Why You NEED to Calibrate Your Monitors!
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2017
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So, What’s the Deal with Monitor Calibration?
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To be honest, I have spent years editing photos without ever calibrating my monitor and I thought I wasn’t missing out on anything. It turns out, I was wrong.
As it turns out, even a high-end monitor will degrade over time and colors won’t render properly. The calibrator we test in this video is the Datacolor Spyder5Elite, which is an external device that measures color and light emitting from your monitor and then makes software corrections to make sure you are properly displaying color.
We have gotten so many requests to make an episode on monitor calibration that we couldn’t ignore them. We called up Datacolor and asked if they would send us one of their calibrators and sponsor a review, and we are happy they said yes, because this thing really does work. They shipped one over and sponsored this video in 24 hours!
Here is the deal. After running the calibration software on multiple monitors and a laptop, it became obvious via the before/after images that the colors on the monitors in the before were horrible, even on a $1,000 Mac Thunderbolt Display.
Most notably, the reds were washed out and rendered way too much green. This is a big deal, because people’s skin is primarily red, meaning the monitors in our studio have been showing inaccurate colors for years!
Quick Tip: Use the included software to sync multiple monitors together if you are using more than one display.
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One more important thing you forgot to mention Aaron, you should let your monitor to run for about 30 minutes before you start the process of calibration...
when monitor matrix reaches designed temperature, then it display the best possible colors, it is pointless to do calibration straight after you turn a monitor on
Good point! We will make sure to do that from now on. The monitors in the video were running for hours before the test luckily.
not 100% true more true for CRT not LCD screens
Absolutely correct on the 30 minute rule. The Spyder5 software actually prompts you with that warning prior to starting the calibration.
the lcd is lit by led so LED on times for phosphor LEDs are in the 100'2 of nanoseond range
It is 100% true. The one of my LCD screen for color grading changes brightness about 5% after 1 hour, then become stable, another one about 10% as well as colors to white point (it become 5% more blue).
I have an older Spider and it's been great. Thanks for the reminder, it's time for me to calibrate again. Love it and thank for your great review of the Spider Elite. It's amazing how off the colours can be so if you want to print your work whether on your own printer or sending it to the lab ... calibrate because you want your file to come out the way you see it on your screen no matter who prints it. Thanks, Aaron, another great one!!
This video was EXCELLENT for my needs -- clear, concise, great pacing, and the "visual ergonomics" are superb. *Finally!* Great work!
It's an answer for a question I asked under last Q&A and I'm so happy you did a whole episode about it! That was so useful! I'll definitely will get one of these! Thanks Aaron!!
Also, great idea for a new series on this channel. Hope there will be more of it!
Every two weeks...rain or shine I calibrate my main monitor, a NEC 27" wide gamut with the xrite puck and the NEC Spectraview software. Perfect. Was even able to finally talk one main client into buying a puck and start calibrating their monitors as our arguments over color difference issues was getting exhausting and frustrating. Now we get along great and compliment each other constantly, even share cooking recipes ...and are able to view consistent, matching color files.
Color calibration bringing people closer together. Calibration = Love.
I purchased the Spyder and couldn't believe the difference it made. It also made me realise how much brightness has been lost from my monitors. Thanks for the heads up on this !
Hello, I have been watching for some time and I have never commented. Thank you for this review. I purchased one of these little guys shortly after watching, and I was shocked at the difference in the before and after views. Thanks again and I love the channel.
I knew about color calibration, but you've just made it so clear that I think I need to get one of these guys right now...
Want me to review more products?
PHLEARN yes if you are experienced using them.
Good point. Definitely interested in reviewing things we use and love.
PHLEARN could you do a review on the Loupedeck?I trust your opinion.
It would be interesting to know if there is a more cheap version out there. 300$ bucks is a bit hard.
PHLEARN with respect, not interested in reviews from those who are still learning themselves. Such as this one.
My first PHLEARN video...great video, to the point! Calibration here I come!
My gratitude for sharing this impeccable video Mr Phlern, I come seeking knowledge of the difference between the professional and the hobbyist version
Thank you
Thanks Aaron. This was a confirmation of my feelings : since I use my own spyder 5, I get more even, consistent colors on my pictures.
Do calibrate your monitors guy!
Most informative, delivered in a way that I can relate to, now comes my research for supplier/ price. I'm based in the UK
Hi guys, and thank you Phlearn for opening this topic. Is anyone here having troubles with banding in gradients after calibration? I'm constantly having this issue. Good color, bad gradients (using X-rite colormunky display).
Excellent video because you point out why and for who this is important!
I have used the Spyder Studio 4 a couple of years now and I still think it was a good investment. Knowing the colours you see on your monitor are the right ones, adds to your confidence too. Thanks for this brief and clear information.
I have one of these and it works great. I had an interesting experience with it though, which taught me a lesson. For a while the calibration was making the screen look horribly wrong. I couldn't get it to work right. The ambient light was minimal, and I couldn't figure it out. Finally I realized the problem was the volume control for my speakers. It sat on the desk under the monitor and had a blue light. It wasn't too noticeable to me, but it shined up at a steep angle and projected the light between the monitor and the sensor. Once I shut it off during calibration I've had no problem.
I've been using the colormunki for about three or four years now, it one of the requirements that the Art Institute had for their color course and prior to that I was like you and wouldn't understand why all of the monitors looked different. The colormunki works just like the spyder does and when the new up grade came several months back I was amazed as to how much beter the colors came out after the upgrade. So like you AAron I recommend having one or the other to calibrate one's monitors.
Wow Phlearn I am taken aback by your lack of calibrating......why you no calibrate!! I have the spyder 5 pro and it is awesome. Nothing is more satisfying than knowing what you see in front of you is accurate and how you intended it. Love the channel and all that you are doing. learning so much! Would love to see more techy stuff, gadgets and reviews.
Great review and examples! Just got a new laptop (I'm a graphic designer) and was trying to decide if spending on calibration was worth it
I got mine a few days ago. I don’t know why I didn’t do this before. What a difference!
I love that despite the fact that you own a successful business, you still are humble. I was thinking this when you were talking about your monitors. And despite the fact that maybe....maybe....you could budget for 3 new ones, you use what you have bought, and kept. Kudos. Still the best example of how a business should be run in my eyes.
Thank you for this review, I haven't been taking photographs
for very long and my equipment is kinda old /2nd hand, I wasn't aware of a
device that can calibrate screens , I thought it was just my equipment, or me
!!!! And yes it would be great if you could review more products. Thank you for
all of your tutorials they are a great benefit
and easy to follow even though I am using Photoshop cs2 and light room 3.
I’m with you, I bought a similar $1,000 Dell monitor a few years ago now, it came with one of those colour calibration info sheets BUT as I recently bought the new IPad Pro 13 inch I noticed how washed out my monitor looked in comparison. So now I am going to buy one of these to correct that.
I run a offset printing press & color management is very important. We do not use this system but the Heidelberg system. Your demo is great 👍 🚂
Thank you Aaron for picking this topic up! 🙏🏻
Nice video, Aaron.
I use a Colormunki on my iMac screen. The last time I calibrated it was two months ago.
I recently returned from a vacation with 4500 images. I was tempted to dive straight in but thought that I would not want to process 4500 images and THEN find they were showing wrong colours.
I re-calibrated and, after just two months, my iMac screen had drifted WAY off.
It's now back on track and I dread to think of having to readjust 4500 images had I not recalibrated the screen.
Extremely good advice from you.
I really liked your review! I have a 27 inch iMac and a 27 inch Apple Thunderbolt Display. I have done my own calibration, but I am sure it can be improved with this product!
I've been using the X-Rite i1Display Pro for a couple of months now and I have to say that it's a fine piece of equipment too!
As well as calibrating your monitor & printer, you should look to calibrating your cameras to produce a Color Profiles for use in Lr & Ps. This ensures that each camera reproduces the same colors. The X-Rite ColorChecker Passport is simple to use on a shoot, then create & apply the profile in LightRoom.
I hadn't thought about this before but I'm now really interested in trying it out. My monitor has the opposite problem to yours where it boosts the reds and skin tones that looked fine on there, end up green and sickly.
That's interesting that the monitors loose brightness over time. This could explain why I have noticed the printing of my images seem a little darker than I had them in Photoshop. I have calibrated my monitor with the Pro Lab I use for printing which has been great until recently with the prints looking a little darker than I would normally make them. I must recalibrate to solve this problem. Thanks Aarron. Oh yes do more reviews please, it's always good to learn about equipment for Photography.
I've ALWAYS worried about how images translate from one device to the next! Thanks so much!
Hi I have the spyder5pro 5.2 and I have managed to calibrate my screen. but I have the an older Lightroom 4, and it dosnt allow me to add the plug-in in lightroom for the spyder5pro as far as presets go. do you have any ideas as to why Lightroom dosnt allow me to add? because I was trying to use the spyder chekr and it dosnt see to make a difference. I don't if im going to get this to work.
Nice review... one thing not mentioned is the Spyder 5 also takes your ambient (room) lighting into account as well. Super swell. BUT... I wonder what I'm really gaining from calibrating my monitors. (I too have a Spyder 5, after having upgraded from a previous Spyder.) I mean, I can calibrate my monitors until the cows come home (assuming I want them home) but when I post something on G+ and Facebook and Insta, I'm at the mercy of their systems (and the pics come out looking very different). And, Aaron, you mentioned sending work to the client: what if their monitors are all whack? I've had this happen - I get the call that the colors are off, and I have to try to tweak it to look good on their system (not necessarily the client's print house).... so where's the value in calibrating our monitors with fancy-pants stuff if we're not in 100% control of the entire chain of ownership/viewership? Bragging rights that it "looks right on my monitor?"
Thanks for the review :) I do feel this is something every photographer/editor/designer should know... like it should be on the second page of almost every manual. However the costs makes it difficult for most starting out. Could you possibly research some other cost effect techniques or devices and share your findings compared to the Spyder?
Nice. I hope this really works. I did not get to see the before and after of their calibration.
i been waiting for something like this...my laptop was always different to my phone...thank you man! ill be purchasing this weekend since i found out best buy has it 👍
If you already own any make or model of calibrator, you can upgrade to the Spyder5 for 55% off here: www.datacolor.com/promo/crossgradeus?afftid=701160000015wXd
Hi, I am looking to print Giclee from a canon pro 9500 mark II I know it can do the job but I having trouble with colour correction to match the original artwork. Does this product also calibrate printers as some others on the market do?
Thanks for the video. I would like to know if you have since noticed your final output in printing and web is closer to what you are now seeing when you edit. I am trying to start going from sRGB to using the Prophotorgb color space while also calibrating my screens. I am a bit worried I am going to royally mess everything up and regret it once I go print with ink or create a c-print from TIFF.
Love this type of video, good job !!
Question :I connect my laptop to a 40" TV and usually process my images in LR through that.
a.) Do I calibrate Laptop or TV screen ?b.) Do I calibrate both ?c.) How do I calibrate TV screen ?
Thanks for your generous consideration,Sincerely .............................
I use x-rite i1display Pro on my iMac 27'' (mid 2013)
But i don't know what method right: Matrix or LUT ?
i use calibrate on LUT, because i like shadows detail by this method .
Does anyone know if there is a way to calibrate against NTSC or Adobe RGB? As far as I can tell this only calibrates against sRGB?
What if I got only one big monitor and I do only cg work (no live action footages) should i still do color calibration on the single monitor???
Oh my goodness this helps so much some one just asked me if I had calibrated my laptop and I really didn’t k ow this was a thing..I would edit my photos and then send them to my phone and they are so much more red..my phone is still going to show up duller though right?
Aaron, I have a GEForce GTX 1060 video card, can you set up calibration for each monitor? On my old computer, when I did the calibration, the one monitor cancelled out the other. Also, I have an old XRite Monaco OPTIX XR calibrator, would you recommend an upgrade to the Spyder for LCD's? One last thing, what is the difference between the 3 Spyder models?Thanks,
I'd like to see a tutorial on the end-to-end use of colour calibration. I have a Spyder, and I just turned OFF the colour calibration because I'm finding it more trouble than it's worth.
Example: 3D rendering software gives me a nicely saturated image
I bring it into Photoshop, and it's undersaturated.
I set Photoshop to use the monitor profile, and now it looks the same as my rendering software
I Save for Web and open in my web browser, and now the image is SUPER saturated.
There are workarounds, but so far, I found that turning calibration off is the simplest way to keep the image looking the same in all of my applications.
Feel like I'm missing half the instructions. Once you've calibrated your monitor what is the _correct_ way to set up Photoshop to keep images consist across applications?
Hey, very useful video. I recently learned about importance of calibrating your monitor and will look into the product you discussed. My question is if I calibrate, but am not satisfied or for some reason need to go back to default settings of my monitor how would I go about it? I am using Dell laptop with windows 10. Hope you can clarify this issue for me, thanks so much.
Thank you very much, this is extremely helpful! Since the mobile phone screen can not be calibrated with Spyder, how can we make sure the Instagram feed colors look good since most people check Instagram on mobile?
I recommend to buy the Spyder5 express and use the free DisplayCAL. It needs way longer to calibrate but the results are SO much better and u r saving a bunch of money.
I'd love to have a segment on printing. I purchased the spyder 5 and there's a noticeable difference in my monitor but it hasn't really improved my printing (my own pro printer or outside lab). I'm so frustrated!
Aaron I'm curious if you have also changed the colour space in photoshop to reflect the calibirated colours. As i'm getting colour shifts since using Sypder5 and editing in prophoto
I edit during day time as well as night time. The day time vs night time lighting is different, so do I need to have different calibration profiles for day and night or no?
After doing the calibration, do you need to go into photoshop color space to update? Or does it go off the operating system?
Hey Aaron what display, color profile are you using on the Mac computer? I was told by adobe support to use srgb 2.1
Just bought the pro version of this and it really made a difference.
Amazing work guys! Could you please tell me which Dell model is that?
I just bought Spyder 5 pro. After calibrated my monitor, my screen now have Green tint color. Did i do anything wrong ?
Hi Aaron, I was suprised to you didn't already used calibrated monitors 😄, I use x-rite for calibration (i1 pro), also for calibrating your scanner, printer, beamer and... Camera!
Yea, definitely should have been doing this for years. Software only calibration was not doing a good job apparently.
If I have a laptop with a factory color gamut of 69% srgb and I calibrate it, will it improve the score?
I liked the quality of your video. Which camera did you use to film it?
I was just about to purchase a Wacom calibrator and I was also wondering about calibrating my monitor. Now I'm wondering if the Wacom device works on different monitors as well or if it is proprietary and if devices such as the Spyder5 will work on drawing tablets. Also are there any comparisons for calibrating devices?
I think there's a diffference between calibration and profiling. Also, I'm sure Datacolor are good, but no mention of competitor products such as from i1? Colour management can be a minefield with issues on large-gamut displays, colour-management software, compatability (or lack of!) with ICC4 colur profiles, web-browser support, etc.
omg just got my spyder.what a difference.my laptop was way off.get one you need one
Please do reviews on a variety of things. I know you guys shoot canon. Would be great to see what your opinions are on different bodies and lenses. Could you guys do a review on an ND filter?
I've used calibrators, but I've noticed that wide-gamut displays I find really hard to match. Anyone run into issues and found work-arounds for monitors with different gamut ranges?
What if your client doesn't have a calibrated monitor, and you do? Or if they are looking on a device which is not calibrated, like an iPhone? Thanks!
Datacolor spyder5 elite
Set up incomplete. Connect to the Internet..
Guys please help me to fix this problem. I thought it can install even without internet connection. My laptop is Dell corei5 windows 10. IDK if it is compatible with Dell Laptop
Hello bro, I wash I one of your toturials on this device spyder 5pro , please with device do I need color checker passport again, because of to now I don't understand my colors, please I want to have consists colors on my pictures, please help me our,,,,,
@PHLEARN does the brightness on the monitor / imac matter while calibrating ?
The reason that you have multiple screens (from different manufacturers) would be to check that your work/colours appears presentable on all of them. Therefore is there point in calibrating them all to look the same?
Don't you have to make sure you set your settings in PS to the color calibrator or PS will not be utilizing the calibration?
I believe that Iphones supports color correction. If so, then you CAN calibrate your smartphone. If not, most phones comes with different screen outputs, called "Dynamic", Vivid" etc.
Use Calman Mobileforge with Calman Colormatch (both are free), to test the various output's accuracy with your Spyder5. Choose the one that comes closest.
For your TV, use e.g. HCFR free calibration software with the Spyder5.
So theres no way to calibrate you cell phones and tablets? I edit using a imac and i use a samsung s8 as my phone and an ipad for a tablet and for my ipad and mac colors are the same but on my samsung the colors are more vibrant which kinda throws me off makes me wondering what people see of my photos on their end
PHLEARN- Aaron, I'm confused. So, after recalibrating your monitor, should you mess with the monitor colors/brightness if they're blah, or go back to your photos and mess with their colors. It confused me after calibrating my monitor tonight.
i use the iMac to process my photos its 4k i have a second monitor its curved and only 1080 the difference is huge will this show the same colours from 4k to 1080 or am i dreaming
Thanks!
Can you explain me the glitch effect?
Hey Aaron
Can you help me with the monitor ?? I am confused between Benq SW2700PT vs Dell P2715Q
I have been using Datacolor Spyder for years.
It has always given me superb results.
I wouldn't use anything else.
Which type of monitor for graphics design? Square / Wide, please advise monitor model
hey didn't you do an earlier tutorial about this subject? i watch everything 😊😜big fan you are the greatest....the Master Wizard
please update us with a new review about Datacolor SpyderX Elite, and what is the difference between Datacolor SpyderX Pro and Elite.
thank you
What is the differences between Spyder5 Pro and Spyder5 Elite? Which one do you recommend? Thanks!
I NEED HELP! So on my computer I edit my photos they look great but when I send them to my phone it looks HORRRRRIBLE. And I just want to post my photos on Instagram or so but it doesn't look the same. Please help me fix this situation cause idk what to do.
What good monitor would you suggest for Photoshop work?
Can you do a step-by-step how to? I try to calibrate my monitors but on some calibrators that I have come across, they would ask things like white point, screen brightness, etc. Did the data color ask you about this as well? I am guessing the brightness capability between all of your monitors are different, so what number did you set them at? My monitors tend to come out a lot less bright after calibrations. Thanks!
With X-Rite you can actually color calibrate your ios\android devices, however not all applications work , since they cant change internal icc profile for entire phone .
Hi, will this work with mac book pro? It does not have a usb port. Thanks
Can you calibrate sRGB to Adobe RGB?
My LG ultrawide is 99,61% sRGB correct but i rather work with sRGB and don't want to sell it
What is the standard being used to get the "correct" colors?
Well then there must be ways to printer settings and may be few things to consider before capturing a picture to make the output much more realistic. Share your knowledge with us Aaron for these matters too and thank you for changing my mind to buy a hardware calibration device instead of software calibration only.
I've owned a spider for a couple of years and my monitor, which is pretty accurate, still benefits from a recalibration every couple of months. There isn't much of a change because I don't wait a long time between calibrations for things to get way out of whack.
(Now I have to figure out if my tablet can be calibrated because I know that puppy is way off.)
hay otros factores que van a influir en la calibracion de los monitores como el color de ropa que emplees debes utilizar colores neutros para que la calibracion que hayas realizado sea correcta
Every time i use a calibrator it washes out my colours and make them look grungy and skins tones more green in their iwnninages they include in the software. I can fire ip a david lechapelle shot, one i have in a book and it's way off or just looks terroble to the eye from before cali too. Both spyders and xrite have done this and i can't find answers anywhere. There's not trusting your eyes and then there less vibrant, murky and green skin tones
this is super helpful! Thank you
This thing is making me crazy. I mean... do i have to put my sw2700pt to AdobeRGB or sRGB. I think sRGB, since my camera is on sRGB, do i ouput it to sRGB too or can i output it to AdobeRGB... would relly apreciate a tutorial from you guys! Keep up the good work!
Hi, I opine there is now additional software called Datacolor 5 Elite +, which has some nice extras.
Thanks PHLEARN I really like it
Thanks... Done Deal. Ordering it now!
Can you tell me lz what version of LR you use ?
did your photos look the same once you looked at them on your phone or an ipad?