 Giordano |
Monitor calibration....again. If I'm not going to print images myself, how important the perfect monitor calibration is? Pantone Huey or Spyder? Thanks
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William Schuette |
Still important Giordano since you want to know exactly what you are sending to the printer. Otherwise, if the print comes back to light or dark or with a color cast, how will you know whether it is your file or the printer's error? If you are not going to be doing your own printing, the Huey is probably a cheaper and easier calibration tool for you. Bill
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Giordano |
Thanks Bill, you said that Huey is good for me since I'm not doing my own printing. In prevision of buying a printer and do the job at home, do you think Spyder is better than Huey? Gio
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William Schuette |
Giordano, the Spyder will definitely give you better results than the Huey. It is, however, more expensive, more complicated to use and the process of calibrating the monitor takes a longer time (about 20 minutes as compared to the Huey taking about 5). Bill
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- Dennis Flanagan Contact Dennis Flanagan Dennis Flanagan's Gallery |
What's your rational for Spyder being better? I have not seen the two side by side, nor seen a good article comparing the two.
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William Schuette |
Dennis, I have seen an article somewhere on the two but cannot remember right now where. The numbers indicated that the Huey was what it was advertised to be - an easy to use color calibration tool for non professionals. The Spyder had better numbers and of course, the Gretag Macbeth system had the best. I have used both and I could not visually discern a difference between the results; however, the Spyder does analyze more sample colors than the Huey. Bill
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Giordano |
I found Pantone Huey MEU101 and ColorVision Spyder2 S2E100, online, for the same price (about $75-80). I think I'm going for the Spyder. Thanks a lot for your help! Giordano
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Also Giordano, when you run the calibration software, it will create a profile on your PC for your monitor, be sure to set your printer to that profile as well so that you will get the same colors when you print as you see on your monitor.
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
If you decide you want to print yourself. Good photo printers are cheap and getting better all the time.
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Giordano |
Thanks Carlton, I'll take a look at some photo printers. When I get the picture from the lab, it's always different from what I see on the screen. I guess the best thing to do is to have the monitor calibrated and print at home. Thanks again Giordano
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