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 06/30/2008 11:45:41 AM · #1
Are they necessary? worth it?
Color Calibration tool

Thanks alot
Jaime
 06/30/2008 11:56:08 AM · #2
When I started calibrating my 'monitor' (EyeOne for monitors only ~$250), I went back and reedited MANY of my favorite images because I hadn't been seeing them correctly. Monitors drift away from calibration very quickly so need to be recalibrated about once a month. Also, if you use more than one 'monitor', calibration is a MUST!
 06/30/2008 12:01:17 PM · #3
Originally posted by JaimeVinas:
Are they necessary? worth it?
Color Calibration tool

Thanks alot
Jaime


Absolutely; to both. Critical if you ever want a print to match your 'monitor'. I use Spyder2 Express, about $70 at Amazon and worth twice that much.
 06/30/2008 12:10:30 PM · #4
Originally posted by dsray:
Originally posted by JaimeVinas:
Are they necessary? worth it?
Color Calibration tool

Thanks alot
Jaime


Absolutely; to both. Critical if you ever want a print to match your 'monitor'. I use Spyder2 Express, about $70 at Amazon and worth twice that much.


So does this 70 dollar item do the same as the 300-600 dollar models from other companies?
 06/30/2008 02:06:53 PM · #5
Originally posted by Jac:
So does this 70 dollar item do the same as the 300-600 dollar models from other companies?


This is a pretty ambiguous question. Does a Maserati do the same as a VW, in my view yes, but not in a lot of others.

Obviously, I don't know as I don't have the other models. Having said that, I have just started making prints on my new Epson R1900 and they are far and away better than the stuff I was getting from the local commercial printer and one would think they have access to much more technology then I do. Therefore, I'm a happy camper until it's proven to me that my print quality will go up ten fold by buying a $600 item.
 06/30/2008 02:21:20 PM · #6
A question from me:
I only use a laptop - is it worth calibrating, indeed is it even possible to properly 'calibrate' a laptop? If the answer is yes, what device would give the best results?
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