1. You are very good at explaining color calibration! 2. You have a lovely voice and sound quality! 3. You have nicely lited your environment for this occasion! 4. Most likely you make very nice pictures! 5. I like you and am subscribing to your channel.
If you plan to print your photographs I strongly recommend that you calibrate your monitor. If you use something like a Datacolor Spyder you’ll get good results. But what settings should you calibrate to? It can be confusing. The film and television industries set the colour of grey (white point) at 6500 Kelvin (D65). But digital cameras use a white point of D55 (or D56). Then again, the printing industry sets the white point at 5000 Kelvin (D50)! So when you mix your images, if you plan to print them, use a white point of D50. If you watch movies on your screen, calibrate to D65. Fun isn’t it? The printing company I use recommend the following settings for your monitor if you intend to print your photos -
The brightness of the monitor should lie between 90 and 120 cd/qm. The colour temperature must be set at 5.000 Kelvin (D50). The monitor gamma should be adjusted to 2.2. I hope this helps.
Fun indeed! What a mess we have to contend with. Your point about white point is great for someone could create a calibration profile using D50 for use when editing images for print, and D65 for editing video or general use.
and don't forget that your printer or online shop, should be able to provide you with the color preset that they use so you can literally match on your screen with what you'll get in print... well, maybe 😇 - Also, If I know what the numbers are for each one of the calibrations like gamma and temp numbers, would I get similar results if I do it by hand? - And what about the color profiles provided by my OS Preferences display setting? I actually have gone through several of them and maybe there could be some options there... Just a thought
The brightness depends highly on your ambient light you are editing in. 120cd is too bright for many people and even 90cd is often too bright. A lot of people recommend 80cd for printing. I set my brightness even lower to 60cd and I can recommend everyone to start there and go up by 10cd and try again.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Not only did you produce the best video, on calibration that I've seen, you also got me a great deal. Not more than 10 minutes, before viewing this video, I had placed an order, for the SpyderX Pro and a color checker, with my favorite on-line photo retailer. Upon seeing the information, on the "$199.00 Anniversary Special", that you provided, I click on the link, placed my order, and then canceled my previous order. To say your video was timely, would be an understatement. Thanks ever so much.
Great video! Super informative and I like how you went beyond simply describing how the SpyderXPro works and explained colour and monitor calibration theory.
Hi Tod, great vlog, i have just purchased a new iMac 2020 with retina display. I have Spyder 4, & will do a calibration ASAP. It will be interesting to see the results. Thanks for your tutorial 👍🏻🇦🇺👍🏻
Great info been sitting on this for awhile just caught B&H Deal Zone, Datacolor SpyderX Elite Color Control Kit for the kit 189.99 regular 399.99 jumped on it after watching this.
DisplayCAL is way better than the software that the SpyderX comes with. It takes like 10 minutes per display to callibrate, but the end result is so much better imo. Altough getting DisplayCAL to work isn't as easy nowadays, because the developer abandoned the software a whie ago, so you have to rely on workarounds. Still, the end result is way better.
This video was perfect for a major noober like me! Appreciate it! I’m struggling to figure out what display backlight I should choose for my Samsung CJ791. It’s a Q-LED that says it supports sRGB and DCI. 😩
Thank you Todd for helpful information, I have 1 concern need your consult, in this video you introduced should you led light with daylight temp. at or near 5600K, but product medialight preferred have temp. 6500K, so which one we should you 5600K or 6500K will give the best result ? Hope to receive your consult on this! Thanks
Todd your absolutely brilliant. Someday CZcams will rollout the red carpet for you .what lens did you use to film this video and how do you get your videos so sharp ? Take care.
Thank you for the clear video. Should datacolor always be connected to the pc after calibration has been done, for adjusting monitor light brightness by means of its sensor?
love it…calibration = eating broccoli. I have an old calibrator…do i use it…no… i do stupid color changes in both my photos and illustrations in photoshop and illustrator.
Hello Todd, thank you so much for this great video. What I am a bit confused about is whether or not my printer should also use the color profile generated by SpyderX Elite. Currently my printer is using a factory provided color profile that matches very closely to (or probably equals) AdobeRGB. In order to match the colors on screen with those printed, should I then not replace the factory provided colour profile with the newly generated SpyderX profile? Or ....maybe I simply shouldn't touch that. I don't know.
Hi Todd! Which one do you like more and use? I'm undecided between the Syderx and Calibrite (Xrite). The Spyderx is cheaper and it's software has a useful display parameters checker but I've read that Calibrite might just be a slightly better calibrator.
excellent explanation, I have been using the spyder pro x on a macbook pro laptop images are unsaturated look nothing like they do on screen any help would be appreciated?
might be a dumb question but when you calibrate it does it automatically adjust settings in the monitor menu itself or do you have to do that manually?
Hi Todd, great video. Question, I have been using the spyderx elite for about a month. I was editing my photos using photoshop. But when I viewed using other monitors, it was not looking as good which I possibly expected. So, I decided to calibrate the editing monitor daily for 5 days using the same lighting. The issue that I am finding is that when I compared the color profiles it created, it seemed to vary considerably each day. This is bothersome since I am relying on this color to edit in photoshop. Please let me know what you think. Thanks
Aside from the fact that the device will have small variations with each calibration, I believe you are probably calibrating over the ICC profile you had already created. Remember that every time you calibrate, you must go reset your monitor and you should also go back to the factory ICC for your monitor, which for iMacs is the LCD display found at the top of the list of ICC profiles under the color tab in system preferences -> displays.
Hi Todd, Excellent video, very informative. For cheap LED monitors, what should be the LED type chosen during calibration, like you had chosen Wide LED for your monitor. I do not have a spec sheet for my 19" Dell basic LED monitor. Thanks in advance
Hi Todd, does the SpyderX provide a separate calibration for the laptop screen and the bigger screen when I dock? Does the laptop know to make that switch or do I need to do it manually when docking and unlocking. Thank you
Spyder X Pro - Advanced Monitor Calibration: Fast & easy calibration modes Supports calibration of multiple displays Can adjust for room light changes Shows before & after comparison of display calibration Offers tools to check the quality of your display (Basic) 12 Calibration options (combinations of gamma, white point, and brightness) Spyder X Elite - Expert Monitor Calibration adds extra features: Offers tools to check the quality of your display (Advanced) Unlimited Calibration options (combinations of gamma, white point, and brightness) All-in-one calibration control panel Calibration targets for motion work Soft proofing with print output preview Calibrates digital projectors Defines a studio standard for all displays to be matched (StudioMatch) Precisely tune side-by-side displays
Hi Todd I've just bought a gigabyte aero 15 oled as it says its xrite pantone certified display should i get sipder x pro or get a calibrator from the xrite? Please help!!!!
Thanks Todd, can I use the SpyderX Pro to calibrate my Mac Mini M1? Keeping in mind the SoC/graphics all bundled /welded together. Does SpyderX require a separate/dedicated graphics card or the like? Just wondering. Thanks
Yes, the latest version of the SpyderX software supports Apple silicon (M1). And no, you don't need a separate / dedicated graphics card. All you really have to do is plug it into a USB port on the Mini and you're good to go.
@Todd, any experience with Apple silicon machines? My i1Profile won't work yet with M1 machines so I've bought the SpyderX your review and I'm not very happy with the result.
I don't own an M1 Mac (yet). I have heard though that neither X-Rite nor Datacolor currently have M1 compatible versions of their software. BenQ also seems to be having issues with their display calibration software too. I'm actually holding off on upgrading to a newer Mac/display until these issues are sorted out.
@@dominey SpyderXPro works on my Mac mini M1 (hooked on a Dell 38") but as you mentioned in your video, I would like to see if there is a difference in between the i1Profiler and SpyderX profiles. Just to confirm or destroy my doubts. For now, I'm not 100% sure the profile created is what it should be. Love your content, keep it up :)
Just finished calibrating my monitor using the Spyder x pro. It made everything much warmer...but when I compare photos that's on my iPhone, the photo on my phone looks more cooler. Now I'm confused, when I edit photos on my desktop should I edit it them to be more warmer, knowing that when it's viewed on a phone it'll be cooler?
It happened me the same. In fact, I noticed that for example, the reds were very different in my phone than in my calibrated monitor. I don’t understand why. I don’t know if I did something wrong .
Yes to Win 10. If it damaged your monitor it would be pointless would it not? I use SpyderX Pro to calibrate my Eizo grading monitor, having done so for the last 3 years.
1. You are very good at explaining color calibration!
2. You have a lovely voice and sound quality!
3. You have nicely lited your environment for this occasion!
4. Most likely you make very nice pictures!
5. I like you and am subscribing to your channel.
6. Sounds really like you're gay.
If you plan to print your photographs I strongly recommend that you calibrate your monitor. If you use something like a Datacolor Spyder you’ll get good results. But what settings should you calibrate to? It can be confusing. The film and television industries set the colour of grey (white point) at 6500 Kelvin (D65). But digital cameras use a white point of D55 (or D56). Then again, the printing industry sets the white point at 5000 Kelvin (D50)! So when you mix your images, if you plan to print them, use a white point of D50. If you watch movies on your screen, calibrate to D65. Fun isn’t it? The printing company I use recommend the following settings for your monitor if you intend to print your photos -
The brightness of the monitor should lie between 90 and 120 cd/qm.
The colour temperature must be set at 5.000 Kelvin (D50).
The monitor gamma should be adjusted to 2.2.
I hope this helps.
Fun indeed! What a mess we have to contend with. Your point about white point is great for someone could create a calibration profile using D50 for use when editing images for print, and D65 for editing video or general use.
and don't forget that your printer or online shop, should be able to provide you with the color preset that they use so you can literally match on your screen with what you'll get in print... well, maybe 😇 - Also, If I know what the numbers are for each one of the calibrations like gamma and temp numbers, would I get similar results if I do it by hand? - And what about the color profiles provided by my OS Preferences display setting? I actually have gone through several of them and maybe there could be some options there... Just a thought
The brightness depends highly on your ambient light you are editing in. 120cd is too bright for many people and even 90cd is often too bright. A lot of people recommend 80cd for printing. I set my brightness even lower to 60cd and I can recommend everyone to start there and go up by 10cd and try again.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Not only did you produce the best video, on calibration that I've seen, you also got me a great deal. Not more than 10 minutes, before viewing this video, I had placed an order, for the SpyderX Pro and a color checker, with my favorite on-line photo retailer. Upon seeing the information, on the "$199.00 Anniversary Special", that you provided, I click on the link, placed my order, and then canceled my previous order. To say your video was timely, would be an understatement. Thanks ever so much.
Thank you for this, about to do this with a SpyderX for the first time and this was extremely helpful.
The wheel misalignment is an excellent analogy 🙏🏼
Thank you Todd for this tutorial. Just what I needed to start calibrating my monitor.
Can’t believe you don’t have 1 million plus subs such good quality videos
Great video! Super informative and I like how you went beyond simply describing how the SpyderXPro works and explained colour and monitor calibration theory.
Hi Tod, great vlog, i have just purchased a new iMac 2020 with retina display. I have Spyder 4, & will do a calibration ASAP. It will be interesting to see the results. Thanks for your tutorial 👍🏻🇦🇺👍🏻
Great video Todd & the best on colour calibration using the spyderX on youtube by far.
I’ve just ordered one because of your video.
Thanks.
Mark🇬🇧
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Great info been sitting on this for awhile just caught B&H Deal Zone, Datacolor SpyderX Elite Color Control Kit for the kit 189.99 regular 399.99 jumped on it after watching this.
DisplayCAL is way better than the software that the SpyderX comes with.
It takes like 10 minutes per display to callibrate, but the end result is so much better imo.
Altough getting DisplayCAL to work isn't as easy nowadays, because the developer abandoned the software a whie ago, so you have to rely on workarounds.
Still, the end result is way better.
Good tutorial Todd. Just subscribed.
the color in this video is awesome
Just ordered one through the link. Hopefully you get some $$$.
This video was perfect for a major noober like me! Appreciate it! I’m struggling to figure out what display backlight I should choose for my Samsung CJ791. It’s a Q-LED that says it supports sRGB and DCI. 😩
Great Vlog, interesting subject and great process, once again, your advice and argument is on point, thanks for sharing
sometimes when you update the video drivers the settings can change and it's good to check the screen calibration
Excellent explanation. Thank you.
Great video Todd. Thanks
Excellent explanation.
Thank you Todd for helpful information, I have 1 concern need your consult, in this video you introduced should you led light with daylight temp. at or near 5600K, but product medialight preferred have temp. 6500K, so which one we should you 5600K or 6500K will give the best result ? Hope to receive your consult on this! Thanks
this was insanely helpful
Todd your absolutely brilliant. Someday CZcams will rollout the red carpet for you .what lens did you use to film this video and how do you get your videos so sharp ? Take care.
thank you, great explaination !
Thank you for the clear video. Should datacolor always be connected to the pc after calibration has been done, for adjusting monitor light brightness by means of its sensor?
Thank you
love it…calibration = eating broccoli. I have an old calibrator…do i use it…no… i do stupid color changes in both my photos and illustrations in photoshop and illustrator.
Hello Todd, thank you so much for this great video. What I am a bit confused about is whether or not my printer should also use the color profile generated by SpyderX Elite. Currently my printer is using a factory provided color profile that matches very closely to (or probably equals) AdobeRGB. In order to match the colors on screen with those printed, should I then not replace the factory provided colour profile with the newly generated SpyderX profile? Or ....maybe I simply shouldn't touch that. I don't know.
Yes your right but the spiderX unfortunately is not a reliable probe for a highend professional calibration.
Good Video for calibration, Spyderx pro priced almost half of Xrite i1display, how does it compare
Hi Todd! Which one do you like more and use? I'm undecided between the Syderx and Calibrite (Xrite). The Spyderx is cheaper and it's software has a useful display parameters checker but I've read that Calibrite might just be a slightly better calibrator.
excellent explanation, I have been using the spyder pro x on a macbook pro laptop images are unsaturated look nothing like they do on screen any help would be appreciated?
Hello! I just bought this product recently. How do I adjust the target brightness manually? It seems that the default is 120cd/m2
might be a dumb question but when you calibrate it does it automatically adjust settings in the monitor menu itself or do you have to do that manually?
Hi Todd, great video. Question, I have been using the spyderx elite for about a month. I was editing my photos using photoshop. But when I viewed using other monitors, it was not looking as good which I possibly expected. So, I decided to calibrate the editing monitor daily for 5 days using the same lighting. The issue that I am finding is that when I compared the color profiles it created, it seemed to vary considerably each day. This is bothersome since I am relying on this color to edit in photoshop. Please let me know what you think. Thanks
Aside from the fact that the device will have small variations with each calibration, I believe you are probably calibrating over the ICC profile you had already created. Remember that every time you calibrate, you must go reset your monitor and you should also go back to the factory ICC for your monitor, which for iMacs is the LCD display found at the top of the list of ICC profiles under the color tab in system preferences -> displays.
Hi Todd,
Excellent video, very informative. For cheap LED monitors, what should be the LED type chosen during calibration, like you had chosen Wide LED for your monitor.
I do not have a spec sheet for my 19" Dell basic LED monitor.
Thanks in advance
The software should auto-select the most appropriate option automatically, but in case it does not, I'd think the Standard/General LED would be fine.
@@dominey Thanks a bunch for clarifying. Much appreciated.👍
Do you use 6500k even if you're printing? I thought the person who taught me years ago said to use 5800 but I'm not remembering for sure.
Great video thanks. Are you running Big Sur on your iMac? If so, how's LR and PS performing with it?
Hi Todd, great. I have one, maybe silly question, if I shoot and print only in B&W , do I need to calibrate my monitor?
Another question, can I use colorchecker passport 2 with spyder x?
Got idisplay pro and used it to calibrate my benq monitor and its great, Im tryin to calibrate my atomos ninja V and its not working < try this?
Hi Todd, does the SpyderX provide a separate calibration for the laptop screen and the bigger screen when I dock? Does the laptop know to make that switch or do I need to do it manually when docking and unlocking. Thank you
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do you need to color calibrate the Spyder tool?
Great video. Congratulations. But what is the difference between Spyder X and Spyder X Pro?
I'm sorry, the difference between Spyder X Pro and Elite, please.
I'm a photographer
Spyder X Pro - Advanced Monitor Calibration:
Fast & easy calibration modes
Supports calibration of multiple displays
Can adjust for room light changes
Shows before & after comparison of display calibration
Offers tools to check the quality of your display (Basic)
12 Calibration options (combinations of gamma, white point, and brightness)
Spyder X Elite - Expert Monitor Calibration adds extra features:
Offers tools to check the quality of your display (Advanced)
Unlimited Calibration options (combinations of gamma, white point, and brightness)
All-in-one calibration control panel
Calibration targets for motion work
Soft proofing with print output preview
Calibrates digital projectors
Defines a studio standard for all displays to be matched (StudioMatch)
Precisely tune side-by-side displays
is there a way you can export the color calibrated file so you can give it to other users?
The only calibration I do is to increase digital vibrance to my liking. Games don't need to be in real colors. Actually it's just the opposite.
Hi Todd I've just bought a gigabyte aero 15 oled as it says its xrite pantone certified display should i get sipder x pro or get a calibrator from the xrite? Please help!!!!
I use a 4K tv for my monitor will this still work to calibrate it ? Thanks !
What mic are you using here? Sounds great
Nevermind :)
I calibrated my screen with my Spyder x Elite. I think I have done everything correctly but why it is so yellowish?
If that is the case either the monitor is at fault or you haven't done the calibration properly.
Thanks Todd, can I use the SpyderX Pro to calibrate my Mac Mini M1? Keeping in mind the SoC/graphics all bundled /welded together. Does SpyderX require a separate/dedicated graphics card or the like? Just wondering. Thanks
Yes, the latest version of the SpyderX software supports Apple silicon (M1). And no, you don't need a separate / dedicated graphics card. All you really have to do is plug it into a USB port on the Mini and you're good to go.
thank you
Does it work for windows 11
Yes
@Todd, any experience with Apple silicon machines? My i1Profile won't work yet with M1 machines so I've bought the SpyderX your review and I'm not very happy with the result.
I don't own an M1 Mac (yet). I have heard though that neither X-Rite nor Datacolor currently have M1 compatible versions of their software. BenQ also seems to be having issues with their display calibration software too. I'm actually holding off on upgrading to a newer Mac/display until these issues are sorted out.
@@dominey SpyderXPro works on my Mac mini M1 (hooked on a Dell 38") but as you mentioned in your video, I would like to see if there is a difference in between the i1Profiler and SpyderX profiles. Just to confirm or destroy my doubts. For now, I'm not 100% sure the profile created is what it should be. Love your content, keep it up :)
Just finished calibrating my monitor using the Spyder x pro. It made everything much warmer...but when I compare photos that's on my iPhone, the photo on my phone looks more cooler. Now I'm confused, when I edit photos on my desktop should I edit it them to be more warmer, knowing that when it's viewed on a phone it'll be cooler?
Do you have True Tone on?
It happened me the same. In fact, I noticed that for example, the reds were very different in my phone than in my calibrated monitor. I don’t understand why. I don’t know if I did something wrong .
hello does this works with windows 10? and also does this tool can brick or damage your monitor?
Yes to Win 10. If it damaged your monitor it would be pointless would it not? I use SpyderX Pro to calibrate my Eizo grading monitor, having done so for the last 3 years.