For the reference monitor you’ll use something like CalMan, LightSpace or (more likely because its in your budget) Displa圜AL to create a calibration LUT for that reference monitor. You still need to calibrate both displays because looking back and forth between the UI panels and the reference monitor will confuse your eyes - but the process for calibration is different for each display.įor the UI display you’re just going to use the x-rite software to create an ICC profile that your OS will use. The second monitor basically takes the place of the viewer, but because it’s signal comes through the DeckLink card (and because you’re going to create a calibration LUT for that monitor) you can actually trust that the colors are accurate. The most common frame buffer device is going to be the Blackmagic Designs UltraStudio Mini Monitor (for Mac), or a BMD DeckLink monitor card (for PC). One for your UI (media browser / timeline / etc) and then a second display as a reference monitor that is connected using a frame buffer device (ie. What that means is that you really need 2 displays. This is partly due to the software, and partly due to the fact that your GPU (in almost all cases) cannot push out the correct type of signal. Most NLE’s and color finishing tools (such as DaVinci Resolve) state very clearly in the manual that you cannot trust the UI to be color accurate. So in your scenario the i1 would be perfect - however there’s a couple of other things you’re going to need to keep in mind for actual client work. I have no plan of working full time with color grading, it's mostly for me and some odd jobs that I get that need color grading too. I just want something to be sure that at least my colors are consistent and there isn't any shift to any color that might be a problem later in the workflow (either because the client will complain or because I'll notice that on other screens stuff aren't looking the way they should). When I do work on a broadcast display, it's in the client's company, but then I'm usually working with their system and etc. I don't have a broadcast display because I'm a broke graduate student and need to prioritize my survival. And yes, there are calibration services, but again, they are usually expensive and usually don't fit my budget.Īnd usually I'm working on PC monitor, so I don't mind having to calibrate every month, or even every week. I can't even imagine how much that would cost and how long it would take for it to get there and then sent back. Shipping from Brazil to Europe or even USA is already extremely expensive and takes forever for normal stuff. I'll be moving back to Brazil in September. But if you’re talking about a Flanders or a Sony OLED then the higher end probe will be the right move. Something like an Eizo (or lower end) should be done monthly (vs only once a year with an Eizo) - but an x1 is perfect for those since an Eizo is basically a PC monitor and not really a broadcast display so you wouldn’t really benefit much from the higher end probes anyway. $20-30,000 probe) that will come to you (which is nice because ideally you’d do the calibration in the environment that the displays will be used in).Ĭheaper displays require calibration more frequently. I mention Flanders only because they offer free lifetime calibration on all of their devices - but generally if you’re anywhere near a major metro area there will be someone that will offer calibration services (for a fee of course) with a high end (ie. If you’re doing any sort of color critical work at all for clients, you’re going to want to calibrate your displays at least once a year with something more accurate than an i1 to be honest. It’s still worth sending your displays in if possible because the probes that they use in their office are far superior to the i1 (or anything else you can afford if you aren’t a large scale production facility) but it’s nice to have the i1 as an option to keep things close in between full calibrations. Flanders) can actually load an extra calibration profile into the i1 to match your specific displays if you send it to them with the panel so that you can use something like CalMan or LightSpace to do your own calibrations to keep things in check if it isn’t possible/feasible to ship your displays to Flanders yearly for their free recalibration service. Interestingly, some display manufacturers (ie. The i1 can also be sent back to x-rite to be re-certified periodically. The physical casing of the device is the same, but the internal colorimeter of the i1 itself is more accurate and can take readings much faster than the lower end colormunki.
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