Buyer's Guides Photo Software Buyers Guide Buyer's Guide 2025: Color Calibration
Buyer's Guide 2025: Color CalibrationUse these tools to ensure consistent color from import to output |
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Calibrating your monitor may not sound exciting, but the results can be. Without a properly calibrated monitor, photo edits won’t be accurate, and what you see on your screen isn’t what the prints will look like. So you’ll have to make some tweaks and print again...and again. That’s a big waste of time and money—ink and paper aren’t cheap. Proper calibration is even more critical if you’re sending your image to a lab for enlargements; you don’t have hands-on control, so accurate color is essential. 
The only practical solution is to use a color calibrator. Calibrators ensure that your monitor is a color-neutral workspace, meaning it isn’t distorting the actual colors and tones of your photographs when they’re reproduced on the screen. There’s a variety of products on the market, from basic to professional. Some are specific to monitors or printers, and some calibrate a host of devices, including your digital camera or television. Whether you profile just your monitor with a basic model or your complete workflow, including printers, with a pro solution, you should have a calibration system in place. You’ll be amazed what a difference it makes. Datacolor Spyder3Elite   |
