Colour munki vs Spyder4 pro

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Hi again TP.

Not sure if this is the right section.. but here goes.

Anyone used the colourmunki/spyder4 pro?

I'm after a calibrator for obvious reasons.
I use dodge to whiten backgrounds and they look fine on my main monitor, but when I swap over to my MBP the colour goes a bit more yellow and I can see where I havent dodged to lighten the backgrounds on the screen. Will this help my problem by allowing me to see the flaw before actually exporting?

Sounds a bit silly, but seriously annoys me. :bang:


Only thing is I cant seem to figure out what one to get...

Thanks guys and girls.

Ell.
 
Don't think it really matters which one you get tbh - fwiw I use a colourmunki but would happily use a spyder too.
 
Im not too conversant with the Spyder system but the ColoMunki is a great piece of kit. If its just for monitor calibration, it may be a bit overkill as the CM can calibrate all the work flow for me, thats from Monitor through to Print & More !
 
Ive got the spider pro, very easy to use, just plug in run the program then click accept, job done in 5 mins.
 
Do they find the correct monitor brightness and contrast settings too?
 
I use the spyder 4 elite and can honestly say the colormunki looks exactly the same not better or worse. I've used it on multiple screens and devices and it works great, I even calibrated my dads i-phone for him and a mates i-pad, both looked noticably better.
 
I haven't tried Spyder, although I would like to...

I did have a ColorMunki Display and the ColorMunki Smile, an absolute nightmare. The software is just so buggy it was unusable so sent it back. Some people are lucky though with the software but I wasn't :(.
 
andrewp said:
Do they find the correct monitor brightness and contrast settings too?
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There are two modes of operation Andrew, easy and Advanced, easy is just press the button and off it goes. In the advanced mode the software allows you to set manually the contrast and brightness settings on your own monitor. It also measures the ambient light in your room.

I think it's spot on. I've never had any issues with it and I've used it on all my win operating systems from vista onwards even on win8.

The only thing I would advise should you go for one, is to make sure you set the monitor to its default settings before you calibrate it.

Also use the calibrate monitor and printer option. This option allows you to first create a monitor profile then carry on and create a printer profile straight away.

This is simply done whereby the software has a standard test chart which you print and then measure it with the CM, the software then creates another profile which you print and measure again with the CM. The software then creates the printer profile for the printer ink and printer you are using. Make sure you remove any colour management that the printer maybe using before any printing/calibrating.

It then offers you the option to set all your application to use this new profile.

I use the CM to do both my monitors, which are 24" Dells.

Each one is calibrated individually.

Then just make sure you don't adjust the settings on the monitor after the calibration. Simples really.
 
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