You Need To Calibrate Your Monitor - Here's How

Monitor calibration with the Data Color Spyder X Pro

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
0:00 - Why You Should Calibrate Your Monitor
1:24 - Spyder X Pro
2:12 - Computer Display Settings
3:04 - Syper X Software
3:29 - Lighting
4:30 - Monitor Controls
5:04 - Calibrating The Monitor
9:02 - Sponsor
10:02 - Results
11:26 - Conclusion

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[RafaelLudwig]

Remembering to do it at least once a year is my biggest problem. Great vid Josh! Thanks for the reminder!

[AkaBull]

Yeah I lost my last color checker and haven't done this in years. Now I'm making videos I should really adjust my monitors. 👌

[DaddyDaughterMovieNight]

Great video, thank you. I've always wondered why (for people who primarily use their monitor to look at footage shot with 5500K sources) you wouldn't change the white point during this process, rather than leaving it at the recommended setting, but I've never had the courage to mess around with it...

[rkac]

thanks a lot for the tutorial, but on Sonoma the profile wasn't saved in Mac Display Settings :( Any Clue?

[zapsizzle]

Used the Spyder X Pro and hated the results, way too orange I'll have to double-check everything but man for it to get so bad looking first try was a bummer.

[martin_wood]

At the end of the day I want my third party monitor to match the iPhone. Does the calibrated art you create look identical to iPhone?

I would rather have it not perfect and match iPhone than be perfect and not match haha

[jerjaws]

my M1 Pro won't save the calibration profile for some reason

[sentralent]

Are there any monitors that don't need calibration?

[royhobbs]

I bought the more expensive one and returned it, lousy color science