PantoneColorVision Spyder2PRO Studio
Waleed (540 points) | Sun, 2005-08-07 21:12Hello everybody,
Display's color calibration is making me loose more hair than ever. What I see correct on my display, turns out flat or not contrasty enough on other displays.
I started looking for calibrating services in the local market, but I couldn't find any.. It seems that design and print services have their own calibration solution that are used internally. So no actual need developed in the market.
That started me looking for an affordable solution to calibrate my displays at the studio, and perhaps offer to calibrate displays of important customers.
I currently lean towards the [url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000658EQG/ref=pd_sr_ec_ir_e/002-0452752-0021635?v=glance&s=electronics&st=*]PantoneColorVision Spyder2PRO Studio[/url]. Do you have any experience with it? Do you know or heard if it's good/bad?
I appreciate your help..
Regards,
Waleed
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Of course if you can afford the spider it's great, but you would need a pro monitor for that. The most important thing that will most probably solve your problem is to calibrate your screen within OS X sys prefs / Monitors. Select calibrate and turn on the expert mode. Make sure to select the PC standard gamma 2.2. That will make your screen a bit darker than the Mac format, but more comaptible with PC screens. Use native white point.
Thanks Ivan, I did all the Mac OS X built in display calibrations and still the comments I received from one of the ad agencies is low contrast.. According to the Spyder2PRO Studio specs, any LCD or CRT monitor can be calibrated, no specific monitor is required.
Going over the calibration solutions available, this one seems to be the highest value for its price ($240 at Amazon). There are of course more expensive ones (over $2,000) but that would be an overkill for my needs.
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