Pantone Huey PRO,Does it adjust the brightness

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Ive got this but im a bit miffed does it actually adjust the brightness or do you do that yourself?
 
Funny I've been looking into this today because i had problems with my last screen with it being to bright after calibration.
This is the answer from Panton http://pantone.custhelp.com/app/ans...t-steps-using-pantone-huey-or-pantone-hueypro

To be honest with you if your screen isn't very good it doesn't matter how you calibrate it will be way off. The reason i say this is my previous screen had massive differences in brightness across the panel. As a test when the Huey software shows you the bulls eye pattern drag it around you screen. If you see differences (the blacks and greys change shade) then it doesn't matter how you calibrate it it will only be correct in one spot. My new screen is spot on all over the old one was massively different from top to bottom.

On another note when i calibrated my new screen today i had a really bad blue cast i recalibrated again with my finger pressed on the top of the huey and it lost the clour cast.
 
I think you have to adjust brightness and contrast yourself - I can never get the rings to look similar but as long as you are not too far out (err on the side of a dark monitor) the prints I get look very close to the screen now. And I've got my two monitors spot on against each other.
 
Well i dont know what to think after reading that link,When i was doing the set up to me it was saying can you see the three lines not that i had to match it up as in getting it the right colour.

Is any products out there that adjusts the brightness within the program not me doing it myself?
 
i1Display Pro. You have to adjust the brightness manually on the monitor, but guided by the calibration software readout.
 
Thanks But how much lol

So what should the settings be on the Huey? at the moment its set: Colour Temp D65 Gamma 2.20
 
if your using windows leave those settings as is.

The Huey will alter brightness automatically but it needs to a little help knowing where the monitor is on its scale of brightness to be honest it doesn't work very well because you don't know what it's doing and when it gets it wrong your not 100% sure if it's wright or wrong.

The spider pro makes you adjust the brightness manually the puck measures the brightness on screen and the software tells you to increase or decrease the brightness of the screen manually. Although if you use a laptop screen (no manual controls) it would have to use the same method as the Huey.

I'm not really convinced by the Huey
 
Yes im using windows so i shall leave it as it is.
I have the Huey for one reason nothing to do with colours just the fact my prints would be way darker than what im seeing on my pc screen.

Ill get a picture printed off and see how that goes,If not ill see about the Spider.

Thanks
 
turn the brightness down is the easy answer. google northern lights photography they have a lots of info to do with printing and calibration. They have several test images that you can print and then adjust your screen to match.
 
Nice website pablo paul.

So i would say the Huey is a waste of time for me,As i made a print of a picture i took in auto on my camera and it still looked brighter on my pc screen,So ive just turned the brightness down from 52 to 30 and now the print looks the same as the photo on my screen.

I think when i have money to splash ill get the spider pro.
 
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I wouldn't say it's useless it just by trying to be helpful it causes more problems than it solves. If you lookup the specs of your screen it will have a brightness figure stated in cd/m2 your screen brightness should be set to between 100-120cd/m2 unfortunately your screen will have a brightness scale as a percentage so you'll have to do some basic Maths. My screen goes upto 400cd/m2 so I set my screen at slightly above 30% the Huey should then be able to cope with the fine tuning.
 
Thanks

I belive the brighness specs of my monitor is cd/m2 300.
 
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Have read that unless you get a calibrating device that calibrates both you screen and your printer it's hitty missy. V expensive so I have been told.
 
I have the Pantone Huey, although not the pro version, and it adjusts the brightness and contrast on my monitors as part of the calibration. The software doesn't ask for any manual adjustments at all. I use it on three desk monitors and my laptop screen without any problems.

Once calibration has been completed - takes less than 2 minutes - the sensor monitors the ambient light in the room and adjusts the monitor brightness accordingly. You can tell if this is actually happening simply be covering up the sensor and watching the screen change.
 
I'm in the "thinking of buying a Spyder3pro" boat at the moment, but i'm not convinced its worth it with my current monitor. Its not an IPS panel, but a reasonably priced Samsung (2433 model) which I've had a couple of years. I dont want to go spending £85 on it unless its worth it.

I therefore decided to see what the prints are like now. I sent some to DSCL and I'll see how well they compare with my screen. I chose two copies of each print, using both their 'auto' and 'pro' options. Picking them up tomorrow. Hopefully they wont be too far out!
 
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I'm in the "thinking of buying a Spyder3pro" boat at the moment, but i'm not convinced its worth it with my current monitor. Its not an IPS panel, but a reasonably priced Samsung (2433 model) which I've had a couple of years. I dont want to go spending £85 on it unless its worth it.

I therefore decided to see what the prints are like now. I sent some to DSCL and I'll see how well they compare with my screen. I chose two copies of each print, using both their 'auto' and 'pro' options. Picking them up tomorrow. Hopefully they wont be too far out!
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That isn't a test of your monitor, it's a test of your ability to calibrate by eye.

If you want to calibrate a TN panel, then go for it. It certainly won't be a waste of money.
 
Morph3ous said:
I'm in the "thinking of buying a Spyder3pro" boat at the moment, but i'm not convinced its worth it with my current monitor. Its not an IPS panel, but a reasonably priced Samsung (2433 model) which I've had a couple of years. I dont want to go spending £85 on it unless its worth it.

I therefore decided to see what the prints are like now. I sent some to DSCL and I'll see how well they compare with my screen. I chose two copies of each print, using both their 'auto' and 'pro' options. Picking them up tomorrow. Hopefully they wont be too far out!
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let me know how you get on with that! When I first got my Huey I sent some 10 x 8 off to discl I thought they were gong to be fantastic and on first inspection they were then I put them next to my screen and noticed how underexposed some were. This is nothing to do with dscl but my old crap TN panel. Now I have the Ips dell panel and I know what I'm doing with the calibration I need to send some more prints off for test.
 
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