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Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de> wrote: |
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> Hey gurus |
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> I may soon get me a shiny (not in the sense of glossy, mind you) new |
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> monitor. Along with it, I’m planning on purchasing a colorimeter to |
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> properly calibrate it. Can anyone give me a recommendation for a |
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> device that runs well with Linux? |
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> It doesn’t have to be a super-pro device, but no el-cheapo either. |
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> I’ll need it mostly for photo editing and the warm feeling of having |
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> an above-average setup. *g* Oh and I want to improve my laptop |
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> experience, because those things usually come with crappy screens in |
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> the first place. So I’m looking at a price range of no more than 150€. |
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> Also, I’m looking for info on how to set up KDE (or the entire |
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> system?) to use the thusly generated colour profiles. So any food for |
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> thought? |
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> Thanks |
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If you don't wanna spent much money you can buy a used Datacolor Spyder |
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device on ebay. The older ones (e.g. Spyder2) are really cheap, but also |
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very slow. :-) |
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If your monitor has a wide color gamut then you probably need a more |
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sophisticated device however. In that case a ColorHug AFAIK probably |
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would also not work for you. |
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If your monitor don't have a wide gamut but have a LED backlight then |
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some of the cheaper colorimeters are also not suitable because LEDs |
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doesn't emit a continuous spectrum and thus can "confuse" older |
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colorimeters like the Spyder2 AFAIK. |
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You really should check this out because if your colorimeter doesn't |
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work proper for your monitor the result will be worse than without |
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calibration. :-) |
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A good software is media-gfx/argyllcms. Some time ago I tested it with |
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a Spyder2 and also with a X-Rite i1 Display Pro. Argyll was |
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better then the software delivered with both colorcheckers. |
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Nevertheless it was not possible to proper calibrate my wide color |
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gamut monitor because it was a rarely used model (Acer AL2723W) that is |
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not supported by the Spyder2 or i1 Display Pro. |
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There are ways to calibrate such a unsupported wide gamut monitor with |
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a Spyder2 or i1 Display Pro (and other colorimeters) anyhow, but then |
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you need a calibration file for argyll made with an spectrometer |
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especially for this kind of monitor or a calibration software from the |
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monitor manufacturer that is adapted for the monitor model. |
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That's the reason why I bought a new monitor (Samsung U32D970Q) some |
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weeks ago that is able to do a hardware calibration (different |
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colorimeters an spectrometers are supported). |
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One advantage with hardware calibration is that you don't have to deal |
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with icc profiles. |
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If you work with icc profiles you often have problems with color |
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banding/clipping and improper greyscales. This also depends on how you |
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can adjust colors and gamma with the settings of the monitor itself. If |
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you do all the calibration with an icc profile and the colors/gamma |
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of your monitor are way off then the result will be probably not very |
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good. |
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Sorry, but my English is not good enough to explain the whole |
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background in an understandable way. :-) |
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Regards |
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wabe |
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