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Hardware The New MacBook/MacBook Pro/Air Users Thread v5, Share your joy and your pain here ;)

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Mavik
post Jul 22 2010, 03:23 PM

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QUOTE(mememe12 @ Jul 22 2010, 03:12 PM)
anyone uses monitor calibrator (such as Spyder 3 Elite) to calibrate your MBP LCD before?
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I only used ColorEyes and Spyder 2 express, never tried with the Spyder 3 Elite. You are facing issues?
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post Jul 23 2010, 02:46 PM

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QUOTE(mememe12 @ Jul 23 2010, 08:26 AM)
erm.. i m not sure.. since this is the first time i deal with calibrator.. after i calibrate my MBP.. i think the tone become cooler a bit and it is quite obvious in my Dell 2409(is it because of cheap monitor?).. and when i use the Spyder to calibrate my other laptop (old Dell Precision) / other LCD (cheap range RM500 - RM600), the outcome generally adjusted the monitor tone cooler(blueish)... i dunno what is wrong eh..

and for some of my old display... the cd/m2 cant adjust up to the recommended value.. maximum can reach for my dell laptop is about 50 only (i think the LCD gone d right? tongue.gif) and for other LCD monitors that placed near the window, the cd/m2 value needs to be higher due to the ambient is brighter right? but the value cant be adjusted too high due to the monitor capability i think..

and generally, after calibration, i will get blueish result especially for older monitor.. what is wrong here? anyone knows?
to calibrate your Monitor color, it's a hardware + software stuff.. i using Spyder 3.. but my main concern to buy this is to make both of my monitors (MBP and LCD) color look alike.. it has something called "studio match" to do that.. but i m still learning how to use it effectively..
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Interesting, usually when I calibrate my Mac with my Spyder 2, there is a screen prompt to show the difference. Actually the moment I turn on the calibration software and start calibrating, my entire screen turns blueish or "cooler". After calibration it looks normal.

Sometimes it could be the case of the software as well.

The rule of thumb when calibrating your monitor is to calibrate it in an environment where you generally process your photos. Meaning the ambient lighting is correct and not whether you turn it on brighter or in a dark room.

I don't really like Sypder calibration tools, doesn't seem that accurate at times. I am resorting to borrowing my friend's ColorEyes to calibrate my monitors now tongue.gif

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