best way to calibrate monitor

robwigan

robwigan

robwigan

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Iv come from a pile of garbage monitor to my new one and have read on the reviews how once calibrated it makes a lot of difference.

Are there any ways to look up the best settings or things to help me calibrate it? iv googled my monitor model and settings etc but not had much luck

its the Asus MG278Q
 
Try having a look on here, there doesn't appear to be an icm profile for your screen, but the settings of the G Sync variants might be a good start.
 
Using other ICC profiles is as bad as copying TV settings. Unless you have a colorimeter/software very little but the basics can be set. Black level, contrast, sharpness.

Try and see what is going on with... http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/
 
Honestly, you need to have a hardware calibrator. Without one you are basically just fumbling about in the dark. I bought one recently (a Spyder5) and it's really driven home how badly out of whack all my monitors were.
 
DrBombcrater said:
Honestly, you need to have a hardware calibrator. Without one you are basically just fumbling about in the dark. I bought one recently (a Spyder5) and it's really driven home how badly out of whack all my monitors were.
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Should have bought a colormunki instead for the same money.

ColorMunki Display has the better low-light sensitivity, better filters, and probably still the faster measurement times despite the firmware restrictions
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that's a bit too much faffing I was hoping there was a place on the internet that had a list of numbers to set colour,sharpness etc too
 
Twirlywoos said:
Should have bought a colormunki instead for the same money.
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The Colormunki is about 20% more expensive and the Spyder 5 is easily accurate enough for my purposes.

robwigan said:
that's a bit too much faffing I was hoping there was a place on the internet that had a list of numbers to set colour,sharpness etc too
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The problem with that is monitors vary hugely from unit to unit; you can buy two identical models and they will show noticeably different colours. So using somebody else's settings is mostly a waste of time, it can sometimes make the image on your monitor look worse.
 
Lets not forget that your eyes might well see completely different to someone else's eyes so their settings might be different for you.
 
Without a colorimeter then I'd say your best bet is to use an online calibration website. ICC profiles, whilst often quite good, aren't a guarantee of optimal settings because of differences between monitors and the ambient light conditions of your working environment.
 
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