Re: Screen Calibration
Re: Screen Calibration
- Subject: Re: Screen Calibration
- From: Ben Goren <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 13:37:42 -0700
On Mar 18, 2018, at 10:56 AM, Anthony R Sanna <email@hidden> wrote:
> What equipment should I recommend to get him started? Thanks.
Whatever X-Rite sells that matches his budget would be perfect.
If he's only profiling his display when he happens to think about it, the
cheapest display colorimeter they make will be more than adequate. If he wants
to profile his printer -- and he probably will -- then the ColorMunki
spectrometer is the way to go. If he has money to burn and anticipates diving
deep, I can't sing the praises of the i1 Pro spectrometer high enough. (And the
i1 Pro display colorimeter is pretty awesome, too.)
Your friend is obviously already aware that the display's brightness is a key
factor in appearance matching. He's in a good position to recognize that the
brightness of the illuminant you're using for the print matters just as much.
My favorite example is National Geographic. Their magazines are gorgeous in a
viewing booth. They look pretty good in sunlight. They're horribly dark with
completely blocked shadows in the typical dimly-lit home living room
environment where most people actually look at them.
I don't know if the software X-Rite ships with the Munki lets you create
printer profiles for specific viewing conditions. If not, Graeme's ArgyllCMS
does -- and does so superbly. But, of course, a print you make for a specific
viewing condition will look great in those conditions and less so in others.
For a least-worst all-purpose print, assuming D50 (which is what basically
everything does by default) is your best choice.
Cheers,
b&
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