ColorVision Spyder2PRO Win/Mac

Average customer rating: 4.5

Spyder2Pro Saved the Day
color management software
easy to use good enought for day to day jobs
It did exactly what I was looking for
Excelent color matching for Dual Monitors

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ColorVision Spyder2PRO Win/Mac

Manufacturer: ColorVision
Product Group: Software
Binding: CD-ROM
ASIN: B000ES6K4I
2006-03-14

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Product Description

Spyder2 PRO is an advanced colorimeter tool for superior color display on any type of monitor. It creates precise ICC display profiles for your CRT, LCD, or notebook displays. Spyder 2 PRO provides key filters for color and light enhancements. The system offers a better way to produce realistic coloring and flesh tones. Operating systems - Windows 2000 or XP, Mac OS X 10.2 or better

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ColorVision spyder2pro is a comprehensive system for professionally calibrating all types of monitors—including front projector displays—and for creating custom printer profiles for any PrintFIX Plus-supported printer. The Spyder2PRO system includes both the hardware and the software to make sure you workflow begins with accurate, on-screen color. <table align=right width=200 cellpadding=10> <tr> <td><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/spyder2pro_under-sm.jpg" border=1 align=top>
The award-winning Spyder2 colorimeter attaches to your LCD, CRT, or laptop screen. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/spyder2pro_onscreen-sm.jpg" border=1 align=top>
The Spyder2 colorimeter working together with the Spyder2 Professional Monitor Calibration Software. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/spyder2pro_projector-sm.jpg" border=1 align=top>
spyder2pro can even help you calibrate front projector displays. </td> </tr> </table> spyder2pro Professional Monitor Calibration System
The hardware component of spyder2pro is the award-winning Spyder2 colorimeter. This colorimeter attaches to your LCD, CRT, or laptop screen (the hardware is designed to be very gentle on delicate LCD screens), and then connects to your computer via USB cable. New state-of-the-art optical science provides a five-fold increase in color sensitivity over previous technology with a patent-protected light baffle for accurate characterization of LCD displays. With the colorimeter affixed to the screen, the Spyder2 Professional Monitor Calibration Software guides you through the entire calibration process. With the colorimeter reading the color output from the software via the display screen, you will be instructed how to fine-tune the calibration buttons on your display. spyder2pro even allows you to calibrate multiple monitors, so you can have side-by-side displays of different brands and sizes that show the exact same colors. Once the calibration is complete, the unique "before and after" viewing feature lets you compare your display with and without calibration. spyder2pro also address the issue of ambient light. Since the eye's perception of a monitor's colors and brightness can vary greatly in different room light, the Ambient PreciseLight Function measures ambient light and balances studio lighting and monitor settings accordingly. High-test features for the professional include custom response targeting, colorimeter and information windows, custom targeting, and ICC 2.0 and 4.0 support. Exclusive automated black-and-white luminance adjustments for use in precision targeting provide more consistent calibration results. Sophisticated gray balance and tonal response algorithms provide demanding users with exceptionally smooth gradient steps and neutral grays. If you use a front projector for presentations, the new front projector calibration option ensures that your images are shown to their best advantage. PrintFIX PLUS Printer Profiling Software
If you print your digital images, you probably know that getting good color performance in your prints can be at least as daunting as matching colors on computer monitors. The PrintFIX PLUS Printer Profiling Software addresses this issue with the first software-only profiling tool to give you fast, precise results. Rather than using a scanner, the elegant software assists you step-by-step through each custom paper profile for PrintFIX PLUS-compatible printers. The software wizard helps you check your print quality and optimize your printer's media setting. Using the wizard helps you create high-bit, tunable ICC printer profiles. You can preview your results at different rendering intents, and there are even options to optimize your prints for specific viewing conditions. The PrintFIX PLUS software includes a complete Help system and tutorials to assist you with the basic and advanced advice on how to get great prints. An essential product for serious photographers and design professionals
Color correction has emerged as a cornerstone of the digital workflow for all digital imaging professionals. Professional photographers and creative professionals understand that a color-managed workflow begins with accurate, on-screen color. When precise color is critical, spyder2pro can be an important foundation in creating, marketing, and showing your work. ColorVision backs the spyder2pro with a 2 year hardware warranty and includes free technical support and free software updates.

Customer Reviews:

Spyder2Pro Saved the Day.......2007-06-09

I bought a high end Dell with Vista Ultimate and a Quadro FX 1500 video card. As I expected, there was a slight bluish tint to the screen, but I was not worried because I expected that the card would have controls to counter balance the caste. The normal Nvidia Quadro cards do, but the ones in the Dell do not. They were so vanilla it was incredible. After I found that there were not any updated drivers, the last was from December 2006, I was really upset. As a last resort I got the Spyder2Pro. I don't know whether I made many changes or whether I could have used the Express, but the results were fantastic. My grays were all neutral. I am an artist and need to transfer work between different computers. All my other monitors were fine. Now this one looks the same as the others which are as I like them. I haven't tried any of the other software yet, but I wanted to write how great this product was.

Don't worry about the print documentation that comes with it. The on screen documentation and help menus are great and are all that you need.

If you are using Vista, there is an update on Colorvision's web site.

color management software.......2007-05-22

After using other color management software, I found Spyder2PRO the best. I believe it is the most accurate and precise. It is straight forward and easy to use. I get the results I am looking for.

easy to use good enought for day to day jobs.......2007-05-13

I give only 4 stars because I usually work with 10.000$ spectrophotometers and the tolerance of this little fellow is not amazing for what I intended to use. However it is very good for most of the day to day calibration for print, digital cameras, scanner, ICC profiles and monitors.

walter

It did exactly what I was looking for.......2007-05-12

Take a few minutes to read directions (I know, I know). Then just follow instructions. After calibrating and following all the software prompts, I now get consistent results in that prints look like the monitor proof.

Excelent color matching for Dual Monitors.......2007-04-23

I bought the Spyder2Pro for the specific task of color calibrating my dual monitor setup. 1 monitor being my 15" MacBookPro the other a 22"Samsung LCD. Installed the software and ran the setup on both screens. Worked better than I could hope.*
*One thing that I noticed was that you have to run it more than once with different ambient lighting to get the desired color settings. The ambient light feature really changes color (wether you have sunlight, flourecent, incandecent ect.) you just have to keep running it till you like what you see and if it matches your printouts. Took me twice on each monitor with different BG lighting (I found a room lit by indirect sunlight the best). On my apple the Dual Monitor thing DOES work flawlessly, I am able to run 2 different color profiles at the same time (1 for each monitor).

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