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08/29/2007 06:52:32 PM · #1 |
I'm most likely going to order a Pantone Huey pretty soon. I usually have pretty good luck at making some guesses while I'm editing shots for print, but every so often I get results from the printer that aren't quite as equal to what I was seeing on my screen.
Soooo my questions are these...
Do those of you who have one of these gizmos find that it greatly helps you prepare things before sending them to a lab? Does what you see on the screen end up matching the print pretty well?
Does this thing try to make the colors true to life (or as they'll appear in print), or is it really just changing the gamma setting? I have a screen on one of my computers where I know it's a little yellowish. Will it adjust the yellow out...?
Just looking for a little guidance as to what to expect from one of these. They're not all that expensive, plus there's a rebate for them nowadays, so I'm 99% sure I'm going to order one in the coming days. |
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08/29/2007 06:57:22 PM · #2 |
I've had mine a year, and I love it - wouldn't edit without it.
The change to my screens in dramatic. Both my desktop and laptop came from the factory very blue. Huey corrects that very well, and the resulting images come back from the lab looking just like they do on the screen.
I believe that it does change the gamma settings, but as far as I can tell it alters the colors too. Since playing with it, I've been able to bring some monitors close to correct balance just by altering the color ratios built in, but the Huey makes it much easier.
As for the light monitoring, I was a little skeptical at first, but decided that I like it. As the sun moves around my house and comes in through different windows, it does a good job of adjusting the screen for consistancy.
So yeah, I'd go for it! :-) Although I saw at one point that they had a more "professional" model that looks very similar, but supposedly has a few more features. You might want to check it out, too.
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08/29/2007 07:04:59 PM · #3 |
| Thanks for the info! I'd be interested in hearing the advantages of buying the pro version, too. |
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08/29/2007 07:08:17 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
Thanks for the info! I'd be interested in hearing the advantages of buying the pro version, too. |
Huey PRO at B&H
I saw it in a magazine once, but this is the first I'll have actually read anything about it. Maybe someone else owns one?
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08/29/2007 07:10:26 PM · #5 |
What Odyssey said, could not live w/o mine.
You go through Color Warmth (gamma) when you set it up, then adjust the Whites/Blacks levels (via contrast/brightness) then on to adjusting each color gun to within some standard from somewhere. The device then reads the colors on your monitor (for almost 15 minutes) and creates a profile to correct what colors it read to what they are supposed to be in the color standard world.
Very close to true life...
ED: The pro versions let you do more with gamma (basic versions let you choose between warm and cool gamma) and produce printer profiles as well as monitor profiles.
Message edited by author 2007-08-29 19:12:06. |
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08/29/2007 07:16:18 PM · #6 |
| Is there anything special that you do if you're printing on your own printer? I'm not much of a color space guru at all... just wondering if using the Huey alone will calibrate things nicely, and then you just print as normal on a printer... or is there something special you do regarding print settings? |
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08/29/2007 07:21:28 PM · #7 |
I have a Colorvision Spyder2 Express (basic) which is the same... it does not produce a printer profile...
I set my printer to use the Monitor ICC (profile) and what I see on the monitor is what prints on the printer... as simple as that. |
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08/29/2007 07:31:26 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by awpollard:
I have a Colorvision Spyder2 Express (basic) which is the same... it does not produce a printer profile...
I set my printer to use the Monitor ICC (profile) and what I see on the monitor is what prints on the printer... as simple as that. |
hmm, this is the opposite to what I do :). I process photos in Adobe RGB space, then in the end if I want to print on my Epson printer, I convert to the Epson profile matching the paper I am going to use, and then save the file. I print using Qimage (wonderful piece of software), and I set the printer to not do any additional profiling, so it prints directly what I send to it.
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08/29/2007 08:59:54 PM · #9 |
Yep, printer profiling is different than monitor profiling.
I have huey regular, would like the pro to be able to have more tweakable gamma. It's not that much more money. My favorite feature is how it automatically monitors room light. Mine changes a lot during the day.
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