Datacolor SpyderX Elite: Monitor Calibration designed for expert and professional Photographers, Videographers and motion imagemakers

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Display calibration optimizes your monitor’s color performance and accuracy for your workflow (photography, videography, etc. Here in Brazil, for example, the SpyderX Pro can be had for roughly 30% cheaper than the i1Display Studio, making it a much better purchase. For users considering entering the HDR/high-brightness monitor market, X2 Elite allows for seamless, affordable upgrade to Spyder X2 Ultra software – no need to purchase new hardware!

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Fixed a bug in which the "Help:Learn More About SpyderX" command sent the web browser to a Spyder5, rather than SpyderX, web page. Side by side, the only way to distinguish Spyder X2 from Spyder X is its printed X2 logo, and that new USB Type-C plug.The Spyder X Software will walk you through the calibration process and create a custom display profile, which your operating system and color managed applications will use to correct your displayed colors. Having a calibrated monitor will give you the confidence of knowing that the colors you are seeing are accurate when you put your work out there into the world. But, if you're looking for the upmost raw performance, the X-Rite devices still have an edge mainly in terms of low light performance. Even with modern displays, for optimum profiling it’s best they’ve been switched on for a while to reach a stable operating temperature.

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The calibration software is almost identical to that used by the old Spyder5 Elite, though this isn't necessarily a bad thing. SpyderCHECKR installer is already published and available in 64-bit versions that work on macOS 14 Sonoma / macOS 13 Ventura, macOS 12 Monterey, macOS 11 Big Sur and on macOS 10. This means disabling any advanced image processing – features like game mode, enhanced contrast, dynamic backlight, etc – and getting the white point color temperature and gamma curve as close as possible to your desired target, usually 6500K and 2. Depending on how large your screen is, you'll have to pull the excess cable to get the proper fitment. The screen will display a number of colours, whilst the colorimeter measures the light coming from the screen.

While it may be possible to use the Spyder X/X2 to calibrate certain types of OLED displays, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the resulting calibration. Spyder X Elite features room-light monitoring, automatic profile changing and precise screen color, shadow detail and white balance. You may have control over both the brightness and temperature of your screen and so you can select which here.

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This SpyderX Elite can also calibrate projectors, measure lighting conditions, make more fine-grain adjustments and also let you know how your monitor's colors are skewing over time. It can seem like a daunting task to have your colors look the same on all devices, but it all starts with having a color-calibrated monitor that you're creating your content on in the first place. It provides much more advanced and flexible options than the bundled software and can be used in a variety of use cases from the most common calibration targets to complex video 3D LUTs or calibration targets specific for video and color grading. Spyder’s proprietary lens-based technology, room-light monitoring and automatic profile changing gives you precise screen color, shadow detail and white balance you can count on.Spyder X Pro / Spyder X Elite software works on macOS 14 Sonoma, macOS 13 Ventura, macOS 12 Monterey, macOS 11 Big Sur and on macOS 10.

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What is cool about DisplayCAL is that it brings advanced features and arguably better quality to devices that are usually differentiated only in software bundle. I've never color-calibrated my monitors, I've actually purchased pre-color calibrated Asus monitors before to get around doing this. The Spyder X uses a big lens over its internal sensors, focussing light from the screen to where it’s measured.Like on a camera, more light reaching the sensor or film means we can get by with a higher shutter speed. It's something that can be done to get the colors close, but I don't think there will ever be a 100% match between devices. But in terms of future proofing and reaching out to a newer generation of creatives, there are some obvious and glaring problems with the new Datacolor SpyderX Elite. Since the SpyderX is so fast, a good practice is to perform an initial test calibration to make sure all display settings are correct, adjust hardware brightness and color temperature on the monitor on screen controls. Calibrating with our Spyder5 Elite took 5 minutes 17 seconds, whereas an identical calibration with the SpyderX was completed in a blistering 1 minute 15 seconds.