Calibration settings

SpyderPro:

Spyder:

1. Calibration Type:

   - Choose whether you want to do
   - FullCAL (Full Calibration from scratch)
   - ReCAL (Recalibration)
   - CheckCAL (a measurement to check if your actual calibration is up to date).
   
   

2. Gamma

   - The Gamma value defines the contrast ratio of your display view. The most common color gamuts are AdobeRGB/sRGB and the operating systems Mac OS X and Windows work with Gamma 2.2. Please only change this value if required.
   - For SpyderPro: You can select from a wide range of presets and enter custom values.
   - For Spyder: You can only select from Gamma 1.8, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6.
   
   

3. White Point

   - Also known as Color Temperature, the Kelvin value defines the white point of your display. A lower Kelvin value results in a warmer white point than a higher Kelvin value.
   - 6500 Kelvin is recommended as it's the recommended target for AdobeRGB and sRGB.
   - For SpyderPro: You can select from a wide range of White Point settings and enter custom
   White Point settings.
   - For Spyder: You can only select from the White Point settings 5000K, 5800K, 6500K, 7500K and not adjust.
   
   

4. Brightness

   -This value defines the Brightness to which your display will be calibrated.  -We recommend you to leave it at the recommended value and let the room light measurement define the Brightness value that fits best to your room light conditions.
   - For SpyderPro: You can select from a wide range of Brightness target settings and enter custom Brightness target values. All values in cd/m^2.
   - For Spyder: You can only select from the Brightness target settings 60, 80, 90, 100, 120, 140, 160, 180, 250 and not adjust. All values in cd/m^2.
   
   

5. Room Light
   

   - This setting sets the room light compensation on or off, and Room Light Switching.
   - The Spyder / SpyderPro software needs to measure your room light to adapt the brightness and contrast of your display to your working place. That's why we recommend you to activate one of these options.
   - If you choose "On", SpyderUtility, when the Spyder / SpyderPro sensor is connected, will monitor ambient light levels and warn you to recalibrate if there's a significant change. Your display calibration isn't updated, and your screen appearance won't change, unless and until you recalibrate.
   - If you choose "Automatic Room Light Switching", the Spyder / SpyderPro software will create a set of 3 profiles for high, medium, and low ambient light levels. In this mode, the Spyder / SpyderPro software completely takes over naming the profiles, and adds special "_low" "_med" and "high" extensions to the profile names it creates. After you've finished and quit, SpyderUtility, when the Spyder / SpyderPro sensor is connected, will then automatically switch between these profiles, as needed, while monitoring ambient light. This on-the-fly profile switching will change your display's brightness, as these profiles contain calibration look-up tables (LUTs) that adjust brightness via the video card, rather than hardware brightness controls. Note: To disable on-the-fly Room Light Switching, use SpyderUtility's "Profile Management" feature. Set the display profile to something that's not in a "named" Room Light Switching set. SpyderUtility will also visually identify "Room Light Switching" profile sets for you by highlighting all three, if you select one of them in its profile list.
   
   

6. Choose Custom Target (SpyderPro only)
   

   - We implemented the most common color spaces in here. If you need one of these specific targets, you can choose a preset inside this dropdown and the calibration targets will automatically be adjusted to calibrate to this color gamut.
   - While AdobeRGB is the standard for photographic work, graphics on the web work best with sRGB. Rec. 709 and Rec. 2020 are both standards for video broadcast. Be sure you're aware of the right color space for your purposes.
   - You can also save your own calibration target settings (Gamma, White Point, Brightness, ...) under your own name as a custom calibration target preset. This can be very helpful if you work in different color workflow situations e.g. in different projects where different calibration settings are required, with different customers, for different color workflow settings you use like photography, video,...
   - When you use the function StudioMatch to match/align different display attached to different computers, you will use the StudioMatch calibration target you copied from the main computer on the secondary systems as calibration target. Select the StudioMatch target from the list.
   
   

7. Gray Balance Calibration (SpyderPro only)

   - This is the insider's tip. The gray balance will measure all of the gray shades of your display. - Leave the "Better" option activated to make the most of it. If you're in a hurry, we offer you a "Faster" option to do the minimal gray balance needed.
   - The fast option will measure all the necessary gray values and create a gray balance for your monitor profile. What the better option does is measure these values iteratively to involve all the different deviations of your screen. The result of this Better gray balance calibration will be a smoother gradient and a more sophisticated monitor profile.
   - Faster is the setting for Spyder that can not be changed!
   
   

8. Room Light Analysis

   - In this step, the Spyder / SpyderPro will measure your room light. Be sure your Spyder / SpyderPro is laying on the desktop of your work space. Click "Next" to start the measurement of your Lighting Conditions. Once the measurement is accomplished, you will get a suggestion of the correct calibration targets to compensate for your room light conditions.
   - Room Light Level: Your Room Light is... This will show you the measured value of your room light and give you a short recommendation. These are the possible values: Very Low, Moderately Low, Medium, High, Very High.
   
   

9. Continue to Start Calibration

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