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So I decided to get the Dell UltraSharp U2713H to edit my photos.

Will I have to calibrate it? I was going to get the X-Rite i1Display Pro. They also sell it with a colorchecker. Will I need the colorchecker? (I never calibrated a monitor before so im a bit clueless lol)

Has anyone got any suggetions or if that monitor is any good?

I was going to connect it to my laptop to do the photo editing on.

Thanks
 
I have a dell Ultrasharp and it's great.

The i1DisplayPro should be enough for what you need.

Make sure you use the Dell Calibration software, not the xrite one.

You might have to change your laptop to Projector only when calibrating so it doesn't get confused.
 
KitsuneAndy said:
I have a dell Ultrasharp and it's great.

The i1DisplayPro should be enough for what you need.

Make sure you use the Dell Calibration software, not the xrite one.

You might have to change your laptop to Projector only when calibrating so it doesn't get confused.
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Why should you use the Dell software?
 
connersz said:
Why should you use the Dell software?
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It's the xrite software with the correct settings for dell monitors and the ability to write hardware LUTs if the monitor supports hardware calibration, the standard xrite software will only software calibrate.
 
I use NEC 27 inch and I had to calibrate it.
It was very bright and photos were looking very nice on it before calibrating but the prints I got from those photos were bit dark.
I calibrated it and now I get really nice prints.
It helps to calibrate, I use Colormunki from x-rite.
Hope this helps.
 
KitsuneAndy said:
It's the xrite software with the correct settings for dell monitors and the ability to write hardware LUTs if the monitor supports hardware calibration, the standard xrite software will only software calibrate.
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Is this for all dell ips monitors or just some? I have 2 2209wa's and I use the i1 pro software.
 
sep9001 said:
Is this for all dell ips monitors or just some? I have 2 2209wa's and I use the i1 pro software.
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From a quick google, I don't believe the 2209 has a hardware LUT, so you can use whichever.

Mine doesn't have one either, however, I've noticed with the u2415h that if I don't use Dell's version, it doesn't recognise that I can adjust white balance at a hardware level and just does software adjustments for that too.
 
Lilbear said:
So I decided to get the Dell UltraSharp U2713H to edit my photos.

Will I have to calibrate it? I was going to get the X-Rite i1Display Pro.
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If you have the U2713H and not the HM version (Many places advertise the HM version as the U2713H), then very definitely you need to get the i1 Display Pro, or you've paid for monitor that can be hardware profiled, but will only be software profiling your GPU.

Do not use the i1 Display Pro software however.... use the Dell software that comes with your monitor, as using the i1 Display Pro and the included Dell software is the only way to hardware profile your screen at the 14bit level.

Latest version of the dell software is here

If it's not a U2713H, and is in fact a U2713HM, then use the software that comes with the i1 DIsplay Pro instead.



Lilbear said:
They also sell it with a colorchecker. Will I need the colorchecker? (I never calibrated a monitor before so im a bit clueless lol)
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I've no idea what they mean by colourchecker, but all you need to calibrate the screen is the i1 Display Pro and Dell's own software.



Lilbear said:
Has anyone got any suggetions or if that monitor is any good?
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It's probably one of the best non-professional monitors you can buy right now. By non-professional, I merely mean not an Eizo ColorEdge or NEC Reference screen. In actuality, it's a high end, IPS monitor that can be hardware profiled, so it's as good as any of those. It probably lacks certain industry certifications that you don't need any way, and the absolute accuracy for pre-press proofing work, but apart from that it's a killer screen.

If it's a U2713HM, it's still superb... just can't be calibrated at the 14bit level.



Lilbear said:
I was going to connect it to my laptop to do the photo editing on.

Thanks
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Just turn off any crap on the Laptop that automatically adjusts screen brightness with ambient light, or to save batter power. A calibrated screen should not be adjusted after calibration.
 
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just stumbled across a problem. How do I find out if my graphics card in my laptop is good enough to run the monitor?
 
Pookeyhead said:
I've no idea what they mean by colourchecker, but all you need to calibrate the screen is the i1 Display Pro and Dell's own software.
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This is the X-Rite ColorChecker Passport. Not needed for calibrating the monitor but can be useful for getting white balance and colours accurate - there is a LR plugin that you can use to automate using it. Some retailers do a deal if buying the two together - I picked one up (relatively) cheaply when I got my i1display pro.
 
Bythesea said:
This is the X-Rite ColorChecker Passport.
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Ahhh.. right.

Nope.. no need for that. Can be useful though, but not for calibrating the screen.
 
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