GFY Photography & Video Producers - Favorite Monitor Calibration Tools

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  • iwantchixx
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Oct 2002
    • 12860
    #16
    I believe some of the higher end versions also work on smartphones and have a color picker sensor.

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      • iwantchixx
        Too lazy to set a custom title
        • Oct 2002
        • 12860
        #17
        http://www.colormunki.com/product/sh...gner_type=true

        i think that one would be fine for your purposes. It does color and white-balance. Ambient is nice but not necessary. The idea is, with different lighting in the room, it reflects off the monitor and alters colors, but if you always use the pc in room that has stable lighting.. no need for the extras. Just color and white balance are the important parts.

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          • JimmyStephans
            Confirmed User
            • Mar 2003
            • 560
            #18
            I use the ColorMunki model named "Display". Its a two year old model that they don't seem to offer these days. It has been a good tool. Easy, and I like the results better than the Color Eyes Display Pro I used previously.
            http://TrueBabes.com/

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              • AaronM
                GFY Royality ;)
                • Oct 2001
                • 46923
                #19
                I've been using Pantone Huey Pro for several years. It seems to work fine. At the time, it was one of the few that worked with dual monitors.

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                  • JustDaveXxx
                    I AM JUSTDAVE !
                    • Feb 2005
                    • 4111
                    #20
                    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

                    Good solid advice. You know what your talking about.





                    Originally posted by nickey1952
                    If your a good shooter none of that matters. light it properly and shoot it right..
                    Yes to a point if your good and shoot JPG. But not if you shoot RAW and implement your own color profile as I do.





                    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

                    Thats exactly what I do. You absolutely can't go wrong with that work flow.



                    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/

                    99% of my customer base may not have calibrated monitors, but also keep in mind that same customer base are not working with exact color profiles that need to be graded with extreme accuracy.


                    Look at it like this: When you shoot RAW, there is no color profile. You must make your own in post production.

                    So If your monitor is more blue than it would be calibrated, and you try and warm up a photo, when your clients get it; he is going to think that you suck as a photog. Why Because the pic is going to be way to orange. And that happened because you over compensated for the uncalibrated Blue you saw in the monitor.


                    It happen to me 9 years ago with a one client. And I have had good friends get fired because they made color corrections based on uncelebrated monitors.

                    I run two 27 inch monitors, they are both calibrated and look identical. But the settings that make them match are not the same. Why? Every monitor is different and they all shift with in a month to one color or another. Thats why they need to be calibrated regularly.


                    If you shoot jpg, white balance, and light very well; you don't have to sweat monitor color calibration. Why? When shooting jpg, you can choose to have your color profile baked into the file and when your done shooting, your done. Down side; 8 bit color, less room to fix if you fuck up.


                    If you shoot RAW, color calibrated monitors are absolutely key. If you do any color calibrating or video color grading on content, color calibration is imperative. Why? RAW has no color profile baked into it and you still need to run the pics through post. Thats the downside I guess. But the upside is with RAW, even if you royally fuck up with your lighting, over expose, under expose, etc, the information is still there and you can recover and fix mistakes in post.


                    One last thing: jpg is 8 bit color. 10 bit color is double the colors of 8 bit. 12 bit color is double the colors of 10 bit. 14 bit is double the colors of 12 bit. 16 bit is double the colors of 14 bit.



                    Good cameras that I and other high end shoots are using are 14 and 16 and higher. Why would you ever want to shoot jpg?


                    Keep in mind when you add color or do color grading of any type, you are taking away information from the file.



                    I know this is a lot of info, but i thought I would share a bit about what I know about color and monitor calibration.


                    If its for business and you make money with it, Buy the very best Xrite color calibrating system you can buy. don't chinch out! The cheaper ones need to be replaced every 3 years or so. The good ones last a long time.


                    Hope that helps. I know my stuff when it comes to color and monitor calibration. Would love to hear what Dean Capture has to add. I know he knows his shit! lol



                    Just Dave


                    Smut Peddler Productions.com
                    ICQ #378-696-435 / / Skype: JustDaveXxx
                    "We shoot custom, exclusive content your way"

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                      • DeanCapture
                        Haters & Trolls SUCK!
                        • Dec 2002
                        • 9275
                        #21
                        Originally posted by JustDaveXxx
                        I know my stuff when it comes to color and monitor calibration.
                        Would love to hear what Dean Capture has to add.
                        I think you pretty much covered it brotha'
                        Twitter: @DeanCapture
                        Instagram: @TheDeanCapture
                        DeanCapture "at" Gmail.com

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                          • Grapesoda
                            So Fucking Banned
                            • Jul 2003
                            • 46238
                            #22
                            Originally posted by JustDaveXxx
                            Good solid advice. You know what your talking about.







                            Yes to a point if your good and shoot JPG. But not if you shoot RAW and implement your own color profile as I do.








                            Thats exactly what I do. You absolutely can't go wrong with that work flow.






                            99% of my customer base may not have calibrated monitors, but also keep in mind that same customer base are not working with exact color profiles that need to be graded with extreme accuracy.


                            Look at it like this: When you shoot RAW, there is no color profile. You must make your own in post production.

                            So If your monitor is more blue than it would be calibrated, and you try and warm up a photo, when your clients get it; he is going to think that you suck as a photog. Why Because the pic is going to be way to orange. And that happened because you over compensated for the uncalibrated Blue you saw in the monitor.


                            It happen to me 9 years ago with a one client. And I have had good friends get fired because they made color corrections based on uncelebrated monitors.

                            I run two 27 inch monitors, they are both calibrated and look identical. But the settings that make them match are not the same. Why? Every monitor is different and they all shift with in a month to one color or another. Thats why they need to be calibrated regularly.


                            If you shoot jpg, white balance, and light very well; you don't have to sweat monitor color calibration. Why? When shooting jpg, you can choose to have your color profile baked into the file and when your done shooting, your done. Down side; 8 bit color, less room to fix if you fuck up.


                            If you shoot RAW, color calibrated monitors are absolutely key. If you do any color calibrating or video color grading on content, color calibration is imperative. Why? RAW has no color profile baked into it and you still need to run the pics through post. Thats the downside I guess. But the upside is with RAW, even if you royally fuck up with your lighting, over expose, under expose, etc, the information is still there and you can recover and fix mistakes in post.


                            One last thing: jpg is 8 bit color. 10 bit color is double the colors of 8 bit. 12 bit color is double the colors of 10 bit. 14 bit is double the colors of 12 bit. 16 bit is double the colors of 14 bit.



                            Good cameras that I and other high end shoots are using are 14 and 16 and higher. Why would you ever want to shoot jpg?


                            Keep in mind when you add color or do color grading of any type, you are taking away information from the file.



                            I know this is a lot of info, but i thought I would share a bit about what I know about color and monitor calibration.


                            If its for business and you make money with it, Buy the very best Xrite color calibrating system you can buy. don't chinch out! The cheaper ones need to be replaced every 3 years or so. The good ones last a long time.


                            Hope that helps. I know my stuff when it comes to color and monitor calibration. Would love to hear what Dean Capture has to add. I know he knows his shit! lol



                            Just Dave
                            great stuff David, I shoot jpg and have 14 years of images/jpg's online to look at if I think things are going south.... btw I shoot jpg because it's internet content. dvd's are color graded by the dvd writers. not my department. I now what I'm doing
                            Last edited by Grapesoda; 05-26-2014, 03:15 PM.

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