Which Calibration Software?

[awhitegirl]

My lap top monitor really needs to be calibrated. What is the best brand to buy? Spyder ? Pantone?

 

[tirediron]

Like the Ford/Chev debate, I don't know that there is a 'right' answer. I've been using Spyder software and colorometers for years and always been happy with the result.

 

[Garbz]

Software or hardware? The software is mostly irrelevant to the quality of the calibration and the only thing to be gained / lost is features such as the ability to write a monitor lookup table if you're lucky enough to have one.

The hardware is mostly the same in any given price range. I wouldn't really recommend any colourimeter over the other except for the i1 Display 2 and then only because I have it and it works for me. Same goes for spectrophotometers.

 

[Big Mike]

If you are interested in accurately editing photos...get an external monitor. A laptop really isn't the best option for accurate calibration. Although I guess, calibrating it would be better than not.

 

[KmH]

Software or hardware? The software is mostly irrelevant to the quality of the calibration and the only thing to be gained / lost is features such as the ability to write a monitor lookup table if you're lucky enough to have one.

The hardware is mostly the same in any given price range. I wouldn't really recommend any colourimeter over the other except for the i1 Display 2 and then only because I have it and it works for me. Same goes for spectrophotometers.

i1 Display 2 colorimeter for me too, made by X-RITE. I use a lot of X-RITE's products.

If you are interested in accurately editing photos...get an external monitor. A laptop really isn't the best option for accurate calibration. Although I guess, calibrating it would be better than not.

Many laptops have very limted monitor adjustments, but calibrating it is better than not calibrating it, if you don't use a good for image editing, external monitor.

There are 2 main issues with laptop displays:

• most use TN (Twisted Nematic) displays which offer only a very narrow range of usable for editing viewing angles. (many laptop displays do not allow viewing of the entire image from a single viewing position.)
• It is difficult to consistantly dupicate the display viewing angle.

 

[awhitegirl]

thanks people ... i bought the spyder ... and i am also looking into getting a mac desktop ... sounds like the combination of the two might give me better results ...