This is the biggest problem I’ve had to get used to is that setting 6500K white point is actually a warm white point. Takes a while to getting used to indeed, especially when looking at your photos on a phone
A key question the software will ask is the type of LED backlight the monitor uses. You avoided this question. What did now select? A lot of people struggle with ths.
Hi Omar, good to meet you. I am able to find plenty of information on the X version, but struggling to find information on if there is any significant performance upgrade between my spyder 4 to the X. Where is struggle most is printing accuracy to my screen, I've done everything like kill off screen brightness to below recommended levels but still my prints come out darker than screen (store or home printed both). I don't want to buy a printer calibrator as they are extremely expensive and I don't really print enough to justify the costs, but I would at least like the screen to convey similar results. There is a promo on the X right now, expires tonight. Very interested to hear your thoughts.
I personally loved spyderx, up untill they started pestering me to upgrade to a newer model. Then final nail was when the software stopped working for the old model.
Hi! Thanks for your review! Can I ask, which version is suitable if we need to color match all our monitor in our office? Also multiple monitors for each workstation?
Hi Omar, just today I wast calibrating my notebook screen because it was a bit warmer and my edition sucked a bit (I was playing with warmer tones and get the accurate tones xD) thank you for the video! Also, in windows you can sort of calibrate your screen opening the result of "calibration" when you search on the configuration menu, is not the most accurate thing, but it worked for me right now. THe absolute true is hard to get D:
Hi Omar... What color space do you set in the camera settings? sRGB or Adobe RGB? I currently have mine set to sRGB but just wondering if it's better to shoot in Adobe RGB and then save in sRGB in post.
Annoyingly, every time I calibrate my 27” iMac with the Spyder Munki, the results differ having cooler & warmer colour casts. X-Rite also have extremely poor customer service in the UK.
Hi Omar, I hope you can help me with this one. I have been trying to research about this but has been quite difficult to find a video/info where someone actually explains how to calibrate a screen with all the details about room light conditions while calibrating, the right screen brightness for the process and so on. I have a MacBook Pro 15. I see in your videos you have a iMac, so I think we can talk about this in the same page. So, first all, when you calibrate your monitor, do you do it with the lights turn off (or as most dark room as possible) ? or not ? Or actually do you use the option given by Spyder device to measure the light in the room ? Second of all, when you calibrate your monitor, what is the brightness or nits you set your screen while the device is doing its job ? from what I researched from people, the recommendation is between 70-100 nits, the higher from that math means the room is illuminated by a lot of light. And third one, and probably the question that hunts me the most it is after the screen calibration what it is the best brightness adjustment to edit pictures? usual I set my screen -4 clicks from the max screen brightness. when you edit your pictures what settings do you use ?? This will mean the world to me .. ahaha So many times I ask myself if actually my screen is calibrated properly. I bought the Spyder Pro a year ago and I can see the difference, on my screen it warms a bit the colours comparing with original Mac monitor profile. I just want to know how do you calibrate your computer screen as a professional photographer ?? Sending you props from London Cheeeeers
I've had the Spyder 5 Pro for about 3 years. Each time I use it it makes my monitor color look really yellow unless I use it with DisplayCal, then its perfect. I just purchased the $2,000 BenQ sw321C a few days ago and used the Datacolor Spyder5 pro colorimeter and the results are the same. Yellow cast all over screen. Im fed up.. just bought X1 Display Pro. Hopefully I get better results.
I have an old Mac. Can I still use this? It has an old OS, which I cannot upgrade-(the Mac is is used for ridiculously great but expensive design software which cannot be upgraded). I think it is Lion OS. The Mac is only used for design and photo stuff, so it works perfectly fine without upgrading. Otherwise I have a laptop, with windows, but surely a big Mac, even an old one is better?
Tbh, you only need to calibrate once a month. And even then, with many of today's displays, that will end up correcting very minute shifts during that period. So speed isn't really that big of an issue IMO. Pump out some quick push-ups or go make some coffee in preparation for that 4 hour color grading session. :)
I've still got a vintage datacolor Spyder from back in the days of CRT screens! Only works with Windows XP though sadly lol. Not used Datacolor products since then, I'm a self confessed Xrite fanboy these days 😋
sarimner is it bad? I don’t know if i want to spend 250 (spyderx is cheaper). Just want to buy this for my wife (she likes pictures, edits videos but she’s no pro). I will just use it for my 2 pc, mainly use for gaming lol
sarimner that’s what I’m thinking. I am not a pro (i mainly play games), just want to give this to my wife. She likes taking pictures, editing videos, and i could use it too (have 2 desktop pc’s). I just changed the settings myself, who knows how far that one is from the proper settings
This is the biggest problem I’ve had to get used to is that setting 6500K white point is actually a warm white point.
Takes a while to getting used to indeed, especially when looking at your photos on a phone
A key question the software will ask is the type of LED backlight the monitor uses. You avoided this question. What did now select? A lot of people struggle with ths.
Hi Omar, good to meet you. I am able to find plenty of information on the X version, but struggling to find information on if there is any significant performance upgrade between my spyder 4 to the X. Where is struggle most is printing accuracy to my screen, I've done everything like kill off screen brightness to below recommended levels but still my prints come out darker than screen (store or home printed both). I don't want to buy a printer calibrator as they are extremely expensive and I don't really print enough to justify the costs, but I would at least like the screen to convey similar results. There is a promo on the X right now, expires tonight. Very interested to hear your thoughts.
I personally loved spyderx, up untill they started pestering me to upgrade to a newer model. Then final nail was when the software stopped working for the old model.
No!! That stinks. Which SpyderX did you have?
@@ogonzilla Sorry, it was spyder3, not spyderx that I have. I have to use 3rd party display calibration software with it.
@@JanneRanta Ah...yes...I have that too in a drawer. Sad.
Hi! Thanks for your review! Can I ask, which version is suitable if we need to color match all our monitor in our office? Also multiple monitors for each workstation?
Hi Omar, just today I wast calibrating my notebook screen because it was a bit warmer and my edition sucked a bit (I was playing with warmer tones and get the accurate tones xD) thank you for the video! Also, in windows you can sort of calibrate your screen opening the result of "calibration" when you search on the configuration menu, is not the most accurate thing, but it worked for me right now. THe absolute true is hard to get D:
Cool!! I mean Warm! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Omar... What color space do you set in the camera settings? sRGB or Adobe RGB? I currently have mine set to sRGB but just wondering if it's better to shoot in Adobe RGB and then save in sRGB in post.
I still own my Spyder3Pro but since i bought my 2 Asus ProArt monitor i don't feel a lot the need to calibrate.
Still feel the same. Can decide between asus or ViewSonic 2767-2k
If you only had to adjust the brightness, did it really do anything? :P
It should also ask you to adjust all other values right?
Does it allow you to change it to a cooler picture? I'm not a fan of the warm look
Annoyingly, every time I calibrate my 27” iMac with the Spyder Munki, the results differ having cooler & warmer colour casts. X-Rite also have extremely poor customer service in the UK.
Hi Omar,
I hope you can help me with this one. I have been trying to research about this but has been quite difficult to find a video/info where someone actually explains how to calibrate a screen with all the details about room light conditions while calibrating, the right screen brightness for the process and so on.
I have a MacBook Pro 15. I see in your videos you have a iMac, so I think we can talk about this in the same page.
So, first all, when you calibrate your monitor, do you do it with the lights turn off (or as most dark room as possible) ? or not ? Or actually do you use the option given by Spyder device to measure the light in the room ?
Second of all, when you calibrate your monitor, what is the brightness or nits you set your screen while the device is doing its job ? from what I researched from people, the recommendation is between 70-100 nits, the higher from that math means the room is illuminated by a lot of light.
And third one, and probably the question that hunts me the most it is after the screen calibration what it is the best brightness adjustment to edit pictures? usual I set my screen -4 clicks from the max screen brightness. when you edit your pictures what settings do you use ??
This will mean the world to me .. ahaha
So many times I ask myself if actually my screen is calibrated properly.
I bought the Spyder Pro a year ago and I can see the difference, on my screen it warms a bit the colours comparing with original Mac monitor profile.
I just want to know how do you calibrate your computer screen as a professional photographer ??
Sending you props from London
Cheeeeers
got any info on this?
just a quick heads up, if you upgraded to OSX Catalina you'll also need to upgrade your Datacolor Spyder software to its new 64 bit version.
Thanks for passing that along
Would this work for projectors that are used in large theaters or rooms (generally seating 400-800)? Thank you.
why does it have to be calibrated once a month? does calibration change over time?
I've had the Spyder 5 Pro for about 3 years. Each time I use it it makes my monitor color look really yellow unless I use it with DisplayCal, then its perfect.
I just purchased the $2,000 BenQ sw321C a few days ago and used the Datacolor Spyder5 pro colorimeter and the results are the same. Yellow cast all over screen. Im fed up.. just bought X1 Display Pro. Hopefully I get better results.
Any updates?
Any updates?
Any updates?
I have an old Mac. Can I still use this? It has an old OS, which I cannot upgrade-(the Mac is is used for ridiculously great but expensive design software which cannot be upgraded). I think it is Lion OS. The Mac is only used for design and photo stuff, so it works perfectly fine without upgrading. Otherwise I have a laptop, with windows, but surely a big Mac, even an old one is better?
Any tips from anyone much appreciated! Thanks.
Tbh, you only need to calibrate once a month. And even then, with many of today's displays, that will end up correcting very minute shifts during that period. So speed isn't really that big of an issue IMO. Pump out some quick push-ups or go make some coffee in preparation for that 4 hour color grading session. :)
Cool video. Did you say calibrate your camera?😱😱😱 How does one do that?
He smoked weed while producing this video. I don’t know what he’s talking about.
I've still got a vintage datacolor Spyder from back in the days of CRT screens! Only works with Windows XP though sadly lol. Not used Datacolor products since then, I'm a self confessed Xrite fanboy these days 😋
Spyder man?
Rubics cube red is a lie, and its yellow seems a bit shifty too.
👍👍👍👍👍
Were all the horrible color tones throughout this video on purpose?
Hah damn, I'm still rocking a Spyder 2!
You'll have to get the colormunki people to send you one of theirs for a calibrate-off, Omar.
Calibrate your camera? What u smoking bruh?
SpyderX is so bad. get the new xrite i1 and you use displaycal software.. SpyderX is not accuret..
When I print, my prints match my monitor, so it's working for me. Did you run some tests between i1 and SpyderX...that would be cool.
@@ogonzilla you can read this if you are intressted. www.avsforum.com/forum/139-display-calibration/3050976-datacolor-spyderx.html#post57785616
sarimner is it bad? I don’t know if i want to spend 250 (spyderx is cheaper).
Just want to buy this for my wife (she likes pictures, edits videos but she’s no pro). I will just use it for my 2 pc, mainly use for gaming lol
@@Cons2911 i say this! spyder X is better Then nothing..
sarimner that’s what I’m thinking. I am not a pro (i mainly play games), just want to give this to my wife. She likes taking pictures, editing videos, and i could use it too (have 2 desktop pc’s). I just changed the settings myself, who knows how far that one is from the proper settings
Its al bs