Monitor Calibration - It Is Easy and A Must

Kevin Raber, CEO of phoroPXL and Rockhopper Workshops demonstrates the basics of monitor calibration. Monitor calibration is one of the most important parts of obtaining a great print and it is also really easy to do. This video will show just how easy it is to calibrate your monitor. The first step in making a good print.

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Recommended Monitor Calibration Devices

Color Checker Display Pro

Spyder Elite

Please visit:

Kevin Raber - CEO and Publisher
PhotoPXL
Gallery At The Stutz
212 W 10th Street • Suite E-420
Indianapolis IN 46202 USA

Video Producer
Michael Durr

[WalterBaliero]

I have the SpyderX Pro calibrator, which is super efficient, reliable and also much easier to use and understand, without so much technical information that can make it difficult for those who are not very knowledgeable in the matter.

[lakejindsay]

When you said "click the button below below" at 3:07 it's greyed out so you can't click on it. Then you cut the video. What caused it to be greyed out? It's happening with mine and I can't get around it.

[adventuresofsteveandlaurie]

I've recently entered into the wonderful new world of a MacBook Pro. I've always calibrated my PC monitor with an older colormunki which worked well. Unless I'm missing something, I cannot find info on how, or even if, you can use the colormunki on the M1 MacBook. I just received a printed image from Mpix and it is way warmer than what the display shows on the MacBook. Am I missing something???

[stuffstuffstuffyay]

I just did this on my new mac laptop- weirdly it made the screen look kinda orange- not sure if this is how it should be.. in comparision with the RGB 1998 profile. hmm.

[antonmeijerman]

Could you indicate under which lighting conditions one should calibrate a monitor? I recently purchased a Calibrite Display Pro HL monitor calibration device and use an Apple Studio Display. I would appreciate hearing from you.

[jeffmpvd]

The new M1 Macs laptops are extremely difficult to do custom profiles on. Apple has built-in calibration profiles and they make it difficult to use anything but those profiles. The same goes if you have one of the new expensive pro Apple displays. I imagine the same might be true for new M1 iMacs.

[KalebShield]

Even with calibration, will the photos look more accurate from your Mac display to even your phone ?

[susanogando]

I had to reduce my brightness quite a bit to run thr calibration. Is that the brightness I need to use now when I edit photos in LRC? Or can I increase my brightness. Thanks for your guidance! Great video

[Synthematix]

This needs to be done from the service menu so the results are permanent

[bawtreerd]

Some people may just want to display their pics online i guess

[BigSunn]

How to calibrate monitor: "spend 250$ dollars"

[dummatube]

The first thing you should do is buy an Adobe RGB monitor and not use an sRGB one like the Apple iMac!

[Yannisphotoforce]

x-rite made their software paid only. Wtf ....

[GrantSR]

If you are talking about calibrating a monitor, in preparation for printing, then why in the world are you using that calibration sensor? It cannot be used to calibrate printers. That same company makes a spectrometer-based color calibration sensor that works both for monitors AND printers. If people go out and buy the sensor you are recommending, they will then have to go buy yet another sensor when they want to print. And that second sensor will make their first one redundant. Are you literally trying to waste your viewers' money?