale like To me, this was a lot better than a lousy monitor andĪfter working with the calibrated monitor forĪ while, I noticed that it was still showing some signs of a greenĬast. Way of calibrating the instrument, you have no way of knowing whether Since I like that black point, and that white point was easilyĪs with any calibration instrument, if you have no Based on this monitor's history of abuseĪnd problems, I'd be quick to blame the monitor. Wonder if the colorimeter is not detecting as high as it should, or if I also wasn'tĪble to raise the white point to the recommended 90 cd/m^2. Raised my monitor's black a bit higher than I am used to. One thing I found odd was setting the black point to. You should look at a more professional package. If having accurate color is worth $1500 to you, then Reasonably calibrated monitor is worth $200 to you, this This way, if having the peace of mind that you are looking at a You'd have to be incredibly picky to be bothered by it. This is probably due to noise in the A to D conversion.
Nice and bright with only a very slight green cast remaining (see below).īefore, I was able to get pretty close to this by hand, butĪccuracy-wise, the colorimeter did vary from reading to readingīy a small amount. When OptiCAL was done, the thing looked quite good. It detected the horrible green cast andĪfter a few twiddles to the monitor's RGB controls, I had Some component is probably marginal from years of abuse. I knew that my NEC MultiSync XP21 monitor had a horrible greenĬast to it. Configured OptiCAL for 6500K, 2.2 Gamma and precisionĬalibration. RGB guns were adjusted properly for 6500K. I've avoided color management for far too long. ColorVision Monitor Spyder, SpyderPRO with OptiCAL Review