Friday, May 23, 2014

Re: [Avid-L2] Monitor calibration

 

When you say the standard SMPTE bars method are you referring to using the X-Rite probe with a smpte bar signal or are you referring to looking at blue only and matching the chips?  I always check the blue only just to see where I stand but I know it's just a poor man's method and not any kind of real quality accessment.



---In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <domqsilverio@...> wrote :

Yes.

You can use X-Rite along with a calibration software and signal test generator to better calibrate your client monitor (video playback). It is more accurate than the standard SMPTE bars calibration method.  Also, use it to match dual computer displays color performance.

We use a Windows based software called ChromaPure.

FYI - if your monitor is way off, it is probably better to get it professionally recalibrated than doing it yourself with entry level tools. Flanders for example will recalibrate your monitor for free. You only pay for shipping to/from.




Dom Q. Silverio


On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Curtis Nichols curtisn@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


Is anyone using computer monitor calibration devices like  X-Rite i1Display or the Datacolor Spyder?
I've always depended on a high-grade video monitor and scopes. Everything I read about the calibrators refers to matching the monitors to photo prints. Should we be using them for my video work too?

Curtis Nichols
PCS Production Co.
Irving, TX.

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