Anybody using Spyder ? - Page 3

Jeff Mottle · April 12th, 2005

Yeah I would calibrate to D50/1.8 as that is what most photographic print houses calibrate to. Gamma 2.2 is what is used on Macs.

Craig Ramsay · April 13th, 2005

Just a quick question about calibrating dual screens... how does that work? I thought windows could only handle one monitor profile. Does this new software let you use separate profiles for each screen now?

Craig

Tim Nelson · April 13th, 2005

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Originally Posted by Craig Ramsay

Just a quick question about calibrating dual screens... how does that work? I thought windows could only handle one monitor profile. Does this new software let you use separate profiles for each screen now?

Yes, the Spyder comes with a little program called Profile Chooser and this will let you apply a different profile for each monitor. It's not perfect though, because each time you restart windows, you have to manually reload your 2nd monitors profile. Only takes 2 seconds though.

Craig Ramsay · April 13th, 2005

Nice! Gota be getin me one of these

Tim Nelson · April 13th, 2005

Ugh, I couldn't handle the 5000k mode. It looked horrible! I ended up going back & recalibrating to 1.8/6500 and I think I will stick with this for a while since it looks like it has the most neutral gray to me. I'm still not happy with my crt. Its so blurry & un-contrasty. The before sample actually had more contrast than the after sample but I'm not sure how I could fix that.

Jeff Mottle · April 13th, 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Nelson

Yes, the Spyder comes with a little program called Profile Chooser and this will let you apply a different profile for each monitor. It's not perfect though, because each time you restart windows, you have to manually reload your 2nd monitors profile. Only takes 2 seconds though.

Hmmm, mine works fine.

Cesar · April 13th, 2005

Thanks for the explanation jeff. I know the spider doesn't create color profiles for printers, just for the monitor, but i think if get colors more near to real values colors in the monitor it will be more easy to match this colors with the plotter, because i think the problem its not the plotter, maybe it prints the colors good, but because i work with a monitor not calibrated i get so much problems. Of course if i buy an spider with a colorimeter it will get more exacts colors. but damn, its expensive, maybe in a future.

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Jeff Mottle President/Founder Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 5,162 Name: Jeff Mottle	Re: Anybody using Spyder ? Yeah I would calibrate to D50/1.8 as that is what most photographic print houses calibrate to. Gamma 2.2 is what is used on Macs. __________________ Jeff Mottle CGarchitect.com

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Craig Ramsay Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Scotland Age: 28 Posts: 741 Name: Craig Ramsay	Re: Anybody using Spyder ? Just a quick question about calibrating dual screens... how does that work? I thought windows could only handle one monitor profile. Does this new software let you use separate profiles for each screen now? Craig

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Tim Nelson Veteran Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Providence, RI Age: 30 Posts: 1,636 Name: Tim Nelson	Re: Anybody using Spyder ? Ugh, I couldn't handle the 5000k mode. It looked horrible! I ended up going back & recalibrating to 1.8/6500 and I think I will stick with this for a while since it looks like it has the most neutral gray to me. I'm still not happy with my crt. Its so blurry & un-contrasty. The before sample actually had more contrast than the after sample but I'm not sure how I could fix that. __________________ Tim Nelson timnelson3d.com

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Cesar Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Medellin Age: 29 Posts: 41 Name: Cesar Rodriguez	Re: Anybody using Spyder ? Thanks for the explanation jeff. I know the spider doesn't create color profiles for printers, just for the monitor, but i think if get colors more near to real values colors in the monitor it will be more easy to match this colors with the plotter, because i think the problem its not the plotter, maybe it prints the colors good, but because i work with a monitor not calibrated i get so much problems. Of course if i buy an spider with a colorimeter it will get more exacts colors. but damn, its expensive, maybe in a future. Last edited by Cesar; April 18th, 2005 at 06:26 AM.

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