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Post by Saknika on May 18, 2010 19:02:48 GMT -5
Wow... just got the Spyder3Express today and calibrated my monitors... WHAT A DIFFERENCE.  I'm now seeing the colors on my monitors as they would appear printed on paper and man! It's crazy just how off they can be! My laptop wasn't too bad, because I'd done a manual calibration years ago, but my desktop was WOAH. And my desktop is my main retouching computer! D: I think this is probably one of the best things I've done all year (hooray birthdays!), and I recommend it to everyone out there who is really serious about photography. I know it's going to make a big difference in the retouching I do, and make it a lot easier to judge how much to brighten/darken/contrast/ect my photos. For those who are wondering, this is what I have: Click Me! |
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Post by ScottWood on May 18, 2010 20:32:43 GMT -5
I have hesitated posting about the importance of calibrating a monitor. It always surprises me that people want to argue the point with me. I only calibrate my primary display, but it is a very high end monitor and I do 100% of my photo work on it.
I have the Eye1 system, but really want a Color Munki.
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Post by Saknika on May 18, 2010 22:17:56 GMT -5
Yeah, I knew about the importance from when I went to school, I just didn't have the ability to get a hold of the system until now. For the cost, the Spyder does extremely well. I'll know better, of course, once I compare a print to it. But I'm pretty sure it did its job well enough to the point that I shouldn't have any major differences or issues anymore.
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Post by ScottWood on May 19, 2010 1:08:16 GMT -5
My prints from any real lab look great. The color is still a little off with my ink jet printer, but I don't have good profiles for it or the paper I use. I can live with it though, I only use it to print small shots for places like my cubicle at work.
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Post by Saknika on May 19, 2010 13:11:10 GMT -5
Yeah, without the profiles you really are kind of dead in the water, or maybe just half dead in this case. I also get good results from lab work though, which is great. But they definitely don't (or rather, didn't) usually look like my screen!!! LMAO
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Post by ScottWood on May 19, 2010 13:43:09 GMT -5
One thing to remember though, there will always be a little difference between reflected and radiated light.
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Post by Saknika on May 19, 2010 17:37:38 GMT -5
Oh most definitely. My main concern though was that every time I retouched on my desktop (which is what I bought it for), I never brightened the photos enough because the back-light was so strong. I always thought they were bright enough... at least on there. Then I'd see them on my laptop, which I had tried manually calibrating (and wasn't too far off! C:) years before, and they'd be too dark, or vibrant, and such. So this is a great fix too, because now I know that the photo is not too bright, it will look the same (pretty much) on any calibrated monitor, and I can really see just what the heck I'm doing!!! LMAO
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Post by playboy5 on May 18, 2012 5:02:42 GMT -5
yea someone else on a different site said the same thing about the bridge, but it's kind of in a place that makes it hard to just remove it. I took this at work so I really couldn't go explore my options, but when it warms up I plan on doing more.
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