Monitor calibration programs

oggiet · 14 Jan 2009 at 22:44

What are the best monitor calibration programs ???

atheos · 14 Jan 2009 at 22:57

I used the program that came with my g24, and also tried some of the website based ones thru google.

philjohn · 14 Jan 2009 at 22:58

Calibrize (quick and easy) or Monitor Calibration Wizard (bit more involved) - google them and they will be the first or second results.

Fuzz · 14 Jan 2009 at 23:18

How does this compare to hardware based ones for photographers?

Usama · 15 Jan 2009 at 22:31

philjohn said:
Calibrize (quick and easy) or Monitor Calibration Wizard (bit more involved) - google them and they will be the first or second results.

Are they free?

Fuzz · 15 Jan 2009 at 23:45

MCW was

sid · 16 Jan 2009 at 00:00

nokinidea said:
How does this compare to hardware based ones for photographers?

It doesnt really compare as its not in the same league tbh

Calibration by eye is ok to get it looking fine subjectively but anyone requiring colour accuracy will have a hardware colorimeter

GrantJ · 16 Jan 2009 at 11:06

^I can attest to that.
I tried all sorts of software, and by-the-eye calibration for my Dell 2407-hc but the results were not pretty. Finally caved in and got myself a low-end Spyder2Express hardware calibrator...setup was quick and painless and calibration took < 10 min. The results were amazing it tweaked the brightness and colors brilliantly for sRGB. Good enough for my amateur needs...editing photos on the monitor is a pleasure now.

Buy/borrow a hardware calibrator if you want to calibrate properly.

Fuzz · 16 Jan 2009 at 19:09

I will have to collar Phate's one at the next RR meet then.

I tried one of the software ones listed above and things are now looking a little bland. :/

Bubo · 17 Jan 2009 at 09:38

nokinidea said:
I tried one of the software ones listed above and things are now looking a little bland. :/

This is exactly what I found when I tried a software one, everything was bland, washed out and low contrasty. I prefered the more punchy display it was before so I set it back to normal. Will the same be expected of a hardware calibration device? I mean is that anywhere near how a supposedly correctly calibrated monitor supposed to look, all bland?