04-23-2004, 03:21 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Aug 2006
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ColorPlus for monitor calibration
Just picked up a ColorPlus from Pantone ColorVision. $99 on the shelf at CompUSA (we won't go into the lousy customer service and the hostile sales people).
It comes with a Spyder color hardware sensor that connects via USB and a wizard-based calibration utility.
It is incredibly easy to use. Install the software, plug in the Spyder, and run the utility. It prompt to place the Spyder on the CRT or LCD, then runs through a color assessment that takes about 10 minutes. When completed, it creates a custom monitor calibration profile.
I profiled my two laptops and our desktop. It resulted in a very visible difference on the laptops. Improved flesh tones and overall color temperature. On my main PC, where I do most of the photo and video editing the change was less dramatic. As I already had the LCD set to 6500 Kelvins and had manually profiled with Colorific and/or Adobe Gamma (since Colorific stopped supporting their product), that may be the reason.
In any case, after spending way to much time fiddling with calibration settings in the past, this truly "plug-and-play" solution is the way to go.
Timothy
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