I've always been able to find a ton of info on whatever I need regarding my photo stuff so I'm turning to you guys to get some more info - I've done a bunch of research on this forum and the web and can't find a clear answer I got a new MacBook Pro and need to calibrate the monitor along with an external Dell monitor. The Sypder 3 express is the most reasonable price wise so I'm leaning in that direction. I know it says you can't use it for multiple monitors but I don't understand that, does this mean I can not create two profiles using the kit?
I've also looked at the Huey Pro as it's similar in price but most of you seem to lean towards the Spyder, if you have a comment regarding that feel free to add it It means you can use the Spyder express to calibrate the Dell if you're using the MBP in clamshell mode.
If you use the MBP as 2nd display and the dell as primary, you'll only be able to calibrate 1 of them. Color Problems? Click here. Is that the reasoning you used when you bought the MBP?
Don't cheap out on this very important equipment. Get at least the Spyder3 Pro. Chas P "It doesn't matter how you get there if you don't know where you're going!
Does the software run in the background? Is that why it only supports a single display? I thought it just creates a profile which you then choose to use. Still not clear for me. It seems to do the job, tell me other wise. Unless the dual monitor thing doesn't work out in which case it's useless. No, I won't tell you otherwise. But I will predict a case of "buyer's remorse" sometime in the near future.
I'm outta here! Spyder Express will only load one profile; if you have multiple cards or a card that can handle multiple LUTs, it will load the same profile into all of them. If you set the brightness of the display too low, the utility will pause and have you adjust the brightness to fall within a given range before continuing. It is, of course, expected that you keep the sensor on the display at all times during the calibration unless instructed otherwise.
If the sensor is moved and does not pick up values within an expected range of colors, the program gives an error and has you recalibrate. Though having more warnings than none may seem to be a better approach, in this case it is not necessarily a benefit. For instance, if the sensor is dislodged enough that it would result in an error but is still used for calibrating, the results will be so inaccurate the user will clearly need to re-calibrate. On the other hand, a slightly dislodged sensor may still detect an acceptable luminance range and not show an error, but give inaccurate results.
The calibration with the Spyder 3 unit takes about 5 minutes from start to finish, and it is relatively easy to just manually press the unit to the display during this time to avoid any sensor movements, instead of relying on hanging it by its cord as is instructed in the manual.
After calibrating the display with the Spyder 3, the software shows a gallery of images and allows you to manually switch between the previous profile and the one generated with the Spyder 3 unit. If you do not like the new profile, you can then go back and adjust some settings to create a new calibration. While the Spyder 3 program will automatically create the calibration curves for your display, the program has some advanced options that include manually editing the calibrated curves if needed, and also checking the colorimeter itself by measuring various properties including temperature, intensity, and RGB levels for any color you set.
In addition to these, the latest version of the program version 4. The Advanced Analysis tool will allow you to test the screen's color saturation capabilities, the color tone responses, luminance and contrast, as well as screen uniformity. These may take some time and interaction to run, but when complete will print up in a formatted report that not only is very informative on its own but can be compared to reports taken at different times to see how the display is changing with use.
The last feature of the utility is a menu extra, which can be set to remind you to recalibrate your display after a specified interval. This can ensure colors stay the same through changing ambient lighting, as well as compensate for potential changes in the monitor itself over time. If you keep the Spyder connected, the extra should also show the status of ambient light in the room; however, I could not get it to properly work.
The sensor only activates if the Spyder measurement programs are running, but when these programs are active the menu extra will not use the sensor. This makes the menu extra basically only useful for launching the Spyder programs. The Spyder 3 system has an impressive array of options, and the colors between every display I calibrated four in total, including a projector ended up having indistinguishable color differences.
This is something I could not accomplish with software-based utilities, which all resulted in slight but noticeable differences at one point or another. I was also impressed at how quickly the device could set up the colors to match perfectly between various devices. Despite the matching colors, I was a little disappointed to find the profiles seemed to have less contrast and be slightly warmer in temperature with more red tones than I prefer. I much prefer my Mac's display to have rich, deep colors that really stand out from the display.
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The box promises that I can get the most out of my monitor in three easy steps, so here goes Following the installation instructions, I installed the software must be done before the Spyder unit's connected.
The installation process didn't take long and was easy enough to follow. Datacolor Spyder 3 Express: Step 2 Following the instruction book I connected the unit to my computer via USB, before starting the software which takes you through the registration process. It's a quick and easy process then a welcome screen runs through the set up options.
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