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11/20/2010 02:29:39 AM · #1 |
I'm using a Viewsonic VA2431wm with my MacBook pro Laptop.
Since I got the monitor the colors have just been uglier, they're dimmer and have a different hue to them then the colors on my alptop and its very annoying since I'll look at a photo ont he laptop, then lok at it with the monitor connected and it looks awful.
I posted something about a calibrator a while back, but the "Spyder 3" calibrator didn't do the trick. (I didn't buy it, I just used a friends). I'm beginning to thing that this monitor simply wasn't made to be used with Macs. I've been fiddling around with settings for months and I can't seem to get it right!!!
I've used the built in monitor calibrator with Snow Leopard, tried dynamic contrast settings on my monitor, and much more. I was wondering if there were any alternatives people could give me to calibrate the screen so it looks correct on the laptop and the monitor screens. Maybe there's something I'm not doing with the built in monitor calibration with Snow Leopard, because I get VERY different result each time I run the test. I'm getting so frustrated with this thing it makes me want to chuck it out the window. Help plz?
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11/20/2010 11:33:42 AM · #2 |
The monitor's colours, brightness and contrast will shift over time, particularly with a low end monitor. You should calibrate with a hardware device at least once a month., although weekly may just be the case with the Viewsonic... Forget the Mac or any other software display calibration. It plain isn't good enough.
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11/20/2010 11:38:30 AM · #3 |
Also, make sure that any and all "dynamic" adjustments are turned off. They are appropriate only for television monitors, not computer monitors. The fact that you get non-repeatable calibration results leads me to believe that the monitor itself is dynamically adjusting, messing up the process.
Hardware calibration is always preferred, but even with a software calibration routine, you should not experience highly unrepeatable results. |
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11/20/2010 02:58:30 PM · #4 |
I've read some reviews, and from what I can tell, Spyder 3 does not play well with Macs. I'm going to purchase this little thing:
i1Display 2 Monitor Calibrator
Hardware calibration seems to be the ideal choice for photographers, so I need something that will work with Mac OSX and ViewSonic monitors. Should that work?
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11/20/2010 03:13:05 PM · #5 |
| Several years ago, we bought the top Spyder model to calibrate a bunch of Macs. It was horrible. I returned it and got and i1. Worked like a charm. |
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11/20/2010 03:41:48 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Several years ago, we bought the top Spyder model to calibrate a bunch of Macs. It was horrible. I returned it and got and i1. Worked like a charm. |
Perfect then that's what I'll do!
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11/20/2010 03:51:37 PM · #7 |
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11/20/2010 03:55:11 PM · #8 |
$500 over $250, that's a lot of money on my budget. Reasons?
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11/20/2010 04:19:18 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by ApertureJack:
$500 over $250, that's a lot of money on my budget. Reasons? |
You can use ColorMunki to calibrate just about any device, from monitors to printers. It will read your given ambient lighting to determine the appropriate color temperature, brightness and contrast. You can build custom profiles for printing etc. CM is, reportedly, concise when paired with wide-gamut monitors.
The 500 bucks, IMO, are well invested, and a steal compared to the industry standard for pros...
Given your predicament though, I'd say that any hardware calibration should present an improvement of the status quo.
Message edited by author 2010-11-21 00:05:27.
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11/20/2010 05:07:53 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Several years ago, we bought the top Spyder model to calibrate a bunch of Macs. It was horrible. I returned it and got and i1. Worked like a charm. |
What was wrong with the Spyder? I've been using the Spyder3Pro. Seems to work very well. |
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11/29/2010 12:57:14 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by bspurgeon:
Originally posted by scalvert:
Several years ago, we bought the top Spyder model to calibrate a bunch of Macs. It was horrible. I returned it and got and i1. Worked like a charm. |
What was wrong with the Spyder? I've been using the Spyder3Pro. Seems to work very well. |
I agree with bspurgeon. I've used Spyder3Pro for years with my iMac and macbook and haven't had an issue other than the "calibrate to ambient light continuously" feature or whatever it's called. I also wish it would make a history of all my calibrations so that I could set it to "all lights on in the room" calibration and "all lights off in the room" at a switch instead of having to recalibrate it every time. Other than that it does the job! |
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11/29/2010 08:57:50 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by missingstar:
Originally posted by bspurgeon:
Originally posted by scalvert:
Several years ago, we bought the top Spyder model to calibrate a bunch of Macs. It was horrible. I returned it and got and i1. Worked like a charm. |
What was wrong with the Spyder? I've been using the Spyder3Pro. Seems to work very well. |
I agree with bspurgeon. I've used Spyder3Pro for years with my iMac and macbook and haven't had an issue other than the "calibrate to ambient light continuously" feature or whatever it's called. I also wish it would make a history of all my calibrations so that I could set it to "all lights on in the room" calibration and "all lights off in the room" at a switch instead of having to recalibrate it every time. Other than that it does the job! |
You can create 2 (or more) calibrations each time then just select the one you need depending on the lighting situation.
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11/29/2010 05:31:41 PM · #13 |
| I've been using the Spyder3Elite on my macs without any difficulty at all. Simple, easy to use, quick to calibrate. The monitor ambient feature doesn't really add anything useful, that I can see, but the calibration is well done. |
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