The brightness calibration process & pre-calibration adjustment has changed from previous Spyder generations, what is the new process to calibrate brightness?
Can I choose to use the old brightness calibration method?

Starting with the Spyder X2 generation (released 2023), the brightness measurement and the pre-calibration adjustment using the RGB slider (SpyderPro only - disabled by default) is done, by default, in real time by continually measuring the display in short intervals. This means that if you make a change to the brightness / RGB slider settings this will reflect in the current brightness value / white point value and you do not need to click an Update button to see the new value.

You can disable the continuous measuring option in the Spyder software preferences

When the "Measure continuously during pre-calibration adjustments" option is enabled, a continuously measurement during Brightness adjust and RGB Slider adjustment.

This may create a conflict when you have your monitor OSD menu in the middle of your monitor to do brightness adjustments. Therefore, you can disable this option in the Advanced Settings.

SpyderPro:

Spyder:

- On Mac, go to the Spyder menu (next to the Apple menu) -> Preferences -> Advanced Settings.

- On Windows, go to the menu bar File menu -> Preferences -> Advanced Settings.

This support article is referring to the following Datacolor Spyder products:
Spyder and SpyderPro.

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