ColorVision Spyder2PRO Win/Mac Review

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(More customer reviews)It does the basic job well. The calibration runs smoothly and accurately. Hardware looks and feels solid. My two completely different brand, size and age CRT monitors ended up with exactly the same colors sitting side by side.

User interface is merely adequate. Pop up help instructions are better than many I have seen. You will need to know already how the calibration buttons on your monitors work (the hardwired buttons on the monitor, not software). In order to make any edits you must run the entire time consuming calibration over. Sometimes you can use "back" within the calibration, sometimes you must start over. Also the separate "profile chooser" utility software, has not add or delete profile feature - even if it is a profile created and saved by the calibration software earlier. You can see it with windows display properties, but it may not appear in the profile chooser list.
Dual monitors is the one obvious reason to choose pro over plus version. Yes, it does dual monitors, but with an asterisk. It will create separate profiles, but will only apply the correct profiles automatically at startup to both monitors if you have two separate video cards. If you have a single video card with dual outputs, it will load the same profile (the last one you created) to both monitors at startup. This quirk is documented in a readme file on the installation disk (and blames windows for the problem), but this limitation appears nowhere in advertising material, catalogs, or on the box. Fortunately there is a work around (not documented) at least with my particular video card and running XP. After windows opens, you can run profile chooser then choose the correct profile for each monitor. You may have to use windows display properties settings to specify default profile and rerun the calibration to get the profiles you want to appear in profile chooser and to select the correct profile as default.
Once it's all set up, running profile chooser is a four of five click procedure, but you must rememeber to check it before using any application that uses color profiles. And check it after you open the application. I've had them change after opening photoshop - though not every time.


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The Professionals Choice:Includes Spyder2 calibration, software based print profiling, new PreciseLight ambient light sensor, and calibration for projectors.

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X-Rite i1XTreme Review

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(More customer reviews)The X-Rite product really solves the color calibration problem we were having between our four color copiers. Now all the copiers print identical color prints from the same file allowing us to use more than one copier seamlessly on the same job. Also reorder jobs don't have to be fiddled with to match previous orders. While the system is relatively expensive at around $1300, if only one or two large color copy jobs are saved, the system pays for itself. The system also calibrates screens, cameras (with optional extra cost target), scanners and projectors to provide a pretty complete color solution. The system could even provide color calibration for offset presses, although we have not done that yet. The one drawback I have found is the system is unable to calibrate grayscale printing - only full color printing. Other than that we are well pleased with our purchase.

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AT A GLANCE: With i1XTreme you can handle just about any color management issue or problem that comes your way. You can measure and control color on digital cameras, scanners, displays and printers of all typeseven projectorswith the complete i1Beamer kit included. Monitor LCD, CRT & Laptop Easy Mode & Advance Mode Custom gamma and white point Utilize reference profiles to match multiple monitors Unlimited gamma and white point settings Validate and trend monitor performance Adapt Profiles to any ambient light conditions Optimized adjustment of brightness and contrast controls Printer Profiling RGB small patch CMYK small patch RGB large patch CMYK large patch Unlimited gamma and white point settings Validate and trend monitor performance Adapt Profiles to any ambient light conditions Optimized adjustment of brightness and contrast controls Scanner Profiling Yes Camera Profiling Yes Projector Profiling Yes.

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X-Rite Color Checker Exposure Aid, 8-1/2" x 11" Review

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(More customer reviews)What to say about Gretag Macbeth? They rock the photography world, and color management.
Good quality, it comes with good packaging so that you can travel with the device without messing up the color panels. The reflective quality is excellent. The various levels of grey make it really easy to use with C1Pro, and Photoshop. If you're a pro photographer you need this. It also comes with some really cool tips and tricks, and has great info printed on the card back.


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