Datacolor Spyder X Elite // Monitor Calibration

Is your monitor calibrated? How can you possibly edit your images correctly without a color calibrated monitor? The answer is... you can't.
Check out this video with Sal Cincotta showing you how easy it is to calibrate your monitor and ensure consistent and accurate color for your images.

[@bobanddangsjourney]

This was a great introduction to color calibration. Super helpful for us as we have experience in calibration but with a an old i1 years ago for our studio work. But that is no longer supported on newer macs so we purchased the spyder X Elite (still waiting for it to arrive) and this has been a great video letting us know what to expect. I'm glad we got the Elite especially after your comparison of the two. You production style is super professional and delivery / comminution is perfect. Very well done!

[@kevinbraganza1]

Great video but am I colour-blind or I could barely see any difference?

[@waynosfotos]

Hey Sal, I get this delivers a consistent product and it is a reference point to how all your prices will get printed, assuming the printer dials in the same parameters to correct different printing machines. But the whole fail here is that every single client, unless they calibrate their machines, will not see what you see. If they print yes, but most people consume photo and video content on screens, laptops and phones. So the consistency is lost.

[@JGZphotography]

if I could notice a very slight difference, it was in the solid reds and oranges-a bit more in saturation/brightness, especially on the color checkerboard. I would say that if a a photographer is shooting for commercial products or high-end fashions then there is more importance to match exact colors of the objects for print or visual-monitor calibration is a greater must. On the flip side, for those creating sureal images or adjusting for a personal flavor in mixing the the color spectrum, the calibration simply has a much smaller value to none by the visual creator. Cameras do cast color as their own fingerprint, and this means creating a profile for each camera and knowing which camera was used, especially when multiple shooters are involved. If anything, a calibrated monitor offers an accurate starting point, from there the creator can go wherever into the rainbow of colors.

[@adventuresofsteveandlaurie]

What a timely video for me! I just purchased a new M1 MacBook Pro (switching from a PC). I edited my first photo, had it printed from Mpix and sure enough, the white balance was way warmer on the print. I have an older colormunki so I downloaded the latest software and calibrated the MacBook. After calibration the monitor was slightly "warmer" but I'm not convinced it's perfect. I was wondering what preset I should be using durning the calibration? Should I leave it on "Apple XDR Display" or the "Photography P3-D65" preset?

[@thelmakelly3628]

I use this Spyder calibration system on my iMac monitor. I don’t usually print portraits, but I tried it a couple days ago on my Epson SC900 printer. I use the ICC profiles for the paper, do soft proofing and the skin tone on my subject is pink. The print doesn’t match the soft proof image at all and it’s only on the skin, the rest of the image is perfect. Any ideas on how to solve this? Thanks in advance!!

[@Kylar195]

Does I need to use this with the Monitor in HDR Modus or normal Modus, when I want to calibrate a HDR Monitor?

[@casadelosperrosstudio200]

KZbin and a phone screen.... not much difference here. I guess it's like listening to bass player videos with just the built-in speakers...