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  • AmeliaG
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    • Jan 2003
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    GFY Photography & Video Producers - Favorite Monitor Calibration Tools

    Here is a question for all of you who work with processing photographs and/or video:

    What are your favorite monitor calibration tools?

    Do you use any special hardware or software or do you just go to one of those sites with a black/gray/white spectrum on the page and fiddle with your knobs and switches?
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    • iwantchixx
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      • Oct 2002
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      #2
      Originally posted by AmeliaG
      Here is a question for all of you who work with processing photographs and/or video:

      What are your favorite monitor calibration tools?

      Do you use any special hardware or software or do you just go to one of those sites with a black/gray/white spectrum on the page and fiddle with your knobs and switches?
      I'm just using an Xrite ColorMunki Display (Lite)
      It's a good machine but it lacks ambient light sensors and profile selection between day/night uses. it also doesnt do white-ballance so when possible, one of our main producers uses a white-balance card and I just let Lightroom do the magic. Another main producer already corrects his finished work, which is nice, but its still smart to keep my monitors calibrated so when I output, they stay as accurate as possible.

      If you get one, get one of the higher-end Xrites so it does All the calibrations.

      Edit: Before getting the tool, I was using those web-based sliders, too, the difference once using an xrite was night and day.. those tools are kinda useless considering your monitor needs to be already tuned for the full effect
      Last edited by iwantchixx; 05-25-2014, 02:10 PM.

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        • nickey1952
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          • Oct 2004
          • 683
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          If your a good shooter none of that matters. light it properly and shoot it right..
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            • marcop
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              • Nov 2005
              • 4150
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              I use the X-Rite iProfiler every two weeks to calibrate my monitors, and the ColorChecker Passport on every shoot for white balance and a color target. Here's a link: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...orChecker.html

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                • marcop
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                  • Nov 2005
                  • 4150
                  #5
                  Originally posted by nickey1952
                  If your a good shooter none of that matters. light it properly and shoot it right..
                  I beg to differ, Nick. Now digital imaging technology has matured it makes life so much easier to have profiled and calibrated hardware.

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                    • AmeliaG
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                      • Jan 2003
                      • 10662
                      #6
                      Originally posted by marcop
                      I use the X-Rite iProfiler every two weeks to calibrate my monitors, and the ColorChecker Passport on every shoot for white balance and a color target. Here's a link: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...orChecker.html

                      Interesting that B&H has it for less than Amazon
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                        • AmeliaG
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                          • Jan 2003
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                          #7
                          Originally posted by iwantchixx
                          I'm just using an Xrite ColorMunki Display (Lite)
                          It's a good machine but it lacks ambient light sensors and profile selection between day/night uses. it also doesnt do white-ballance so when possible, one of our main producers uses a white-balance card and I just let Lightroom do the magic. Another main producer already corrects his finished work, which is nice, but its still smart to keep my monitors calibrated so when I output, they stay as accurate as possible.

                          If you get one, get one of the higher-end Xrites so it does All the calibrations.

                          Edit: Before getting the tool, I was using those web-based sliders, too, the difference once using an xrite was night and day.. those tools are kinda useless considering your monitor needs to be already tuned for the full effect

                          What difference do folks see between the Xrite Display and Display Pro? Like what calibrations does the Pro do that the regular does not?
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                            • marcop
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                              • Nov 2005
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                              #8
                              Originally posted by AmeliaG
                              Interesting that B&H has it for less than Amazon
                              In my experience, that's often the case with photographic equipment, film, etc.

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                                • johnny o
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                                  • Jul 2006
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                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by nickey1952
                                  If your a good shooter none of that matters. light it properly and shoot it right..
                                  spoken like someone who's too much of a nOOb to use a monitor calibrating tool.
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                                    • Grapesoda
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                                      • Jul 2003
                                      • 46238
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by AmeliaG
                                      Here is a question for all of you who work with processing photographs and/or video:

                                      What are your favorite monitor calibration tools?

                                      Do you use any special hardware or software or do you just go to one of those sites with a black/gray/white spectrum on the page and fiddle with your knobs and switches?
                                      that's a pretty interesting subject... BECAUSE 99% of your customer base doesn't use calibration, so factory specs is the way to go... however this is a pretty good one from my experience http://spyder.datacolor.com/display-calibration/

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                                        • AmeliaG
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                                          • Jan 2003
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                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by johnny o
                                          spoken like someone who's too much of a nOOb to use a monitor calibrating tool.
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                                            • Grapesoda
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                                              • Jul 2003
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                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by johnny o
                                              spoken like someone who's too much of a nOOb to use a monitor calibrating tool.
                                              like your profile pic?

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                                                • AmeliaG
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                                                  • Jan 2003
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                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Grapesoda
                                                  that's a pretty interesting subject... BECAUSE 99% of your customer base doesn't use calibration, so factory specs is the way to go... however this is a pretty good one from my experience http://spyder.datacolor.com/display-calibration/

                                                  For exactly the reason you mention, for web work, I always try to test on a fairly new low to mid-priced monitor. Over time, those factory specs shift. I can get an idea of beginning specs on what my users browse with, but not how old their monitor is or whether they have calibrated it since purchase.

                                                  For print, I find calibration is more crucial.

                                                  I had someone I worked with who would periodically use a Spyder on all my systems, but they moved away, and I found myself a little boggled by the choices of different Spyders and other brands.
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                                                    • SGS
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                                                      • Dec 2002
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                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Grapesoda
                                                      that's a pretty interesting subject... BECAUSE 99% of your customer base doesn't use calibration, so factory specs is the way to go... however this is a pretty good one from my experience http://spyder.datacolor.com/display-calibration/
                                                      I use one of those and it works very well
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                                                        • iwantchixx
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                                                          • Oct 2002
                                                          • 12860
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by AmeliaG
                                                          What difference do folks see between the Xrite Display and Display Pro? Like what calibrations does the Pro do that the regular does not?
                                                          The white balance and ambient light measurement.

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