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Display calibration with Datacolor Spyder X

Color calibration is quick and easy with the Spyder X

SPYDERX DISPLAY CALIBRATION

Display calibration is often associated with complicated setup and time-consuming steps. I myself have used display calibration regularly for the past 15 years and probably fall into the category that thinks it is a bit time consuming and maybe not the most fun part or equipment for a photographer.
So I myself was very surprised at how much difference SpyderX Elite actually made compared to previous display calibrations I used, both in time and results

FAST

The calibration process itself, which previously took up to 5 minutes, now takes 1-2 minutes for complete calibration. It may not seem like a lot of time but it makes a big difference to me who does a calibration every two weeks.

PRECISION

SpyderX is very accurate. A glass lens concentrates the light to the measurement sensor, which provides high accuracy and sensitivity. Another sensor placed on top of the calibrator measures the existing light in the room and provides live feedback on the light conditions in the room. If, for example, direct sunlight falls on your workplace, the calibrator can alert you to it and suggest action.

USER FRIENDLY

SpyderX with its new software is exemplary intuitive and educational. You get help with clear on-screen instructions for each step and you can also select advanced mode where you get full control over all parameters.

MULTIPLE DISPLAYS

SpyderX has a function for you who use several displays on one computer or have several computers (eg laptop and desktop). This feature uses a target profile to calibrate against. This means that you can get two completely different types of displays to match each other well enough to make it possible to work with images on them. SpyderX the first device I used that does this well enough. This feature that Elite offers is fantastic for us who have multiple displays and gives precise control over the matching.

For me, the calibration of my displays has become easier, faster and more accurate! So regardless of whether you already have display calibration or intend to acquire your first, I highly recommend checking out SpyderX Elite!

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Datacolor Spyder | Display Calibration

SP2024

Datacolor Spyder, essential monitor color calibration. Digital creatives want to feel confident that the images they capture, create, edit and view on their monitors will be portrayed as accurately as possible. Manually calibrating a monitor (laptop/desktop) is the first essential step in making this happen. It ensures a color-accurate starting point for editing, allowing users to express their creative vision and share their work, digitally and in print, as accurately as possible for an authentic connection to their audience.

Color Confidence That’s Fast & Easy
Spyder lets you easily calibrate your monitor in only about 90 seconds, so you can be confident that you’re beginning your editing from an accurate color starting point, saving you valuable time and effort in your editing workflow. The result? True-to-life color and fine detail capture.
Professional Results for Every Experience Level
Intuitive software and one-click calibration ensures ease of use and professional results for even the most novice user while customizable calibration settings allow experienced professionals creative flexibility.
Calibration for Today’s Digital Workflows
Spyder now calibrates an even wider range of laptop/desktop displays, including the latest technologies like OLED, mini-LED, and Apple Liquid Retina XDR, so users can optimize the color richness, deep shadows, nuanced highlights and enhanced details these monitors make available. Spyder calibrates Wide and Standard LED gamuts as well.
Color "Surprises" Are a Thing of the Past!
With Datacolor’s exclusive Device PreviewTM Beta feature, you’ll be able to simulate what your photos can look like on other devices on your own calibrated screen without uploading them to other devices for preview. Device PreviewTM Beta also allows you to soft proof your image in print so you can view how your image will appear on paper.
Adapt to Shifts in Light
Automatic Room Light Switching measures and tracks the lighting around you to make sure your current display profile is the one best suited for your environment. Not every task requires controlled lighting so allowing Spyder to adapt the calibration to your room lighting will ensure your monitor profile is optimal. During a Room Light Calibration, multiple profiles are created for different room lighting levels.
Use CheckCal for Confidence
CheckCal is Datacolor’s answer to the question, "Is my calibration still valid?" CheckCal performs a short test on your monitor to verify your calibration is up to date.
Keep Connected
Native USB-C connection comes standard with the Spyder,

Although monitors and displays may come factory-calibrated, it’s important for users to calibrate their monitor to support their own particular workflow as well as to ensure it maintains accurate color over time. Users should calibrate their monitors every two weeks, before color-critical work, or whenever there’s a change in lighting conditions or locations. Calibration only takes about 90 seconds with the Datacolor Spyder, for users to have an accurate view into their digital world, maximizing the color performance and accuracy of their monitor for their specific workflow.

Even a trained eye can’t be relied upon for accurate color adjustment of a monitor. Our eyes and brains are designed to compensate for light and color, while the Spyder offers an unbiased assessment of monitor color accuracy. An accurate monitor allows the user to truly see their image file and edit with intention.

Portable, rugged, Spyder lets users streamline their workflow for photo, content creation, and digital design, in-studio or on-the go. And now, Spyder can calibrate a wide range of monitors, including Wide and Standard gamut LED, plus the latest technologies like OLED, mini-LED, and Apple Liquid Retina XDR, optimizing the color richness, deep shadows, nuanced highlights and enhanced details these monitors make available.

Datacolor’s exclusive Device PreviewTM Beta feature gives users an impression of how their photographic images can look on other devices without needing to use the actual devices. Displays, printers and devices have different capabilities when it comes to the range of color they can represent (color gamut). This can result in color distortion or poor reproduction when the same image is viewed across multiple devices. Device PreviewTM Beta lets users see an approximation of their photo for mobile devices by simply selecting one of the profile options listed for the latest phones and tablets. Users can also use this feature to softproof/preview how their prints will look for a specific printer model, paper and ink, and print service provider by using an ICC printer profile.

Intuitive software and one-click-calibration presets quickly and easily guide novices so they can achieve professional results. Experienced professionals can take advantage of customizable calibration settings to master color like never before.

What’s Included

Spyder Sensor
Serial Number
Welcome Card with link to software and support resources
USB-A Adapter

System Requirements

Win 10 32/64, Win 11
Mac OS X 10.14 – macOS 14
Monitor resolution 1280x768 or greater, 16-bit video card (24-bit recommended), 1GB of available RAM, 500MB of available hard disk
Internet connection for software download and activation

Size

Dimensions: 7.62 (L) x 7.62 (W) x 4.45 (H) - centimeters
Weight: 142 g

Comparison Chart

	Spyder	Spyder Pro
USB Connection	USB-C (Includes USB-A Adapter)	USB-C (Includes USB-A Adapter)
Max Luminance	~750 cd/m2	2000 cd/m2
Backlight Types	6	7
Backlight Listed	Wide-LED	Wide-LED
	Standard LED	Standard LED
	General (Wide and standard CCFL)	General (Wide and standard CCFL)
	GB LED	GB LED
		High Brightness
	OLED (New 2024)	OLED (New 2024)
	Mini-LED (New 2024)	Mini-LED (New 2024)
High Brightness Calibration	No	Yes
Projector Calibration	No	Yes
Gamma Curve Settings	5 (New 2024)	Unlimited
Whitepoint Settings	5	Unlimited
Brightness Settings QTY	11 (New 2024)	Unlimited
Brightness Settings	60	Unlimited
	80
	90
	100
	120
	140
	160
	180
	250
	Do not adjust
	Room-Light Adjustment
Custom Presets / Calibration Targets	-	√
Ambient Light Measurement	√	√
Room Light Adjustment	√	√
Display Analysis / MQA	√	√
Number of Displays Supported	Intended for 1, can calibrate multiple connected displays	Unlimited
Full Screen Calibration comparison (SpyderProof)	√	√
Device Preview Beta/Softproofing (Device and Printer Simulation)	√ (New 2024)	√ (New 2024)
Multiple Profile Comparison	-	√
Detailed Calibration Information	N/A	√

Datacolor has an American heart, a Swiss soul and an international vision. Datacolor color management solutions are created and supported by passionate employees and certified to multiple industry standards. The mission is to empower customers to make objective, cost-effective and smart color decisions that perfectly suit individual workflows. Over a million customers working in Textile & Apparel, Paint & Coatings, Plastics, Photography, Design and many other industries trust Datacolor solutions

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Datacolor Spyder Pro | Display Calibration

SP2024PRO

Datacolor SpyderPro, Advanced monitor calibration that offers a color-accurate foundation for image editing, essential for true-to-life color expression and optimized for modern digital workflows. Digital creatives want to feel confident that the images or footage they capture, create, edit and view on their monitors will be portrayed as accurately as possible. Manually calibrating a monitor (laptop/desktop) is the first essential step in making this happen. It ensures a color-accurate starting point for editing, allowing users to express their creative vision and share their work, digitally and in print, as accurately as possible for an authentic connection to their audience.

Calibration for Today’s Digital Workflows
SpyderPro now calibrates an even wider range of laptop/desktop and projector displays, including the latest technologies like OLED, mini-LED, and Apple Liquid Retina XDR so users can optimize the color richness, deep shadows, nuanced highlights and enhanced details these monitors make available. Additionally, it calibrates Wide and Standard LED gamuts, while affording workflow adaptability, allowing you to work in even the brightest of conditions with its high brightness feature. Working on-the-go with multiple portable displays attached to a single computer? The SpyderTune feature lets you adjust white point, gamma, and brightness for visual fine tuning for the best consistency across multiple displays.
Color "Surprises" Are a Thing of the Past!
With Datacolor’s exclusive Device PreviewTM Beta feature, you’ll be able to simulate what your photos can look like on other devices on your own calibrated screen without uploading them to other devices for preview. Device PreviewTM Beta also allows you to soft proof your image in print so you can view how your image will appear on paper.
Patchwork Color: OK for Quilts, Not Digital Viewing
Multiple cameras and monitors, shifts in lighting, days of shooting, splicing footage – if your monitor’s color isn’t consistent, neither is your visual story. SpyderPro’s StudioMatch feature allows for side-by-side calibration for multiple computers/displays, ensuring consistent, accurate color reproduction across multiple connected monitors or computers.
Video & Cinema Color You Can Count On
SpyderPro’s Rec. 709 and Rec. 2020 targets ensure colors will be accurate so you can be confident that colors and images will translate properly across the production workflow, from editing and post-production to transmission, streaming, and final display. Rec. 709 is the most commonly used standard today, while Rec. 2020’s wider color gamut will let you deliver content that is more lifelike for a truly immersive experience for your audience.
Get the "Big Picture" of Your Picture
The Advanced Display Mapping & Analysis feature of SpyderPro gives you detailed information about your monitor. You can check color/color uniformity, brightness, contrast, gamut, tone response, display accuracy and white point of your monitors to track color accuracy and consistency.
Details Come Out from the Shadows
SpyderPro’s Gamma Curve Adjustment feature lets you refine tone distribution (how seamlessly black transitions to white). Gradations are enhanced so shadow and light details remain crisp and clear. You can also balance your display’s brightness settings based on your location and needs, for precise color accuracy to capture every detail.
Customizable Calibration for Your Needs
SpyderPro offers unlimited calibration settings for fully customized calibration for all workflows. Fine tune the gamma, white point and brightness settings for any need. There’s also a preset list of the most common calibration targets, including those for video standards and StudioMatch. Willing to spend a bit more time for a more sophisticated calibration? Choose Better in Grey Balance in the calibration settings for smoother gradients.
Pressed for time? Opt for the "Faster" setting.
Adapt to Shifts in Light
Automatic Room Light Switching measures and tracks the lighting around you to make sure your current display profile is the one best suited for your environment. Not every task requires controlled lighting so allowing SpyderPro to adapt the calibration to your room lighting will ensure your monitor profile is optimal. During a Room Light Calibration, multiple profiles are created for different room lighting levels.
Use CheckCal for Confidence
CheckCal is Datacolor’s answer to the question, "Is my calibration still valid?" CheckCal performs a short test on your monitor to verify your calibration is up to date.
Calibration as Bright as Your Environment
Some modern monitors have brightness levels for use outdoors or in other highly illuminated settings. SpyderPro’s High Brightness calibration setting balances these monitors when working in a bright environment for an accurate reference.
Keep Connected
Native USB-C connection comes standard with the SpyderPro, along with an additional USB-A adaptor for added convenience when needed.

While monitors and displays may come factory-calibrated, it’s important for users to calibrate their monitor to support their own particular workflow as well as to ensure it maintains accurate color over time. Users should calibrate their monitors every two weeks, before undertaking color-critical work, or whenever there are changes in lighting conditions or locations. With the Datacolor SpyderPro, calibration only takes about 90 seconds, providing an accurate view into their digital world and maximizing the color performance and accuracy of the monitor for a user’s particular workflow.

Even a trained eye cannot be relied upon for accurate color adjustment of a monitor. Our eyes and brains are designed to compensate for light and color, while the SpyderPro offers an unbiased assessment of monitor color accuracy. An accurate monitor allows users to see their image files clearly and edit with intention.

Portable, rugged, SpyderPro lets users streamline their workflow for photo, video, content creation, digital design, whether in the studio or on-the go. And now SpyderPro can calibrate an even wider range of monitors, including the latest technologies like OLED, mini-LED, Apple Liquid Retina XDR and high-brightness displays, allowing users to optimize color richness, deep shadows, nuanced highlights, and brightness versatility. Additional features such as SpyderPro’s StudioMatch and SpyderTune ensure color continuity across multiple monitors, whether using one or more computers.

Datacolor's exclusive Device PreviewTM Beta feature gives users an impression of how their images will appear on other devices without needing to use the actual devices. Displays, printers and devices have different capabilities when it comes to the range of color they can represent (color gamut). This can result in color distortion or poor reproduction when the same image is viewed across multiple devices. Device PreviewTM Beta lets users see an approximation of their photo for mobile devices by simply selecting one of the profile options listed for the latest phones and tablets. Users can also use this feature to softproof/preview how their prints will look for a specific printer model, paper and ink, and print service provider by using an ICC printer profile.

SpyderPro offers users the ultimate in color control and flexibility for today’s digital workflows. Its intuitive software and one-click calibration presets guide novices to achieve professional results quickly and easily, while experienced professionals can leverage unlimited, fully customizable calibration settings (gamma, white point, and brightness), as well as Rec. 709 and Rec. 2020 video targets, to master color like never before.